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The former aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious has sailed out of its home port of Portsmouth for the final time. The MoD announced earlier this year it had been sold for £2m to a ship recycling company ...

HUNDREDS of people are expected to flock on board HMS Illustrious today as it visits Liverpool for the first time in its 26-year history. The 22,000-tonne aircraft carrier berthed at Liverpool’s ...

Sailed 900,000 miles on operations across the globe over 32 years HMS Illustrious was rushed into service in 1982 in the aftermath of the Falklands conflict "Sad day" for veterans who served on board ...

A LAST ditch bid to save HMS Illustrious from the scrapyard has been rejected by defence chiefs. Royal Navy veterans are furious that a £15 million offer to turn the aircraft carrier into a hotel and ...

Hundreds of people have lined the harbour walls and jetty to wave home the Royal Navy's helicopter carrier HMS Illustrious as it sailed into port for the final time. Following 32 years of service, ...

What You Need to Know: In 2013, during a NATO anti-submarine warfare exercise off Oman, the USS Dallas, a Los Angeles-class attack submarine, stealthily "sank" the Royal Navy's HMS Illustrious. The ...

An aircraft carrier that served in Bosnia and the Gulf as well as helping with aid missions has been taken out of service. Invincible-class HMS Illustrious has been decommissioned at a service at ...

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Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious is being deployed to help the victims of Typhoon Haiyan, it has been announced today. The ship will replace HMS Daring, which has already been deployed to ...