Aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious retires

Name: Aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious retires
Uploaded: 2014-08-28T13:24:54.000Z
Duration: 1 min 44 s
Description: The aircraft carrier, HMS Illustrious, was formally taken out of service on Thursday in a ceremony at Portsmouth Naval Base.

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An aircraft carrier that served in Bosnia and the Gulf was formally taken out of service on Thursday.

HMS Illustrious was decommissioned in a ceremony at Portsmouth naval base.

The aircraft carrier was in service for 32 years and travelled over 900,000 miles.

Duncan Kennedy reports from Portsmouth.

28 August 2014