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  • #2


    Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.

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    • #3
      seems perfect for a floating Dail , put all lads onboard and give em a tow to North korea , i dont see a downside .
      "take a look to the sky right before you die, its the last time you will"

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      • #4
        Originally posted by easyrider View Post
        The conditions of sale are geared towards disposal companies.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by greyfox View Post
          seems perfect for a floating Dail , put all lads onboard and give em a tow to North korea , i dont see a downside .
          Do you need to go that far? Deep water and outside SAR range should be enough.


          Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.

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          • #6
            Let Michael O'Leary buy it, it could be used by Ryanair as an alternative to Dublin airport - and he can charge extra for a boat ashore. Of course, in keeping with Ryanair policy, it would have to anchored at least 50 miles from Dublin!
            'He died who loved to live,' they'll say,
            'Unselfishly so we might have today!'
            Like hell! He fought because he had to fight;
            He died that's all. It was his unlucky night.
            http://www.salamanderoasis.org/poems...nnis/luck.html

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            • #7
              Excellent Flamigo

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              • #8
                A sorry end: Queen's former flagship HMS Invincible arrives in Turkey to be scrapped

                Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...JRHviAZPFormer Royal Navy flagship HMS Invincible has arrived at the Turkish port where she is due to be scrapped.
                The ship, which was decommissioned six years ago, now rests in the port of Aliaga where engineers have been preparing to turn her into thousands of one metre square blocks of steel.
                She could eventually be recycled into girders for buildings, bridge cables even chairs or even razor blades.

                Razor blades: HMS Invincible sits in the Port of Aliaga, Turkey, waiting to be scrapped and recycled. Launched by the Queen in 1977, Invincible was the flagship of Britain's Falklands War campaign

                Ship graveyard: Leyal's ship breaking yards are located in the industrial heartland of Turkey - next to the steel mills of Aliaga - which melt down high grade steel to be sold on to European manufacturers
                The Ministry of Defence awarded Turkish ship breaking company Leyal the contract to scrap the Invincible in February this year, after an eBay style online auction.


                Preparations: Just hours after she executed her last dock engineers crawl over her body - ensuring she ready to be dismantled
                Leyal boss, Dimitri Ayvatoglu explained the process for scrapping the pride of the royal fleet: 'There are a lot of protocols to follow,

                'This next week will be just for safety checks of the remains of the ship.

                'We will be checking for any hazardous substances or explosive material.

                'Then all the safety measures have to be implemented - we'll pump oxygen inside - ensure lighting, ventilation, and constant water supply in case of fire.'
                Launched by the Queen in 1977, HMS Invincible was the flagship of Britain’s Falklands War campaign.

                Half a million people turned out to welcome her triumphal homecoming in 1982, including the Queen herself. She was there both as Head of the Armed Forces and proud mother. Prince Andrew was on board as a helicopter pilot.

                Last month just 50 turned out on the quayside at Portsmouth to see Invincible off on her final voyage. The Royal Navy had made no announcement about the farewell and did not even lay on a piper.

                It fell to a lone standard-bearer from the Royal British Legion and a few well-wishers to pay tribute.


                Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz1JRHH2B3e


                Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.

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                • #9
                  It's okay though, Hermes is still going, albeit under a different name.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Barry View Post
                    It's okay though, Hermes is still going, albeit under a different name.
                    And will be for some time to come, by all accounts.


                    Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.

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                    • #11
                      Its sad to see a ship being scrapped like that
                      Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
                      Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
                      The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere***
                      The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
                      The best lack all conviction, while the worst
                      Are full of passionate intensity.

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                      • #12
                        Its sad to see a ship being scrapped like that
                        Thats the way it happens, Ships take on a life of their own and if anything it seems alittle inhumane.

                        The other methods are sinking as artificial reefs which is becoming ever more popular .

                        The third method is sunk as targets and this became so traumatic for some former crew members that the UKRN would do it without ceremony and remove all evidence of the ships former identity from them.

                        If you think the Turkish situation looks alittle brutal, have a look at Alang in India sometime.

                        But I do agree I hate to see old warriors been broken up as they do achieve a personality of their own while serving.
                        Covid 19 is not over ....it's still very real..Hand Hygiene, Social Distancing and Masks.. keep safe

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                        • #13
                          I think the artifical reef soloution is the better option

                          however imagine if back in olden times when you were a young recruit

                          they decided to scrap or make a reef out of the HMS Belfast etc
                          Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
                          Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
                          The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere***
                          The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
                          The best lack all conviction, while the worst
                          Are full of passionate intensity.

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                          • #14
                            Given that the Argentinians repeatedly claimed to have struck it during their little tiff in the South Atlantic, now might be the time to check it over for unexplained patches over bomb-shaped holes
                            regards
                            GttC

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                            • #15
                              I remember when the Last of the Irish Minesweepers were taken out of the basin in Haulbowline, I was there on that dreary sunday morning and took some photos graphs, there had been no ceremonial and to a degree it was very much a non afair but there were men who were genuinely upset to see them leave.

                              Yes they had been tough ships to live in but the memories and years of lives given to these vessels were real and men felt that they were losing part of them selves when they moved on.

                              Hence I belive that it is important to have some sort of representation in tribute how the men lived if only in photographs.

                              We never preserved our heritage in the way of the actual ships but some of the photos are begining emerge of how rough it was.

                              Invincible is one of the last survivors of the falklands at this point when the ships go I think the men feel a sence of loss as they feel the physical evidence of their former existence has moved on and all they did for that existence will be forgotten.
                              Covid 19 is not over ....it's still very real..Hand Hygiene, Social Distancing and Masks.. keep safe

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