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Few shots from the Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth

PostPosted: Sun Jan 23, 2011 4:44 pm
by waspiflab
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HMS Ark Royal comes into Port for the very last time before shes chopped up :'(Image

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Re: Few shots from the Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth

PostPosted: Sun Jan 23, 2011 5:35 pm
by C
Sad to see such a ship go, but needs must... There's no money, and unless you're doing a job right now, then as we've seen (Nimrod, Harrier etc), you're very vulnerable.

Re: Few shots from the Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth

PostPosted: Sun Jan 23, 2011 5:35 pm
by Hagar
Nice photos. There was no cafe up there the last time I visited.

Shame about the Ark. I wonder what will take her place as flagship.

Re: Few shots from the Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth

PostPosted: Sun Jan 23, 2011 11:03 pm
by patchz
Lovely shots. :)

Re: Few shots from the Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth

PostPosted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 3:35 am
by waspiflab
I live in Portsmouth and we thought we'd go into Gunwarf because the Ark Royal was open to the public for the weekend , but the thing is that the queue went from underneath me to the ship :o so we went to the pub instead ;D

Re: Few shots from the Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth

PostPosted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 8:52 am
by pfevrier
WOW! I visited Portsmouth maybe 15 years ago, and Spinnaker Tower wasn't there!  :D Pretty cool view from up there!

Re: Few shots from the Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth

PostPosted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 10:43 am
by Flying Trucker
Awesome shots...I must get across the pond sometime in the near future while I still can... :)

I thought the Royal Navy was building two (2) new large carriers?
There was a thread before Christmas about that here at Simviation.

What is the name of that tall ship and she looks like she could still be coal fired as well... :)

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

Re: Few shots from the Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth

PostPosted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 2:00 pm
by C
I thought the Royal Navy was building two (2) new large carriers?


Yep, Queen Elizabeth and Prince of Wales, which, all being well will have F-35C. :)

Re: Few shots from the Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth

PostPosted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 5:09 pm
by waspiflab
Awesome shots...I must get across the pond sometime in the near future while I still can... :)

What is the name of that tall ship and she looks like she could still be coal fired as well... :)


The one in the foreground is the HMS Warrior http://www.hmswarrior.org/
The one in the background is the HMS Victory http://www.hms-victory.com/
The carrier to the left is the HMS Ark Royal http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/operations- ... ark-royal/

cheers.

Re: Few shots from the Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth

PostPosted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 10:22 am
by Flying Trucker
Thanks for the information gentlemen...much appreciated... ;)

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug