A Dragon, a Rusty Lusty and others (Pic heavy)

[fatfingers]

How do chaps,

Had a boat tour around Portsmouth dockyard yesterday morning and here's a few pics.

DSC_0238 by Steve Witton, on Flickr

DSC_0241 by Steve Witton, on Flickr

DSC_0252 by Steve Witton, on Flickr

DSC_0279 by Steve Witton, on Flickr

DSC_0285 by Steve Witton, on Flickr

DSC_0286 by Steve Witton, on Flickr

DSC_0287 by Steve Witton, on Flickr

DSC_0284 by Steve Witton, on Flickr

HMS Daring was also in dock along with another Type 45 (was unable to see the pennant number on the other ship)

DSC_0275 by Steve Witton, on Flickr

HMS Illustrious tied up and HMS Endurance being moved by tug. Both awaiting their fate at the scrappers The city of Portsmouth put a bid in to buy the Lusty but it was rejected in favor of scrapping her. HMS Endurance has had her name and pennant number painted out for some strange reason.

DSC_0277 by Steve Witton, on Flickr

DSC_0290 by Steve Witton, on Flickr

DSC_0278 by Steve Witton, on Flickr

DSC_0273 by Steve Witton, on Flickr

DSC_0266 by Steve Witton, on Flickr

DSC_0257 by Steve Witton, on Flickr

DSC_0253 by Steve Witton, on Flickr

DSC_0243 by Steve Witton, on Flickr

DSC_0240 by Steve Witton, on Flickr

DSC_0258 by Steve Witton, on Flickr

DSC_0267 by Steve Witton, on Flickr

DSC_0267 by Steve Witton, on Flickr

DSC_0268 by Steve Witton, on Flickr

DSC_0269 by Steve Witton, on Flickr

DSC_0270 by Steve Witton, on Flickr

DSC_0257 by Steve Witton, on Flickr

HMS Bristol. Stripped out and used as a floating class room.

DSC_0255 by Steve Witton, on Flickr

DSC_0246 by Steve Witton, on Flickr

River Class Patrol Boat, HMS Severn

DSC_0231 by Steve Witton, on Flickr

Two grand old ladies. HMS Victory and HMS Warrior. Both of which are currently undergoing some restoration. Mast tops have been removed from Victory and awnings in place on the bow of Warrior.

DSC_0297 by Steve Witton, on Flickr

DSC_0303 by Steve Witton, on Flickr

This was doing some survey work prior to the channel being dredged in preparation for the arrival of HMS Queen Elizabeth later this year. Work was also being done on the dockside and it looked like a new crane was being built.

DSC_0221 by Steve Witton, on Flickr

And finally Sir Ben Ainslie was playing on his yacht.

DSC_0318 by Steve Witton, on Flickr

DSC_0317 by Steve Witton, on Flickr

Regards,

Steve

[Darby]

I used to be based in that old brick building in front of the Victory.

[spaddad]

Victory and Warrior undergoing some restoration, re-entering commission to make up the shortfall?

[Paul Bradley]

Dauntless is the other T45.

Nice pics - thanks for sharing!

[sailorboy61]

Endurance probably moving shortly then if the name/number have been scrubbed. No (more) embarrassment when she sinks halfway to Turkey!

[alpine_modeller]

Sad pictures of HM Naval Fleet.

Lusty looks like she could still do the biz (for wont of a lick of paint..)

The T45 situation is just plain embarassing. 3 in port. And I dont see Harpoon on any of them.

Edited May 29, 2016 by alpine_modeller

[Martian]

Great pictures! Sadly I felt from the day she was decommissioned that the politicians never had any real intention of preserving Lusty.

Martin

[iainr]

Victory and Warrior undergoing some restoration, re-entering commission to make up the shortfall?

HMS Victory is still in commission http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/our-organisation/where-we-are/heritage/hms-victory"HMS Victory continues to be a commissioned warship of the Royal Navy under her Commanding Officer and ship’s company and is the flagship of the First Sea Lord."

[Rob 1]

It's a real shame they couldn't save even one light carrier for museum or some other purpose. Once the two new big carriers (QE/PoW) are in service, they may not build any more for many years.

Edited July 9, 2016 by Rob 1