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Sunday, September 25, 2011

MoD sells three more warships to be broken up for scrap metal

Type 42 destroyer - HMS ExeterThe Ministry of Defence has sold three Type 42 destroyers to be scrapped, The News can reveal.

Falklands veteran HMS Exeter was quietly towed out of Portsmouth Naval Base yesterday afternoon to head to a scrapyard in Turkey.

HMS Nottingham and HMS Southampton are due to follow in the coming weeks after the MoD sold the decommissioned warships to Leyal Ship Recycling – the same firm which is currently breaking up the old aircraft carrier HMS Invincible.

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