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britinusa
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Initially Posted - 04/09/2011 : 15:23:39

Learnt today about the demise of the ship that brought me to the USA.

[url="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/defence/8411201/HMS-Ark-Royal-put-up-for-sale-on-military-eBay.html"]Here's the Article about the Sale of HMS Ark Royal on Britain's Military eBay[/url]

Paul

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PO C250WB 2005 Sail # 841.

Moved up to C34 Eximius

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Response Posted - 04/09/2011 : 15:56:54

Ark Royal is a proud name of the sea.

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Response Posted - 04/09/2011 : 17:23:34

hmmm...how's the Association's Treasury???

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Response Posted - 04/09/2011 : 17:34:11

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by jerlim
 hmmm...how's the Association's Treasury???
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">Does it come with a trailer?

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Response Posted - 04/09/2011 : 19:59:36

It's probably got a swing keel so better check the cable and pin. I'll put a bid in...they said "no minimum price"....

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Response Posted - 04/09/2011 : 20:35:54

Love that quarter-pipe toward the port bow... to help us catch air!

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Response Posted - 04/10/2011 : 00:30:21

Looks like it would make a good pirate fighter.

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Response Posted - 04/10/2011 : 07:58:09

Paul can be Captain... Who's gonna fly the fighter?

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Response Posted - 04/10/2011 : 08:17:50

I'll fly it....I have thousands of hours logged in MS Flight Sim....

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Response Posted - 04/10/2011 : 10:33:24

Paul - I note that the "Exeter" is also for sale - wasn't she the destroyer that cornered the "Graf Spee" in Brazil and caused the captain to scuttle her?
BTW - did you just step off the carrier and stay, or .....

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Response Posted - 04/10/2011 : 12:44:34

Didn't see the Exeter in the list Derek, but I believe (not being a history buff) that was a previous ship of the same name. The Brits tend to pass on the ship names to successors.

I first arrived in the USA on HMS Ark Royal in 1986. Met my then future wife Peggy. Finished my 25 year navy career on the Ark Royal (R07) until my discharge in December 1988, final RN Payday was in May 1989 (they owed me a bit of leave

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FYI, the Ark was powered by the same engines, Marinized, as the Concorde!

Paul

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Response Posted - 04/10/2011 : 14:45:28

My last carrier, Oriskany, was sunk as an artificial reef off Pensacola. I thought it kind of nice since I winter in Pensacola.

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Response Posted - 04/10/2011 : 18:37:50

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Dave5041
 My last carrier, Oriskany, was sunk as an artificial reef off Pensacola. I thought it kind of nice since I winter in Pensacola.
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">A salute!

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Response Posted - 04/12/2011 : 10:35:28

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by britinusa
 Didn't see the Exeter in the list Derek, but I believe (not being a history buff) that was a previous ship of the same name. The Brits tend to pass on the ship names to successors.

I first arrived in the USA on HMS Ark Royal in 1986. Met my then future wife Peggy. Finished my 25 year navy career on the Ark Royal (R07) until my discharge in December 1988, final RN Payday was in May 1989 (they owed me a bit of leave

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FYI, the Ark was powered by the same engines, Marinized, as the Concorde!

Paul
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">I remember refueling her in the Med, back around 1977 or so. Sad to see her go

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Response Posted - 04/12/2011 : 19:14:23

Glen, I think both the Exeter and the Ark Royal were the latest in their line.

Reading up on the replacement for the Ark Royal in the position of Flagship of the Royal Navy, I see that HMS Albion has stepped up to that spot. Her sister ship is HMS Bulwark.

My first ship was HMS Albion in 1969 and next was HMS Bulwark in 1970. Seems weird to look back and see those names again. Man, I'm a lot older than I think

Paul

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Response Posted - 04/13/2011 : 11:46:40

Paul talk about a strange coincidence the ship I was aboard when I saw the Ark, was the Caloosahatchee (AO 98). Your string got me thinking about her, so I looked up the Caloos and found she has a web site of her own www.usscaloosahatchee.org/
She was built in 1945, has a proud history of service, and was decommissioned in 1990. Finally sad to say in 2003 she was sold for scrap. This is the kicker, the scrap yard that bought her is in England. As of 2005 (last account I can find on her) she is still floating at the “Able UK Graythorp Yard near Hartlepool, England. At least up to that point, they have not been able to cut her up. This was because of the pollution (PCBs Asbestos etc.) that could be released in doing so.

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Response Posted - 04/13/2011 : 16:13:45

And we used to joke that the ships came back as razor blades!

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Response Posted - 04/14/2011 : 09:41:30

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by britinusa
 And we used to joke that the ships came back as razor blades!

paul
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