HMS Invincible Departing Portsouth For The Last Time
 

Hi all, does anyone know when beyond "end of March"? Would be keen to take the camera down just to see her go. Plenty of time if she's under tow I guess...

Thanks!

Current plan is 08:00Z Thursday depending on weather. Time will be slip from pre-tow berth. She's being moved into C lock today.

Off to the Med, is she.........?:)

Yes, she is on her way to Turkey:p

To be scapped:sad:

Scapping...the unkindest Kut of all!

Rigga

Dont mok the aflikted;)

My aplogies:eek:

There is BTW a rather good looking oil painting of her on a well known auction site by a Captain Rodger Roland Sutton Fisher C.B.E., D.S.C., R.N., R.S.M.A., F.R.S.A. ( 1919-1993) of the Invincible.


Please Gentlemen, it is well known the Navy save up all of their R's for Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Jim Lad.....

I'll get my coat :ooh:

Will be interesting to see if she makes it after 6 years in 3 basin. Am in Gib till Friday and Gib Sqn plan to pay a tribute as she passes through the Straits. 29 years after the Falklands.

On MSJ now, last chance to get a shot of her and the Ark together...

Posting a few pics from my collection on Thursday to mark the passing of a ship that served her Country so well in both war and peace:D

Keep an eye on this thread.

Can some naval type PM me when Ocean sets sail for the last time. I wouldnt want to miss that party.

Take any CVS...
 

" Captain, we've just received orders to return to port for decomissioning "---

Ist Officer; " if I were human, Captain, my response might be...'Go To Hell' - if I were human...

Farewell Invincible and thank you:D

Warship HMS Invincible leaves Portsmouth for the final time - East Hampshire - The News

Had a very rewarding 2 weeks on her in the early 80s. A major exercise followed by 3 days in Copenhagen. Almost wished I had joined the Navy......almost.

Wonderful pix, draken, thanks. The last one caused a little beery tear to course its way down the seamed old cheek.....

And I'm a crab (well, ex)

Thanks,
airsound

I along with many others helped Invincible store for war in Aoril 82. Sad to see her go. Hail andfarewell.

Navaleye - that must have been a very interesting time. Was there a plan for the war stores, ie a proper war scaling, or was it a case of "well we're supposed to take 5 Pegasus engines, but let's make that 10, just in case".

I can only imagine the amount of beer that got loaded on all the ships!

Didn't have much to do with the aviation side. We were shifting dry stores, mostly bog roll and beans!

Draken55

Please re-size your pics to no more than 850x850. Thanks.