Taken a couple of minutes after my previous shot, HMS Daring passing Quebec House and leaving Portsmouth Harbour.
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HMS Daring the first of the Royal Navy's Type 45 destroyers. Leaving Portsmouth on a nine month deployment to the Far East. I must say I felt very proud standing outside the Spice Island Inn with all the other well wishers seeing her and her crew off.
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Quayside in Portsmouth on a recent walkabout.
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Taken from the last open day for the public to step inside HMS Ark Royal. Scheduled for retirement in 2016, the strategic defense and security review cuts means the Ark Royal is being decommissioned early.
Didn't take too many shots as it was bitterly cold and the overcast sky didn't help either. Still well worth being one of the 5000 queuing to see her for the very last time.
Further details on the BBC: www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-12251800
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Taken from the last open day for the public to step inside HMS Ark Royal. For this shot of a Merlin, I was standing right on the edge of the port side of the flight deck. Scheduled for retirement in 2016, the strategic defense and security review cuts means the Ark Royal is being decommissioned early.
Didn't take too many shots as it was bitterly cold and the overcast sky didn't help either. Still well worth being one of the 5000 queuing to see her for the very last time.
Further details on the BBC: www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-12251800
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