Yeah pants ain't it.!!! I just finished watching HMS Ark Royal on Discovery yesterday and even being ex RAF i had a lump in my throat as she was demobbed...
Crying shame and all we can do is sit and watch...wish we had a say in defence reviews...
Tony
The last surviving and complete Vickers Vanguard....."Superb"
sketchy74 wrote:If it was the USA they would park it up in a harbour and turn it into a profitable museum / events venue, wish we could do that with old UK kit.
I always drop by the Midway when in San Diego... I was on the USS Intrepid in NY a few months ago and could not help but wish they hung on to the Ark Royal the same way with some old Phantoms / Vixens / Gannets / Buccs / Seakings and Wessex on board.... oh well!
Its amazing what the Americans have preserved of their historic sea power. At least one example of each of their WW2 battleship designs, including three out of the four Iowa-class ships ( the Iowa herself remains ready to be donated to a museum ), Liberty ships, submarines, LSTs... I wish I had the money and time to do a tour of them all.
