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INS Vikrant (R11) the first carrier of the Indian Navy and the only surviving WWII era British Aircraft carrier was finally sold for scarping by the Indian Navy after a 18 year long attempt to preserve it as a museum.
She likely the oldest military ship to scrapped, being almost 71 years old by the time of her scraping.
Why no Museum ship? Why India?
Well they tired. But there was not enough interested rich people to fund it. And the Navy has all of its funding committed.
In Capitalism, history only important if it can make money.
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