'Bombroof’ naval ship
'I 'i' n y''' - i NZPA-Reuter I Portsmouth; England A container vessel converted into a British Navy air training ship began operations with officials claiming it was “bombproof.” [ The 28,000-tonne Argus, larger than t'he Navy’s aircraft carriers, was converted over 41 months from a roll-on container ship at a cost of £65 million ($175 million), officials said. (The vehicle deck was turned upside down and 1.5 m of concrete was laid below the flight deck to add stability, they said. (“This gives us probably the only bomb-proof flight deck in the business,” said the ship’s captain, Richard Thorn.
I The: Argus will be run by the Royal Fleet Auxiliary Service'and will carry a’ Royal Navy detachment to train air 'crews, officials said. ' The ship will run mostly in the Atlantic and English Channel. About 150 observers, pilots and air crew will be trained in her each year.
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Press, 24 March 1988, Page 53
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