Unable to find a permanent home for the retired Royal Navy carrier HMS Illustrious, the U.K. Ministry of Defence announced on Tuesday it would sell the ship for scrap to a Turkish firm. Illustrious ...

Export buying and narrow spreads between grades provide reasons for scrap shears and balers to remain vital. Because of the high operating cost of shredders, lower overall ferrous scrap prices can ...

The aircraft carrier HMS Invincible, which was Britain's flagship vessel in the Falklands war, has been put up for sale as scrap metal on an auction website similar to eBay. The Ministry of Defence is ...

Aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal is being sold for £3m for scrap metal by the Ministry of Defence to help tackle a multi-billion pound defence deficit. The removal of the Royal Navy's former flagship ...

The iconic aircraft carrier, nicknamed Lusty, will be turned into saucepans and razor blades after 32 years defending the UK THE Navy’s former flagship HMS Illustrious is being flogged for scrap in a ...

The MOD has accepted a £3m bid to turn the former Royal Navy flagship - built on the River Tyne - into scrap metal. Ministry of Defence statement: Preparatory work will be carried out on HMS Ark Royal ...

Former Navy flagship HMS Ark Royal will be sold on as scrap metal for £3 million as part of a move that the Ministry of Defence has described as "difficult but necessary". An announcement in ...