FAREWELL TO HMS ARK ROYAL

Following a restructuring of the ROYAL NAVY, flagship ARK ROYAL was decommissioned on the 11th of March 2011 after 25 years in service, the ship was built at SWAN HUNTER was launched in June 1981 but commissioned in November 1985, she had a displacement of 22.000 tons and capable of 30 knots, her homeport was beautiful and historical PORTSMOUTH, my favourite place in the UK for shipping, in this post three pictures of the ship, first one on the 25.01.2011 and the other two on the 3.02.2011 all taken from CAP FINISTERE, also some views of PORTSMOUTH SEAFRONT, one of the images shows the WIGHT LINK ferry ST FAITH on her way to the ISLE OF WIGHT, text and photos mine but for everybody´s pleasure