Surus Inversa, the company that owns the
aircraft carrier “Príncipe de Asturias” (R-11), started work this morning on
the Spanish Navy’s former flagship as it embarked on it’s final journey to
Turkey where it will be dismantled.
This trip is expected to take 20 days,
according to the company which specialises in ship recycling, After leaving the
Military Arsenal of Ferrol the ship will be towedacross the Mediterranean to
Turkey.
The final scrapping will take place at the
Turkish shipyard Leyal Deltas, in the port of Aliaga. The Madrid Company Surus
Inversa purchased the vessel at a military auction for 2.7 million euros.
Originally named Almirante Carrero Blanco,
the Príncipe de Asturias, is an aircraft carrier that was the flagship of the
Spanish Navy for 25 years (1988-2013). She was built in Bazan’s Shipyards and
delivered to the Spanish Navy on 30 May 1988.
She was removed from the Official List of
Ships of the Navy on December 13, 2013 when she became the victim of defence
cuts, the Minister of Defence, Pedro Morenés, taking the decision to scrap the
ship because of the economic situation of the country at the time, as its
annual maintenance cost was said to be about 100 million euros per year.
Source: the
leader. 09 August 2017
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