Axed Ark Royal On Farewell Tour -- Times of Malta
The Royal Navy flagship HMS Ark Royal, which was axed as part of the defence review, has set sail for a farewell tour.
The aircraft carrier is to be retired three years early as part of cost-cutting measures announced by the British government last month.
The ship, which has a crew of about 750, sailed from its home port of Portsmouth Naval Base heading up the west coast of the UK before visiting Clyde Naval Base in Scotland and back down to Newcastle.
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