Thats an Ikara Leander as you've correctly identified.. possibly Galatea. Sri but I can't remember ships suffixes at this stage in the game but I do know that Galatea (F18) was an Ikara Leander. The letters on the flightdeck certainly look like G A which would fit very nicely
EDIT.. A further check has revealed that Galatea was the only Ikara with the ID 'G' and in fact, the only Leander starting with 'G' so Galatea it is
If any further proof were needed.. have a look at the fullsize version of that flight deck shot and compare the ships crest covering the radome to this..
Galatea...saw her last 'parked' in Pompey harbour, between Priddy's Hard and Fleetlands @ 2003,part of the 'mothball fleet'.
IIRC she was stripped of all things useful, the name was painted over, but you could still read the raised letters, and awaiting the scrap-man?
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Pete
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No sir. Sadly, the scrap man never got to get his hands on her.. she was used as a target up in the North Sea. The blurb is that she was used for a live torpedo firing but I'm not completely sure. My last ship (Andromeda) was involved in a triple Exocet firing against one of our hulks (that is, Andromeda and 2 other ships fired simultaneously.. or that was the plan. One ship actually didn't fire!!). I can't remember if the ship stayed afloat or if it was finished off by torpedo :think:
Anyway.. she rests on the seabed as a home for marine wildlife
Btw.. I'm not so sure about you getting a new Wasp. I'll say no more
