Posted on 03/13/2011 11:49:58 AM PDT by I still care
The aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal has been decommissioned at a ceremony in its home base of Portsmouth.
The warship was scrapped after 25 years' service as part of the government's defence budget review.
The move leaves the Navy without the capability of launching fixed-wing aircraft until replacements come into service at the end of the decade.
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