New military might makes quite a splash
Last updated at 14:56, Friday, 25 May 2012
THE giant steel shape of HMS Invincible looming over the tops of Barrow’s streets was a familiar sight in the 1970s.
The command cruiser was the largest ship built for the Royal Navy since the 1950s and was launched by the Queen on June 3 in 1977.
It had a full crew of 1,000, together with Marines, helicopters and Harriers.
The Mail noted: “There was a hushed silence from the crowd as a jet Harrier approached Invincible at quite a low height, hovering like a humming bird, then gradually turning on its tail, releasing all its tremendous power, and then soaring skywards”
First published at 13:52, Friday, 25 May 2012
Published by http://www.nwemail.co.uk
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