LAST week’s ship fire at Bootle docks was caused by heat generated by workmen cutting up steel bollards. Fire investigators today released a report into the blaze which revealed that heat had ...

THE FALKLANDS war veteran HMS Intrepid sailed into Merseyside today for recycling. The 12,000-tonne vessel is being scrapped by Leavesley International which won the contract. Officials from the ...

A former Royal Navy assault ship, which served during the Falklands War, has left a Hampshire port for the last time prior to being broken up. HMS Intrepid - which played a key role during the war in ...

My father was the First Lieutenant of HMS INTREPID in May 1940. In the middle of May they were based at Immingham for minesweeping duties which only involved "day running". My mother went to Immingham ...

The days of Tyne shipbuilding are over. But hundreds of jobs could be created breaking-up the warships that were once built on the river. The days of Tyne shipbuilding are over. But hundreds of jobs ...

Many Falklands War veterans live in this area including some who served in HMS Intrepid. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The News, you can get unlimited access to the website including our ...

Intrepid was in the middle of undergoing decommissioning in 1982 when the Falklands War began. After decommissioning, the Royal Navy were due to sell Intrepid to Argentina but she was brought back ...

HMS Intrepid has arrived at Cammell Laird's in Liverpool to be the first British battleship to be broken up in Liverpool and the first in the UK for ten years.