HMS Illustrious WW2

movingtables · 14 Feb 2013 at 18:55

Sailing into liverpool today (14.02.13).

only via a point an click but thought i'd share all the same.

Phal · 14 Feb 2013 at 19:08

What's the WW2 part of this thread titled supposed to mean exactly? lol

movingtables · 14 Feb 2013 at 19:10

Phal said:
What's the WW2 part of this thread titled supposed to mean exactly? lol

it's a world war 2 ship.

icyshore · 14 Feb 2013 at 19:14

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Illustrious_%28R06%29

Not unless the second world war finished after 1976

teenwolf · 14 Feb 2013 at 19:15

the last picture is fantastic

VaderDSL · 14 Feb 2013 at 19:15

movingtables said:
it's a world war 2 ship.

Really? Wasn't it built in the mid 70's!?

djshauny1 · 14 Feb 2013 at 19:16

Cool pics. Thanks for sharing

movingtables · 14 Feb 2013 at 19:22

oops my mistake on the ww2 bit

Phal · 14 Feb 2013 at 20:49

This is the latest incarnation of the Illustrious but no doubt there was another one during WW2

They definitely didn't have a need for ski jumps for those planes though :E

Spitfir3 · 14 Feb 2013 at 21:43

movingtables - you're from the Wirral?

I just read it's wikipedia article, it's in service now just as a heli platform?

a1ex2001 · 15 Feb 2013 at 09:03

Spitfir3 said:
movingtables - you're from the Wirral? I just read it's wikipedia article, it's in service now just as a heli platform?

Heres the WW2 Illustrious
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Illustrious_(R87)

I've no idea why the current one is still in service other than to give the navy something to do, I assume she will be retired as soon as she is due a refit.

Phal · 15 Feb 2013 at 18:29

a1ex2001 said:
Heres the WW2 Illustrious
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Illustrious_(R87)

I've no idea why the current one is still in service other than to give the navy something to do, I assume she will be retired as soon as she is due a refit.

As mentioned, i'd imagine she's a helo platform now as there's no Harriers to launch. The big ships like also are also used as command and control for a group of ships normally so there's plenty of stuff going on in there.

There's probably a lot of extra space on those ships without having to keep Harriers and spares so it can probably carry a lot of stores for whatever task force they're out with.

movingtables · 15 Feb 2013 at 19:40

Spitfir3 said:
movingtables - you're from the Wirral? I just read it's wikipedia article, it's in service now just as a heli platform?

yes m8 the wirral

you from there?