What a sad end to a great ship. We should have kept it in service with a flight of harriers until HMS Queen Elizabeth/Prince of Wales are commissioned.
I'm still annoyed that the RN did us (Australia) out of an aircraft carrier by reneging on their deal to sell the Invincible thanks to the Falklands war.
Deevo037 Yeah perhaps but I think it was just too old to keep , it would of needed a Major overhaul Like Strip it to the bare frame , New Engines , New Electrics all the leaky pipes need replacing , modern Radars Weapon systems etc , it realistically wasn't economically viable .
You have to say she looked no less effective and efficient going to the breakers as the day she was launched, which is a great testament to the designers and the people who maintained her. I don't think you can pay a bigger compliment really. She looks just as good as the latest LPH type vessels entering service now around the world, better in many respects really.
when will this country learn!! would should have turned into a floating Museum.. so sad to see her follow so many great ships to a breaksyard in the third world.. the ships deserve better.
James Mark if the french sold a lot more exocet missile to the argentines way back in the early 80's,these warship is surely lying now at the bottom of the atlantic ocean together with her crew!
It is quite sad to see an aircraft carrier named after one of my favourite WWII aircraft carrier going to the scrap her but she suffered the same date as the World War II illustrious who was scrapped in the back end of the 1950s after she was sold to India she had a long life and I hope in the future we get another aircraft carrier named illustrious but for now I just wish we could have kept it
Shame, my dad served on Lusty and I was looking forward to seeing the ship and my dad showing me everything but no, some politicians wanted a new holiday home😪
our country was way way way way too vulnerable while we didn't have an aircraft carrier, they shud of kept em in service till Queen Elizabeth Class, all it was was another 5 or so years, the Gerald R Ford Class have a Life of 50 Years! not 32!
johnny llooddte Shame it would've been nice to see it still being used , especially for a good purpose . Apparently it was sold for £2 million to a Turkish scrapyard. It's been stripped of engines and other stuff though .
The guy at 3.29 said that there is nothing like serving on an aircraft carrier. I would totally agree. As a Bootneck in the 1960's I served a complete commission on board H.M.S. Centaur, a light fleet carrier of about 27 thousand tons displacement. I really loved it, and of course that was the last decade of the daily issue of pusser's rum. Happy days, with some epic runs ashore of course. The only duty that was a real pig of a job was 4 months watch keeping as lifebuoy ghost at sea, and Cpl. of the gangway when tied up alongside. Lifebuoy ghost involved pacing up and down the quarter deck for four hours, and you weren't allowed to sit down, smoke or read a book. The middle watch was the killer, you didn't see a soul for the whole four hours. Cpl. of the gangway in harbour was easy by comparison.
John Youde I don't think that they did take off all valuable equipment. I know they did because a few months before she went to be scrapped, they took all valuables off the ship, it was on the news. Keep up with current affairs.
What a drag. Given how many former RN frigates & destroyers are in service in South America, and Pakistan I think, I wonder if Chile, or Brazil, or Peru maybe, considered buying this ship, as a helicopter/Marine Amphibious type vessel.
terrible waste of a good ship.i am not surprised. they got away scrapping the Olympic and maurentania in the 30s, I just hope the ss united states can be saved.
Would it had killed those cheapskate political bean counters to save at least ONE of your great ships!!!?? Dreadnought Vanguard Illustrious and or any one of the dozens upon dozens that went to the breakers.
Farewell Lusty, thank you for taking my dad to sea and bringing him home safe every time.
What a sad end to a great ship. We should have kept it in service with a flight of harriers until HMS Queen Elizabeth/Prince of Wales are commissioned.
admiralpicard2010 Most definitely.
admiralpicard2010 Maybe sell her to Australia or Canada, keep her in a samller Commonwealth Navy.
admiralpicard2010
Most def.
but since its heading to turkey they should bung all the illegal migrants in it and use it to send them back
I'm still annoyed that the RN did us (Australia) out of an aircraft carrier by reneging on their deal to sell the Invincible thanks to the Falklands war.
Deevo037
Yeah perhaps but I think it was just too old to keep , it would of needed a Major overhaul Like Strip it to the bare frame , New Engines , New Electrics all the leaky pipes need replacing , modern Radars Weapon systems etc , it realistically wasn't economically viable .
You have to say she looked no less effective and efficient going to the breakers as the day she was launched, which is a great testament to the designers and the people who maintained her. I don't think you can pay a bigger compliment really. She looks just as good as the latest LPH type vessels entering service now around the world, better in many respects really.
5 years later, I still can’t believe they threw such a magnificent ship
when will this country learn!! would should have turned into a floating Museum.. so sad to see her follow so many great ships to a breaksyard in the third world.. the ships deserve better.
James Mark It will be another 40 years until we get another chance
Obviously, Trying to have her scrapped in India WAS the far more moral thing to do ;) :(
James Mark if the french sold a lot more exocet missile to the argentines way back in the early 80's,these warship is surely lying now at the bottom of the atlantic ocean together with her crew!
She would have cost far too much to safely maintain.
Just so you chaps know, HMS Hermes is in India right now and there is a campaign going on to save her and bring her back to the UK as a museum ship.
I have a picture of her in 2015, in full just before scrapping, i miss her
My Great Grandad served on the HMS Illustrious during WW2 when it was bombed by the Luftwaffe and was crippled, but did not sink.
Groundsey this is not meant to be rude in any way but that was a different Illustrious
An utter waste of a wondrous ship...politicians need to stay away from defence
GOODBYE OLD GIRL..........
she reached and offers help to my country before retiring.
salamat
Hands down, the pommy's will always be the ruler of the waves. From. Australia
It saddens me to see the history incarnate in HMS Illustrious not made into a museum ship and preserved for posterity. Farewell.
super goose Belfast almost got scrapped too!
this should be a museum ship.
Beautiful ship and class
First ship was Victorious in 1966-68 real carrier put out of service by politicians before her time
get rid of the pen pushers and save the ships
It is quite sad to see an aircraft carrier named after one of my favourite WWII aircraft carrier going to the scrap her but she suffered the same date as the World War II illustrious who was scrapped in the back end of the 1950s after she was sold to India she had a long life and I hope in the future we get another aircraft carrier named illustrious but for now I just wish we could have kept it
I feel sad for the skip man that needs to take that away...
May she rust in pieces.
Good old Rusty Lusty
Shame, my dad served on Lusty and I was looking forward to seeing the ship and my dad showing me everything but no, some politicians wanted a new holiday home😪
Dr Harry The okey doesn’t go to a single MP, not even towards a home. What a stupid comment to make.
Built at swan hunter wallend.i was on her launch day
we should scrap them in UK as the cost would be the same and we need the jobs.
Rose White Cost wouldn’t be the same.
Didn’t the British government said they would preserve this ship? Well, they lied. RIP Illustrious, one day another will take up this honorable name.
Yes did indeed on both counts.....
I'd Get the Point Of The Royal navy But Lusty Is the one who we Would Need.
She was sold for scrap for £2.1m. That seems ludicrously cheap given that houses in london - houses! - are approaching that price.
Jodie Price Scrap ships don’t get a lot anyway.
Grandad was on her when she was the Illustrious ww2
A sad loss should have gone to the RFA to use they have ships a lot older that they still have to use ! Fucking Gov.
Richard Maunder The ship was not viable for any use, no amount of money and refits can fix hull life. Silly comment.
Como le fue al ilusorios con nosotros, o fue el invencible que les dañamos ??
another great ship distgustingly scrapped what a waste of a loverly ship please please do not waste any more ships .
Yeah... not likely. Cheap money made from scrap will always be worth more than museum ships in the eyes of our shortsighted government .
she was a gud gurl
I've been onboard x
our country was way way way way too vulnerable while we didn't have an aircraft carrier, they shud of kept em in service till Queen Elizabeth Class, all it was was another 5 or so years, the Gerald R Ford Class have a Life of 50 Years! not 32!
It sucks Britain never keep any of capital ships as museum...
Because this government don't want to keep paying for things
NOOOOOO
weve tried to buy it for 4 years...
doc johnny
mercy shps intl
johnnyJF747@yahoo.com
johnny llooddte
How much ?
It was sold for £2million scrap
johnny llooddte
Shame it would've been nice to see it still being used , especially for a good purpose .
Apparently it was sold for £2 million to a Turkish scrapyard. It's been stripped of engines and other stuff though .
Just read that the Yanks sold one of their carriers for scrap for 1 cent as no one was interested in turning it into a museum!!
2:37 This gentleman should play the role of Obi Wan Kenobi in a future Star Wars film.
My uncle was on this
THEY COULD HAVE UPGRADED THE SHIP AND MADE IT ANOTHER CARRIER WITH THE F35C
No her deck was too short
The QE’s are 300ft longer than the Invincibles
The guy at 3.29 said that there is nothing like serving on an aircraft carrier. I would totally agree. As a Bootneck in the 1960's I served a complete commission on board H.M.S. Centaur, a light fleet carrier of about 27 thousand tons displacement. I really loved it, and of course that was the last decade of the daily issue of pusser's rum. Happy days, with some epic runs ashore of course.
The only duty that was a real pig of a job was 4 months watch keeping as lifebuoy ghost at sea, and Cpl. of the gangway when tied up alongside.
Lifebuoy ghost involved pacing up and down the quarter deck for four hours, and you weren't allowed to sit down, smoke or read a book. The middle watch was the killer, you didn't see a soul for the whole four hours. Cpl. of the gangway in harbour was easy by comparison.
I hope they took all the radio equipment off?
John Youde Obviously they did
Tristram What makes you think they did? - G0GUF RNARS 3227
John Youde
I'm sure they would have stripped it of anything sensitive . That's why it's being towed
John Youde I don't think that they did take off all valuable equipment. I know they did because a few months before she went to be scrapped, they took all valuables off the ship, it was on the news. Keep up with current affairs.
John Youde they did, i saw here from HMS Bristol, the lights of parts being sawn off in the night sky.
SAD.
Sayang naman kung maging junk na lang...napakamahal ng barko, sayang naman..pwede po bang donate na lang sa amin ?
So sad
This is a disgrace
farewell Lusty...served 3 years on you 2L2 mess. sad to say bye ;-(
What a drag. Given how many former RN frigates & destroyers are in service in South America, and Pakistan I think, I wonder if Chile, or Brazil, or Peru maybe, considered buying this ship, as a helicopter/Marine Amphibious type vessel.
Why would we want to sell it to Argentina of all people
Padzilla Agreed. Anybody but them.
should of scrapped the torie party
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Poor sweet Lusty
terrible waste of a good ship.i am not surprised. they got away scrapping the Olympic and maurentania in the 30s, I just hope the ss united states can be saved.
Would it had killed those cheapskate political bean counters to save at least ONE of your great ships!!!??
Dreadnought
Vanguard
Illustrious
and or any one of the dozens upon dozens that went to the breakers.
I look forward to eating the bake beans from the tin made out of this ship. At least the RN are having some proper carriers as replacements haha
Sell it to canada, the'll buy anyone's junk.
"junk"
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