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Post subject: Ark Royal sold for scrapPosted: September 10th, 2012, 4:17 am
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/9531606 ... scrap.html


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Post subject: Re: Ark Royal sold for scrapPosted: September 10th, 2012, 4:26 am
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Noooooo!

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Post subject: Re: Ark Royal sold for scrapPosted: September 10th, 2012, 4:45 am
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Rodondo wrote:
Noooooo!
Noooooo!

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Post subject: Re: Ark Royal sold for scrapPosted: September 10th, 2012, 5:24 am
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Sad end for a proud ship.

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Post subject: Re: Ark Royal sold for scrapPosted: September 10th, 2012, 12:05 pm
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Cruel2BEkind wrote:
Rodondo wrote:
Noooooo!
Noooooo!
I also agree, Noooooo!

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Post subject: Re: Ark Royal sold for scrapPosted: September 10th, 2012, 6:32 pm
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The only sad thing was the fact that the idiots in goverment spent good money on a major refit, then decided to lay her up. if every old warship was preserved we'd be seeing hundreds of them clogging up the docks; also, by preserving her we'd loose the name to any future warships - and that really would be a shame!


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Post subject: Re: Ark Royal sold for scrapPosted: September 11th, 2012, 1:19 pm
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Read on the BBC yesterday that the MOD plans that Illustrious will be preserved as a momument to the class. Don't hold your breath that will happen though.

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Post subject: Re: Ark Royal sold for scrapPosted: September 11th, 2012, 2:04 pm
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So now there's no more CV in active service within RN?


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Post subject: Re: Ark Royal sold for scrapPosted: September 11th, 2012, 2:16 pm
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Illustrios is still in service if i'm not mistaken, at least until 2014.

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Post subject: Re: Ark Royal sold for scrapPosted: September 11th, 2012, 9:13 pm
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I read somewhere that they might rename PoW Ark Royal.

If we really need 2 supercarriers, why has the RN been left so short in that dept for the next 5 years?

Massive waste of money, I think. Better to buy a couple of old wasps off the US!


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