SAILORS of all ranks from ratings to admirals joined the crowds to wave off the Royal Navy’s former aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious as it was towed away to a Turkish scrapyard. The 22,000 tonne ship, ...
HMS Illustrious, which is also Britain’s last working aircraft carrier, is set for an sour end after serving in the Falklands, Iraq, Bosnia and Sierra Leone. As well as her military operations, the ...
Former captains and crew members of Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious have said their final farewells in Portsmouth - along with a crowd of hundreds. The decommissioned warship, which first ...
Britain's last aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious is making its final voyage today - being towed to a scrapyard in Turkey which bought it for a snip at £2m. The Royal Navy battleship - which saw service ...
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