HMS Edinburgh and HMS York on sale; “illustrious names to be mothballed”

Monday, August 13th 2012 - 22:04 UTC

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The United Kingdom Ministry of Defence’s Disposal Services Authority has put the Royal Navy ship HMS Edinburgh, also known as the “Fortress of the Sea” and another Type 42 destroyer, HMS York, have been put up for sale on its website. Read full article

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briton
What a lovely government we have,
Give em time, give em time,

They would sell your grandmother to save a few quid,

A government disgrace and a false impression to our enemy’s.

Still,
2015 gets closer and closer.
and the pussycat, meows just as loud,

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Aug 13th, 2012 - 10:26 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Marcos Alejandro
More scrap metal for Turkey lol.
Aug 14th, 2012 - 05:09 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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JPhillips
@3 Marcos - What are the largest vessels in Argentina's navy? Would they happen to be Type 42 destroyers by any chance?
Aug 14th, 2012 - 06:17 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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slattzzz
Marcos you numpty they are for sale not scrap read the article, they are fantastic ships I served on York for five years, well looked after they could go on for another ten to fifteen years, maybe Brazil would be interested they already have 4 of our T22 frigates, that would piss off turkey neck. @3 JP they're one remaining 42 (the other was canabilised to keep the other running) has down minimal time at sea for years now.
Aug 14th, 2012 - 07:57 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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briton
he is just hurt, that the argies can only afford rowing boats .lol.
Aug 14th, 2012 - 01:39 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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ChrisR
In Argentina, when they 'sell' a warship it must be for scrap as their vessels are either so old or non-functioning that it is only only scrap merchants who are interested.

You can easily see why someone as deluded about reality such as 2) would be confused.

LOL
Aug 14th, 2012 - 04:58 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Frank
Argentina just hulks its old ships as even the scrap metal dealers aren't interested.
The two reasons being that all the valuable non-ferrous scrap has long since been stolen by the crew in lieu of wages and as a result they are incapable of steaming to the breakers.
Aug 14th, 2012 - 09:43 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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