Simviation Forum - Few shots from the Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth

Jan 23^rd, 2011 at 4:44pm

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

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Reply #1 - Jan 23^rd, 2011 at 5:35pm

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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.

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Reply #2 - Jan 23^rd, 2011 at 5:35pm

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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.

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Reply #3 - Jan 23^rd, 2011 at 11:03pm

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Lovely shots.

If God intended aircraft engines to have horizontally opposed engines, Pratt and Whitney would have made them that way.

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Reply #4 - Jan 24^th, 2011 at 3:35am

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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 Shocked

so we went to the pub instead Grin

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Reply #5 - Jan 24^th, 2011 at 8:52am

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WOW! I visited Portsmouth maybe 15 years ago, and Spinnaker Tower wasn't there! Cheesy

Pretty cool view from up there!

-Pierre-

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Reply #6 - Jan 24^th, 2011 at 10:43am

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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

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Reply #7 - Jan 24^th, 2011 at 2:00pm

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Flying Trucker wrote on Jan 24^th, 2011 at 10:43am:

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.

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Reply #8 - Jan 24^th, 2011 at 5:09pm

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Flying Trucker wrote on Jan 24^th, 2011 at 10:43am:

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-and-support/surface-fleet/aircraft-carrie...

cheers.

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Reply #9 - Jan 25^th, 2011 at 10:22am

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

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

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