No. It wouldn't.
Not sure what you mean by "kickback"? The scrapper bids (ie he pays) to remove the ship from Naval base, dismantle it, dispose of all pollutants iaw relevant law and gets to sell the recovered metals to recover his labour and other costs and make a profit.
https://www.gov.uk/government/upload...g_report_u.pdf
Or did you think we pay someone to take it away for us?