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For sale !

(credit: Royal Navy)
(credit: Royal Navy)

(BRUSSELS2) You have a few extra pounds. And want to pay yourself a little madness. Do not hesitate. You can now become the owner of HMS Illustrious. This is the latest in the line of Invincible-class aircraft carriers (along with theInvincible and Ark Royal). He should retire by the end of 2014, after 32 years of good and loyal service. To its credit the first Gulf War, the conflict in Afghanistan, the evacuations in Sierra Leone in 2000 or Lebanon in 2006. The Ministry of Defense would like this ship to remain in the United Kingdom and invite private companies, foundations, the "charities" interested in buying it at " come and present ideas for its future use”. Notice to amateurs!

Nicolas Gros Verheyde

Chief editor of the B2 site. Graduated in European law from the University of Paris I Pantheon Sorbonne and listener to the 65th session of the IHEDN (Institut des Hautes Etudes de la Défense Nationale. Journalist since 1989, founded B2 - Bruxelles2 in 2008. EU/NATO correspondent in Brussels for Sud-Ouest (previously West-France and France-Soir).

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