Britian Forced To Buy Back Parts From The Turkish Company That Bought The Ark Royal For Scrap Two Years Ago

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.