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Saturday, March 17, 2012

HMS Illustrious holed... by tiny tugboat: Aircraft carrier sails home for repairs after smash in Arctic Circle

[HMS Illustrious]HMS Illustrious was last night sailing home to Portsmouth for urgent repairs after suffering two gaping holes when a tugboat smashed into her.

Britain’s last-remaining aircraft carrier had to cut short her part in a military exercise in the Arctic Circle after the collision in Harstad harbour, Norway, that left her with one 6ft long hole and another 4ft x 4ft in her hull.

She was being shepherded into harbour by four tugs when one of the pilots, thought to have been new to the job, lost control of his vessel.

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