Rust in pieces
The ex HMS Cornwall arrives in a very sorry state from Plymouth to join her two other sisters already laid up in Portsmouth Harbour
STRIPPED back and looking in a sorry state, this is axed warship HMS Cornwall arriving in Portsmouth to be tied up with all the other decommissioned warships.
The Type 22 frigate – one of four axed in the government’s 2010 defence cuts – will stay in Portsmouth Naval Base until she is sold by the Ministry of Defence.
Cornwall, which joined the navy in 1988, was based in Devonport.
During her final deployment early last year in the Gulf of Aden, Cornwall’s boarding teams rescued five Yemeni fishermen and captured 17 Somali pirates.
Prior to that, the ship hit the headlines in March 2007 when 15 members of the ship’s company were detained by Iranian forces following a routine search of a vessel suspected of smuggling near disputed territorial waters.
She was decommissioned in June last year. Her axed sister ships HMS Chatham and HMS Cambeltown arrived in Portsmouth in October last year.
HMS Cumberland, which saw action in Libya last year, is due to arrive tomorrow.
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nmichael
Monday, February 27, 2012 at 03:07 PMYep the photo and words are a heart string puller but warships have to be stripped out as a matter of national security, scrapping them or selling them is an entirely different matter but most warships have a shelf life in our modern and changing times of 30-35 years.
BrigitteB
Monday, February 20, 2012 at 03:28 PMI really miss the Harbour Eye web cam! I would have loved to be able to see the ships coming in!
wizard of oz
Sunday, February 19, 2012 at 01:48 PMFitting tribute to to the decline of our military capability.
Graham Wheatley
Saturday, February 18, 2012 at 01:44 PMInane headlines only serve to cheapen their name and their contribution to the defence of the country.
PFC_Paul
Saturday, February 18, 2012 at 10:58 AMI hate seeing old warships like this. I had the pleasure to visit HMS Cornwall during our ship visit while at HMS Raleigh during my Navy Basic Training in 2001. It's sad to see our fleet being turned ffrom pride to pathetic.
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