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Flagship aircraft carrier Ark Royal to be sold for scrap
Source: Flagship aircraft carrier Ark Royal to be sold for scrap - TelegraphThe former flagship of the Royal Navy is to be sold off to scrap merchants ending two years of uncertainly over her future, it will be announced in Parliament today.
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HMS Ark Royal, once the bullish symbol of Britain's defence diplomacy, will follow the ignominious fate of her sister ship HMS Invincible by ending life as a razor blades.
There had been strong indications that she would sold to a British diving company and sunk off the Devon coast to become a major scuba diving attraction.