HMS Pymouth..a Final Journey

[Garry Russell]

The ship famous for hosting the surrender of Argentina in 1982 is being towed to Turkey for scrapping

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... ard.htmlam

Can't save everything, but, surely there is a case for this as an historic item and a tribute and memorial for those who lost their lives in the conflict.

Folks have been trying, but where is the will or more importantly, gratitude from the Government to make this right in the name of the nation.

[DaveB]

Indeed mate

I'd have thought an ideal place for her to go would have been Portsmouth as an additional attraction at the Maritime Museum in the dockyard. Obviously not

ATB
DaveB

[Paul K]

In the USA, they would have had that ship preserved and going as a museum years ago. Gawd, this place.

[Garry Russell]

Indeed Paul

In the USA they have pride in their country...there is little pride in Britain now for the country. The Government do not show much pride in the Britishness of being British as they are too busy trying not to offend foreigners who may not actually be offended.

If the Government cannot show pride, how can the people feel really good about their country in the way other nationals feel about their country.

Why not save this as a monument to pride of what many stand for and some gave their lives for...

But that would be silly...this can't be saved as that might upset the Argentinians

[Filonian]

Graham

[Vancouver]

Call me a contrarian but you cannot preserve everything, else we'd all be up to our necks in old crap that somebody stored some sort of nostalgia for. As for the Americans, I worry sometimes about their overly militaristic nature.

[Paul K]

Call me a contrarian but you cannot preserve everything, else we'd all be up to our necks in old crap that somebody stored some sort of nostalgia for. As for the Americans, I worry sometimes about their overly militaristic nature.

No, you can't preserve everything. But equally you should preserve some things, so which category does HMS Plymouth fall into ? Given the significance of the Falklands War in Britain's recent history and the ship's role in it, she most certainly is something. She isn't 'old crap' and the issue is a heck of a lot more than mere nostalgia.

Meanwhile...

http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Plymout ... story.html

[nigelb]

As for the Americans, I worry sometimes about their overly militaristic nature.

To be fair, I don't think you can make a broad generalization about the Colonials. To be certain, there are many Hawks around who, if they had there way, would have the US fighting in every corner of the planet, but there are as many who believe the US should not play world policeman and military action is really a last resort, not the first response.

Nigel²