"It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas" even the M.O.D. are getting in on the act with some bargains up for grabs through their disposal arm and if the better half is struggling to buy you something different for Christmas instead of the usual socks underpants combo 'suggest' she looks at this list,
HMS Bristol.
HMS Illoustrious.
For above two the children will need to buy you a Christmas 'Gas Axe' otherwise it's most probably a one way Journey to Turkey.
HMS Scott
HMS Bangor along with a number of other Sandown Class, not much scrap value there as they are Heavily Built GRP, could make decent floating yacht Clubs or floating Annexes for the RNR who lost the most of the afloat experience when the "Tons" went to make distressed furniture and the Uni 'Snotties' grabbed the Archers, possibly a trip up to the Baltic if you fancy doing a bit of Minehunting? (the Insurance premiums could be quite high)
Vessels from the Navy but not Navy otherwise known as the RFA,
Forts Austin and Rosalie and the Argus (spell check comes up with Argos
) Looks like the scrappy for them,
Aircraft available are,
Hercules C130J's
Boeing E3D Early Warning.
If you or your partner want to purchase any of the above or any other of the numerous items up for grabs you had better be good at paperwork as I am sure there will be reams and reams of it.
The M.O.D does like loads of paperwork it keeps the shore wallahs happy especially when the M.O.D. are cutting manning levels at the pointy end.