IT is 36 years to
the day that the Barrow-built aircraft carrier and Royal Navy flagship HMS
Invincible left Barrow back in 1980.
HMS Invincible was
a British light aircraft carrier, the lead ship of three in her class in the
Royal Navy.
The ship was
launched by Queen Elizabeth at Vickers in Barrow on May 3, 1977, and was the
seventh ship to carry the name.
Invincible took
over as flagship of the British fleet when Hermes was sold to India. The ship
was also deployed in the Yugoslav Wars and the second Gulf War.
Invincible was
decommissioned in 2005 and eventually sold for scrap in February 2011 to
Turkish company, Leyal Ship Recycling.
For those of you
who worked on Invincible, here's a selection of pictures from our archives.
Share your own memories of the aircraft carrier here or submit your pictures to
pictures@nwemail.co.uk
Source: North West Evening
Mail. 15 March 2016
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