Queensferry Crossing, HMS Queen Elizabeth and all things Royal Navy
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That would be my guess.
Depending on when that picture was taken it may include Jon Pertwee who served on Hood and left her in the Spring of 1941.
Another remarkably versatile ship that's going without replacement.
I'm surprised given the current global security situation just how under the radar the state of our Navy and Fleet Auxiliary has gone.
HMS Lancaster has just paid off in Bahrain because her hull no longer has Lloyd's certification. The RN kept her on station for the remaining life of her certificate before removing all of her stores and equipment and sea lifting her hull directly to a scrapyard.
We have no fleet auxiliary dry stores and ammunition sea replenishment capability as RFA Fort Victoria sits in Birkenhead in a poor condition allegedly in "reserve" while her replacement won't be in service until the end of the decade.
We've just sold our two fast tankers (the Wave class) to a private company for future leasing to other Navies.
It's a proper mess
I'm surprised given the current global security situation just how under the radar the state of our Navy and Fleet Auxiliary has gone.
HMS Lancaster has just paid off in Bahrain because her hull no longer has Lloyd's certification. The RN kept her on station for the remaining life of her certificate before removing all of her stores and equipment and sea lifting her hull directly to a scrapyard.
We have no fleet auxiliary dry stores and ammunition sea replenishment capability as RFA Fort Victoria sits in Birkenhead in a poor condition allegedly in "reserve" while her replacement won't be in service until the end of the decade.
We've just sold our two fast tankers (the Wave class) to a private company for future leasing to other Navies.
It's a proper mess
A misty day over Portsmouth Harbour. The pointy thing is the Spinnaker Tower, built for the Millenium Celebrations (opened April 2005). In the foreground is HMS Warrior, the world's first iron hulled warship, and lurking in the mist is one of the two aircraft carriers we aren't sending anywhere dangerous as they were too expensive and we wouldn't want them to get damaged. It would appear that this one is now being used a wedding venue, with the marquees on the landing deck, so we are getting some money back for our investment.
Rumour has it that due to the lack of vessels, HMS Warrior may well be reactivated and start patrolling the channel.
