We do actually have 9 at RAF Marham What I am suggesting that 60% is a "good number" - makes for 5.4 a/c And USAFE is "top of the class" even within the fairly well funded USAF with appr. 80% availability - out of 9 that would be 7.2 a/c I average those two = 6.3 a/c - and I giv...

The restored condition of the ship looks great!
It's a shame that upper sections of the mast and platforms have been removed. Does anybody know when and why this removal was undertaken? And if its permanent?

Cheers

Sunk at Narvik wrote:Any ideas if the ship will be open to the public once shes in Pompey?

Quick answer without any prior knowledge is not a chance of her being open to the public!!
Still on builders trials and won't be open for visits until the RN are ready to show her off properly

Have the RN applied to the local authorities to undertake naval activities in such disputed waters??
Rhetorical sarcastic question