NEARLY 40 years ago, a teenage boy enlisted in the Navy straight out of school and set off around the world – but he was ...

Unable to find a permanent home for the retired Royal Navy carrier HMS Illustrious, the U.K. Ministry of Defence announced on Tuesday it would sell the ship for scrap to a Turkish firm. Illustrious ...

The aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious stood down today after thirty-two years as a flagship in the Royal Navy. The Portsmouth-based helicopter and commando carrier has clocked up nine hundred thousand ...

HMS Ocean, Landing Platform Helicopter, which has just received a £65m refit will replace Lusty The Royal Navy's helicopter carrier and Falklands' conflict veteran HMS Illustrious has returned to ...

Demolition work on the former British aircraft carrier, known as Lusty, is underway at a site in Aliaga, Turkey - turning it into cooking utensils and bridge foundations BLEAK images show the Royal ...

A British warship that served in the Falklands conflict could soon become a floating museum under plans lodged by Hull City Council. Council bosses have spent £540,000 on a bid to bring the recently ...

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The Swan Hunter built HMS Illustrious began its last voyage today - to Turkey where it will be scrapped. Hundreds gathered in Portsmouth to wave the 22,000-tonne former aircraft carrier a fond ...

Light aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious has obviously been working up a thirst on her latest deployment after she had to be replenished at sea alongside two Royal Fleet Auxilary ships. The 22,000-tonne ...

The aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious will be sent to help people affected by the typhoon in the Philippines, Prime Minister David Cameron has said. HMS Illustrious is currently in the Gulf and is ...