The MoD refused to say how much it had cost to salvage and airlift these parts to Britain
Scandal Of Our Scrapyard Navy: We Sold Ark Royal To The Turkish For Scrap... Now We Have To Buy Back Bits Of Her To Repair UK's Last Carrier -- Daily Mail
* The Ministry of Defence was forced to buy parts to keep carrier in service
* HMS Illustrious has to be refitted with parts from HMS Ark Royal after a fire
* HMS Ark Royal was sold two years ago and sent to a Turkish scrapyard
The Ministry of Defence was forced to buy scrapyard parts to keep its only carrier in service.
Today The Mail on Sunday can reveal how, in a frantic effort to refit HMS Illustrious after a fire, MoD officials salvaged parts from her sister ship HMS Ark Royal – the aircraft carrier sold two years ago.
To public outcry, the historic vessel was sent to a Turkish scrapyard to be recycled into tin cans.
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Update #1: Ministry of Defence buys back HMS Ark Royal scrap parts to fix HMS Illustrious -- Express
Update #2: MoD defends buying back Ark Royal parts for HMS Illustrious -- Portsmouth news
My Comment: I suspect that the parts were sold at a premium.
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