The decision to scrap her abroad has angered the businessman Freddy Shepherd, who had bid to carry out the work on the River Tyne. HMS Ark Royal with Harrier Jets landing Credit: ITV Tyne Tees The ...

The people of Portsmouth, England, on Monday turned out to bid farewell to the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal, destined for a Turkish scrap yard after its decommissioning two years ago.

The Ark Royal, built at the old Swan Hunters shipyard in Wallsend, is to be sold as scrap metal. An announcement in Parliament is expected tomorrow to give full details of the £3m deal for HMS ...

The Royal Navy’s flagship aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal is to be scrapped along with its fleet of Harrier jets as the coalition prepares to announce cuts in the Strategic Defence and Security ...

The Royal Navy's former flagship, HMS Ark Royal, is to be towed to a breakers' yard in Turkey. But how exactly do you scrap an aircraft carrier? There were schemes that offered a future of sorts ...

Aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal is being sold for £3m for scrap metal by the Ministry of Defence to help tackle a multi-billion pound defence deficit. The removal of the Royal Navy's former ...

Former Navy flagship HMS Ark Royal will be sold on as scrap metal for £3 million as part of a move that the Ministry of Defence has described as “difficult but necessary”. An announcement in ...

The immediate axing of HMS Ark Royal will leave the UK without an aircraft carrier capable of flying jets for around a decade while two new vessels are built at a cost of £5.2 billion. That project ...

The Royal Navy's flagship, the aircraft carrier Ark Royal, will be scrapped early as part of the government's defence review, the BBC has learned. The move is part of the price paid by the Royal ...

The Royal Navy's flagship aircraft carrier was built at Swan Hunter's dockyard in Newcastle. :: Construction on the hull began in 1978 and the ship was commissioned into service in 1985.

Former Navy flagship HMS Ark Royal will be sold on as scrap metal for £3 million as part of a move that the Ministry of Defence has described as ''difficult but necessary''. An announcement in ...