"Royal Navy's Illustrious Passes the Torch, Ends Career" Topic
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| Tango01 | 29 Jul 2014 9:30 p.m. PST |
"Illustrious, the second most famous commissioned warship in the Royal Navy, returned to Portsmouth naval base for the last time July 21, marking the end of a 32-year career for the helicopter carrier. Having handed over duties as the Navy's helicopter carrier to Ocean, the 22,000-ton Illustrious, affectionately known as Lusty, is scheduled to be officially decommissioned by the end of the year. The carrier has clocked almost 890,000 miles and seen service in the Falkland Islands, Bosnia, Sierra Leone, Iraq and elsewhere. Her final public role was to play a part in the naming ceremony of the Royal Navy's new 65,000-ton carrier Queen Elizabeth on July 4…" link Full article here
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| EJNashIII | 01 Aug 2014 9:18 p.m. PST |
I'm glad she will at least live on as a museum ship. Very sad her sisters had to go to the breakers. |
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