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  • Royal Navy’s flagship helicopter carrier HMS Ocean could join Brazil’s fleet ...

    04/10/2017 10:23:53 AM PDT · by sukhoi-30mki · 2 replies
    The Sun ^ | 9th April 2017 | David Wooding
    ROYAL Navy flagship HMS Ocean could soon be sailing under a different flag – as part of the Brazilian fleet. Defence chiefs have confirmed the 28,000-ton helicopter carrier is for up for sale and that they are in talks with foreign governments. Brazil’s naval chiefs are keen to buy the vessel, which has seen active service in the Iraq War and an SAS rescue operation in Sierra Leone. Its sale will leave the Royal Navy without a carrier of any kind until 2023, when HMS Queen Elizabeth becomes operational. Brazilian officials say they believe the asking price – a closely-guarded...
  • UK: Crowds cheer warship home

    05/28/2003 9:51:52 AM PDT · by knighthawk · 6 replies · 189+ views
    icNewcastle ^ | May 28 2003
    Cheering crowds and emotional scenes greeted the Royal Navy's largest warship, HMS Ocean, when she returned to Britain following service in the war on Iraq. Up to 2,000 well-wishers packed the jetty at Devonport Naval Base in Plymouth to welcome home the ship's company. People waved Union flags and held up greeting banners when the assault ship came into view under a sunny, blue sky. Family members cried and hugged their loved ones as they disembarked from the impressive 21,700-ton vessel. Steward Steph Tickle, 28, from Preston, Lancashire, kissed her father and stepmother, Ian and Grace, on the jetty. Miss...