HMS PLYMOUTH,Derelict frigate, Birkenhead,2012

[Dirus_Strictus]

Thats a real shame, proper history attached to that.

If she must be scrapped, what irks me is why is it going to a foreign scrap merchant? Why isn't it being scrapped here, help the economy by giving work to a UK ship breaker, and the steel most likely recycled here and reused here.

Just don't see the economic sense in that.

All down to simple?? H & S issues - The actual labour costs of properly decontaminating the vessel and the enclosing of the vessel during breaking, because of the public's perceived worries about breaking in the open air, mean that the less safety and environmentally concerned Turks and the Asian breakers can always offer a greater purchase price than companies in the UK.