(Europa) The Royal Navy

[Schneemann]

Zur geplanten Außerdienststellung der HMS Illustrious, des letzten Trägers der Invincible-Klasse, die noch dieses Jahr erfolgen soll:

Fond farewell as HMS Illustrious returns to Portsmouth for final time

Crowds gathered in Portsmouth earlier to say goodbye to HMS Illustrious, as it returned to its home port for the final time. Hundreds of people lined the harbour walls and jetty to wave home the Royal Navy's helicopter carrier. [...] The warship is the last of the Invincible class of aircraft carriers which included the Ark Royal and Invincible, introduced into the navy in the 1980s. [...] HMS Illustrious will be replaced by HMS Ocean, which has just received a £65m refit.

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Schneemann.