October 19, 2010 at 10:00 pm
Instead of scrapping the Ark Royal can’t we have it parked up somewhere and turned into a museum – plenty of Harriers to put in it and you could always put a Nimrod MRA4 and Sentinal on the deck.
By: SPIT - 29th October 2010 at 17:43
Ref what WE 840 suggested. What would be the use ?? according to the rog UK Border Force (Farce) 99% of the illegals that the so called Enforcer Dept get are let free ASAP and are never seen again. :D:D
By: tenthije - 29th October 2010 at 16:37
I heard there was a plan to move the LHR Concorde to a pontoon on the Thames. Might put her on the carrier. Put her next to the HMS Belfast.
By: WP840 - 26th October 2010 at 16:51
What is it about Tory governments and Ark Royal? The previous Ark Royal was scrapped during a Tory government and now this one. Do they have something against the name?
Yes I know it’s a coalition government at the moment…
They could rename it the Almighty and have it patrol the English Channel to keep the immigrants out!
By: PeeDee - 25th October 2010 at 21:46
Just posted a message on the BSAC Forums, suggesting it could be turned into an artificial reef.
My Mother watched the US do this off the coast of Florida. They made a bit of a show of it. USAF threw a few at it as part of a display, then it was finished with a back-breaking torpedo. Wonderful. They were hiring out Binoculors on the beach…it was a few miles out to Sea.
By: zoot horn rollo - 20th October 2010 at 12:09
What is it about Tory governments and Ark Royal? The previous Ark Royal was scrapped during a Tory government and now this one. Do they have something against the name?
Yes I know it’s a coalition government at the moment…
By: DavidS - 20th October 2010 at 11:14
Don’t forget you’ve still got the Vince to dispose of. There is a plan (more an idea) to take her back to Barrow. http://www.bringinvinciblehome.co.uk/invincible_campaign_home.asp
By: D.Healey - 20th October 2010 at 08:43
ahh it would cost toomuch money, like keeping an old convict, put it on ebay and see which country wants to buy it.
By: waco - 20th October 2010 at 05:16
….Don’t the French use an old carrier off NCE for helicopter work around the area?
We could do the same for the London area….
By: Bob - 19th October 2010 at 23:49
Give it to the Afghan Navy……
By: Phillip Rhodes - 19th October 2010 at 23:34
Just posted a message on the BSAC Forums, suggesting it could be turned into an artificial reef.
By: Old Fart - 19th October 2010 at 23:10
Off Southend,
Will help celibrate the Navy and aviation heritage of Southend, place aircraft in the hangers that have been assossiated with Southend on deck could be an active heli-pads and aircraft operated from the ark.
By: AndyG - 19th October 2010 at 22:29
Best to add the real villains such as Goldman Sachs, derivatives dealers, the entire EU, hedge funds and political ‘friends’ of such organisations to the manifest prior to sailing.:D
They even make school gate crack cocaine dealers appear like upstanding members of the community……:eek:
By: D.Healey - 19th October 2010 at 22:17
how about put all the MP’s on it and send it on its last voyage and scuttle it in mid atlantic?
By: spitfireman - 19th October 2010 at 22:10
…..could use it for keel-hauling wayward MPs…
By: spitfireman - 19th October 2010 at 22:08
….would make a great multi-storey car park on the Thames.