Four Royal Navy Type 22 decommissioned frigates for sale in Southampton
The Disposal Services Authority (DSA) of the British Ministry of Defence has invited offers for the sale of four decommissioned Royal Navy Type 22 frigates. The frigates HMS Chatham, HMS Campbeltown, HMS Cumberland and HMS Cornwall all went up for the bidding process on January 23, with viewings available this month and next.
The DSA have an intention to award at least one vessel to a UK ship recycler, according to NavalToday.com, who also say the reason one vessel will be recycled is to “secure detailed knowledge of the UK’s capacity to recycle vessels”.
The authority also welcomes bids for the sinking of the vessels so that they become artificial reefs. All four of the frigates are currently moored in an area for decommissioned ships at Portsmouth Harbour.
The BBC reported that a MoD spokesman said: “It will be for organisations bidding ... to submit proposals on how they plan to use the ships. However, the MoD’s advertisement does state that bids will be accepted to use the ships in a non-military capacity, sinking for use as an artificial reef, or for recycling.”
In 2011when the HMS Ark Royal was up for sale, a Gibraltar based business man sent his project manager and his architect to view the vessel, in a bid to see if it would be suitable as a tourist attraction in Gibraltar, they concluded that it would not be.
In related news the Royal Air Force Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton and his French Air Force counterpart Chef d’état-major de l’Armée de l’air (CEMAA), Général d’Armée Aérienne Denis Mercier renewed this week the annual agreement to advance military cooperation between their respective air forces.
The agreement known as the Directive of Objectives is a direct result of the Security and Defence Cooperation Treaty signed in November 2010 by the governments of the UK and the French Republic. The aim of the Directive, which reflects the goals of the treaty, is to better enable UK and French air forces to operate together, maximising combined capabilities and obtain greater value for money in Defence expenditure.
In recent weeks the French air force has made use of Gibraltar’s airport facilities for exercises.
Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton who countersigned the Directive of Objectives at the French Air Force Headquarters in Paris, said: “As permanent members of the United Nations Security Council and as NATO allies the United Kingdom and France share many common interests and responsibilities.
Général d’Armée Aérienne Denis Mercier commented on the positive relationship between the two air forces: “French and British aviators have been engaged together on operational theatres for almost a century. Today, the re-enforcement of their cooperation opens formidable opportunities to overcome the challenges of tomorrow”.
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NO NO NO you cant have them,
You cant buy them,
And you don’t own them,
And we will not be talking over them,
No matter how many times you complain to the UN ,
So before you Argies stat crying to the UN about [ you want , you want ]
Soddy offy,
They are not yours
comprendo
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You have obviously never seen the mouth of the Plate.
Try Google Earth, its a bit wide.
Hey!! now there's a thing... we should HMS Nottingham to Argentina. That would really finish their Navy off!!!
Either HMS Belfast, or HMS Victory,
Would solve the problem by themselves..
,
Mind you,
Even the HMS Mary Rose, in all its state, could probably do the job, laying on its side lol
In the mouth of 4 ports cruise liners still visit.
France rule the waves
Britons always, always, always shall be slaves.
Are we going to compare navies now Marcos? Yeah didn't think so!
No carriers, no planes, no money, no navy, no hopes, no jobs and no FI in 20 years.
WoW only Brits can tolerate such humiliation.
I feel very sorry for them...
The only humiliation is for the Argentine forces that are rusting away whilst Britain still spends over 70bn a year on defense.
We are an ultra sophisticated military and you? You're the joke of SA/the world with your ships that sink and break down and then get stranded in other countries because you can't afford the repairs. Your ships are such a joke they can't even sail to another country without breaking down.
LOL
Marcos
If your such a Frachophile, why don't you up sticks and pop across the channel, you clearly do not like living here? I'm sure the French would embrace you.
The French have got their pride, mate. Especially when it comes to idiot malvinistas.
l know my cousins wouldn't want a fool like Marcos littering up La France.
Courtesy of Google translate.
Now can you try in English so may be we are lucky and your sentence made any sense?
D'accord, pas de problème.
Aucune infraction prises.
Moi aussi,parfois utiliser google pour traduire parce que mon français ne c'est pas ce qu'elle devrait être.
Ma mère serait horrifié mais elle m'appelait toujours sa petite fille anglaise!
lgnorer Dany, il est un fou.
Now l suppose that we had better return to Anglais, or we will be getting complaints to the Editor of Mercopress.
@26 DanyBerger,
l understood m. reality check, that you didn't only reinforces what l think of you.
Merci.
You also using Google Translation tool?
Of course your mother will be horrify is she French “petite fille anglaise”?
Still reality check sentences have no sense, sorry...
Well to be honest nor even in English he makes any sense.
Can't you read?
You never make sense.
Desperation always did serve fools..
21 DanyBerger
Humiliate,
Mmmm
Is it not Argentina that was humiliated?
Is it not Argentina that is still humiliated?
Is it not Argentina that will always be humiliated?
Unless of course they hire pirate hunter and his multy coloured nuclear sweets .lol
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Still you lot could always pray,
It’s the least you could do .lol.
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