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Tomick
#1 Posted : 26 August 2016 09:00:59

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Another part of Naval of history lost for good.. http://www.bbc.co.uk/new...land-hampshire-37162839
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#2 Posted : 26 August 2016 09:23:59

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It's a shame. She would have made a great naval museum and shouls have been saved for posterity.
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It is a great shame.

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pemberg wrote:
It's a shame. She would have made a great naval museum and shouls have been saved for posterity.
Graeme

There were museum offers from such as Hull which were knocked back as being unviable...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/new...england-humber-29827378

The Leyl ship recycling plant in Turkey has so far, scrapped 18 of Britain's Cold War-era warships, including six Type 42 destroyers; the frigate HMS Plymouth – the ship aboard which Argentina signed her surrender at the end of the Falklands War; and Lusty's fellow carriers, HMS Invincible and HMS Ark Royal. Former sailors were able to apply to the scrapyard for a piece of their warship's hull as a memento, according to a government report.
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