I used to visit it in Birkenhead quite often when I lived up that way and to be honest the ship was never a major visitor attraction, there would normally only be a few cars in the car park so I can’t ever see it being a big revenue generator.

With respect, that probably had more to do with the location than anything; if you put the ‘London Eye’ in Birkenhead I doubt it would get many visitors…

…and HMS Plymouth survived there for many years.

The government has the money but HMS Plymouth, for some reason, doesn’t tick any of the right boxes.

Imagine it’s thirty years after the end of the Second World War and all the remaining aircraft from that conflict are lined up on the dockside at Birkenhead…

…do you imagine anybody (politicians aside) would scrap them all because of the expense of the museums than now house them?