Few shots from the Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth

[waspiflab]

HMS Ark Royal comes into Port for the very last time before shes chopped up

[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.

[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.

[patchz]

Lovely shots.

[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 so we went to the pub instead

[pfevrier]

WOW! I visited Portsmouth maybe 15 years ago, and Spinnaker Tower wasn't there!  Pretty cool view from up there!

[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

[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.

[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.

[Flying Trucker]

Thanks for the information gentlemen...much appreciated...

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug