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Thursday, September 22, 2011

Bid to save HMS Liverpool from the scrapyard

HMS LiverpoolCampaigners are mounting a bid to save HMS Liverpool from the scrapheap when she retires from naval service next year.

The Portsmouth-based destroyer, which has been in action off the coast of Libya since April, is set to be decommissioned by April 2012 following 30 years of service.

But rather than see the warship cut up for scrap metal like previous Type 42 destroyers, people in Liverpool want the ship – nicknamed Crazy Red Chick – to come home to roost in her home city once she leaves the navy.

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