Model Boat Mayhem

Mess Deck: General Section => Full Scale Ships => Topic started by: glennb2006 on February 09, 2008, 12:45:54 am

Title: Ark Royal returning home
Post by: glennb2006 on February 09, 2008, 12:45:54 am

If anyone's interested, there's an open day on Saturday 9th.

Chance to say hello to the old girl before the Indians tear it to bits in a few years time.

Enjoy.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7235839.stm

Glenn

Title: Re: Ark Royal returning home
Post by: Ghost in the shell on February 11, 2008, 11:03:03 pm

does that mean that the name HMS ARK ROYAL will be carried on with the Future Aircraft Carrier thingie?

Title: Re: Ark Royal returning home
Post by: DavieTait on February 11, 2008, 11:09:13 pm

No I think the names are HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales.

On another note its been announced that Babcock Thorn at Rosyth has been awarded the contract to finally assemble the large modules of the carriers into one ship at Rosyth and they have just awarded a £20m contract for the rebuilding of one of the dry docks into a suitable size

Title: Re: Ark Royal returning home
Post by: MCAT on February 14, 2008, 12:20:37 pm

If you go to the lifeboat station appledore site  down the page abit is a clip of ark royal as she visits poole

http://www.rnli.org.uk/rnli_near_you/southwest/stations/AppledoreNorthDevon/