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HMS Invincible arrives
Posted: 20 Apr 2011, 22:01
by John
Re: HMS Invincible arrives
Posted: 20 Apr 2011, 22:12
by Techy111
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
Re: HMS Invincible arrives
Posted: 20 Apr 2011, 22:21
by sketchy74
Very sad, they should give the old war canoes a dignified end by towing them out to sea and pulling the plug.
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.
Re: HMS Invincible arrives
Posted: 20 Apr 2011, 23:00
by John
I've no idea what'll happen to he Harriers, they seem to be mothballed properly
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/ne ... Libya.html
KInd regards
JR
Re: HMS Invincible arrives
Posted: 21 Apr 2011, 01:06
by austerdriver
Was HMS Invincible towed to her final resting place or did she arrive under her own power?
Re: HMS Invincible arrives
Posted: 21 Apr 2011, 01:53
by FlyTexas
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.
...Like the USS Midway.
http://www.cbfsim.org/cb-bb/viewtopic.p ... lit=Midway
Better to scuttle the old warships than to let them fall into the hands of foreign countries.
Brian
Re: HMS Invincible arrives
Posted: 21 Apr 2011, 01:58
by sketchy74
FlyTexas wrote: ...Like the USS Midway.
Brian
Exactly Brian!
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!
Re: HMS Invincible arrives
Posted: 21 Apr 2011, 04:47
by Paul K
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.
Re: HMS Invincible arrives
Posted: 21 Apr 2011, 08:10
by John
austerdriver wrote:Was HMS Invincible towed to her final resting place or did she arrive under her own power?
She was towed, she hasn't had engines in a long time
Kind regards
JR
Re: HMS Invincible arrives
Posted: 21 Apr 2011, 17:48
by basys
John wrote:I just find these images very sad
Likewise.
I worked on her final outfit whilst serving my time.
