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Post by Barfluer on Feb 3, 2011 13:16:51 GMT 1
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Post by speedbird1960 on Feb 3, 2011 13:37:13 GMT 1
Thanks for sharing the photo's. Is it my imagination, but is this country falling apart.  Mike |
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Post by RICEY on Feb 3, 2011 14:21:45 GMT 1
great shots.
it ture the country is falling apart. the navy is loosing all kinds of vessels left right and centre
im just glad the bus companies are all privately owned otherwise we would see them being cut aswel
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Post by Barfluer on Feb 3, 2011 20:58:28 GMT 1
Later in the month H.M.S. LIVERPOOL is going the same way too.
We won"t be ruling the waves for much longer at this rate.
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Post by Biggles on Feb 3, 2011 21:03:21 GMT 1
At least with most Military items they are cleaned,even when destined to be scrapped unlike the vast majority of buses you see on the services these days.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2011 21:11:28 GMT 1
great shots. it ture the country is falling apart. the navy is loosing all kinds of vessels left right and centre im just glad the bus companies are all privately owned otherwise we would see them being cut aswel Sorry if this is going off-thread, but I think you will find buses being cut too before long. For example, here's a story from the area I've just been to... www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-12352823Dave (back on thread - great pics, Barfluer  ) |
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Post by LPL on Feb 3, 2011 22:56:35 GMT 1
Not (un)surprisingly BBC NWT billed the scrapping of HMS Manc as the last of the 'northwests' naval vessels!
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Post by David K on Feb 3, 2011 23:46:04 GMT 1
And we thought it was bad enough with the Harriers and Nimrods!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2011 1:32:19 GMT 1
great shots. it ture the country is falling apart. the navy is loosing all kinds of vessels left right and centre im just glad the bus companies are all privately owned otherwise we would see them being cut aswel Sorry to disappoint you but but there are going to be massive cuts in the bus industry within the next twelve months and many of the smaller companies will go altogether. East Yorkshire Motor services (EYMS) Yorkshires largest independent made a profit of just over £450k last year but this round of government cuts has reduced their income by over £2m. It's now odds on favourate to be bought out by one of the big four. Merseyside will not escape either but the effects wont hit the commercially viable sector (unless they subsidises loss making rural sectors) until the fuel duty rebate reduction kicks in in 2012. Great photo's. Anyone know whats going to happen to the ship. Will she be sent for recycling or sold to another country? (Sorry I noticed Dave's reply after writing this but I will leave it in as shows how the cuts are affecting the company's and not just services. If anyone wants to carry the bus line on it would be best to start a new thread. Save hijacking this one). |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2011 2:14:56 GMT 1
Later in the month H.M.S. LIVERPOOL is going the same way too. We won"t be ruling the waves for much longer at this rate. Lets hope North West Tonight give it as much coverage. I remember Liverpool being built and watched her leave the Mersey on her maiden voyage. Seems like yesterday - hard to believe it was over thirty years ago. |
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Post by ian531 on Feb 4, 2011 10:04:22 GMT 1
I was in Barrow earlier this week and saw three naval ships moored up looking a bit forlorn.
No names on the ships that I could see but they were marked 28. 29 and 30 (I think - from memory)
Does anyone know if these are being de-commissioned?
Ian
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Post by RICEY on Feb 5, 2011 2:04:13 GMT 1
they will belong to a foreign navy i think or are being sold to a foreign one.
HMS Liverpool is due in later this month i think for her final visit aswel.
HMS Manchester is open on sunday from 12-4
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Post by rock37 on Feb 5, 2011 21:40:51 GMT 1
HMS Manchester is featured in the Channel 5 documentary Royal Navy Caribbean Tour , it starts at 2100 hours on Monday.
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Post by Biggles on Feb 6, 2011 23:24:15 GMT 1
I suggest we all record these programmes of military units being scrapped, seeing them in action on dvd or video is the nearest thing we will have soon.
I reckon we should keep showing them on TV on repeats to make the rest of the world think we still use them operationally.
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Post by alexmac on Feb 6, 2011 23:30:58 GMT 1
Suspect the ships will go up for internal naval tender for the use by a foreign navy depending on the fit of the vessel, and if nobody wants her, she'll end up going for external tender like the Ark. Failing that.... scrap metal price isn't too bad at the moment.
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