Unable to find a permanent home for the retired Royal Navy carrier HMS Illustrious, the U.K. Ministry of Defence announced on Tuesday it would sell the ship for scrap to a Turkish firm. Illustrious ...
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HMS Illustrious - The bombing that split an armored carrier wide open
A concentrated air attack slammed into HMS Illustrious and punched through her defenses with repeated hits and near misses. Bombs tore open the flight deck and ripped into the carrier’s interior ...
The former aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious will be recycled after 32 years of service, announced the U.K. Ministry of Defense (MOD) who sold the ship to Turkish company LEYAL Ship Recycling Ltd for ...
A LAST ditch bid to save HMS Illustrious from the scrapyard has been rejected by defence chiefs. Royal Navy veterans are furious that a £15 million offer to turn the aircraft carrier into a hotel and ...
HMS Illustrious – the last of the Royal Navy’s Invincible-class aircraft carriers – was decommissioned at Portsmouth Naval Base today, marking the end of her 32-year career. The ship’s White Ensign ...
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