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On the hazy morning of March 24th, 2011, the former UK aircraft carrier HMS Invincible has left Portsmouth for the last time before it is broken up at a Turkish scrap yard.
Harbor tugs towed the vessel into the Solent where ITC tug SIROCCO was waiting to connect up for the three weeks tow to Turkey.
The ship, which was decommissioned six years ago, was sold through an internet site. It is being taken to Leyal Ship Recycling, based near Izmir, where it will take eight months to dismantle. Leyal has been involved in the scrapping of several Royal Navy ships.
The former HMS Invincible set off, towed by tugs, shortly after 0800 GMT and is expected to arrive in Turkey in about three weeks after a 2800 miles towage behind the 8440 bhp SIROCCO.
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