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Written by Administrator
Wednesday, 22 December 2010 11:36 |
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 Britain, under pressure to raise money to cut a record peacetime budget deficit, has put an old aircraft carrier up for sale on a government website, the Ministry of Defence has said. The ministry is inviting bids for the HMS Invincible, which saw action in the 1982 Falklands war, on its ‘disposal services’ website, set up to sell surplus military equipment. The ship, completed in 1980, was part of a British task force sent to recover the Falklands in 1982 after the islands were occupied by Argentinean forces. Queen Elizabeth’s son, Prince Andrew, served as a helicopter pilot on the ship during that conflict. The Invincible was decommissioned and mothballed in 2005. Bidders have until January 5th to make an offer, the Ministry of Defence said.
(Source: www.reuters.com)
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