The Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Invincible which had a leading role in the recovery of the Falkland Islands in 1982 has been sold to a Turkish scrap-yard which specialises in recycling ships.

Plans to preserve the legacy of the Royal Navy's Invincible Class aircraft carriers have been ... which have played key roles in conflicts in the Falkland Islands, Iraq and Bosnia.

HMS Illustrious was a light Royal Navy aircraft carrier - one of the three Invincible-class carriers. Commissioned in 1982, ...