
A handout photograph released by the British Ministry of Defence showing British Navy Fleet flagship HMS Ark Royal returning to her home port of Portsmouth for the final time, on 03 December 2010, ending 25 years of service to the Royal Navy across the globe. Reports state that the aircraft carrier is being decommissioned early 2011 and sailed into Portsmouth Naval Base on 03 December 2010 following a brief farewell tour of Britain and a stopover in Hamburg. EPA/LA(PHOT) CHRIS MUMBY / BRITISH MINISTRY OF DEFENCE / ROYAL NAVY CROWN COPYRIGHT

A handout photograph released by the British Ministry of Defence showing British Navy Fleet flagship HMS Ark Royal returning to her home port of Portsmouth for the final time, on 03 December 2010, ending 25 years of service to the Royal Navy across the globe. Reports state that the aircraft carrier is being decommissioned early 2011 and sailed into Portsmouth Naval Base on 03 December 2010 following a brief farewell tour of Britain and a stopover in Hamburg. EPA/LA (PHOT) KYLE HELLER / BRITISH MINISTRY OF DEFENCE / ROYAL NAVY CROWN COPYRIGHT

A handout photograph released by the British Ministry of Defence showing British Navy Fleet flagship HMS Ark Royal returning to her home port of Portsmouth for the final time, on 03 December 2010, ending 25 years of service to the Royal Navy across the globe. Reports state that the aircraft carrier is being decommissioned early 2011 and sailed into Portsmouth Naval Base on 03 December 2010 following a brief farewell tour of Britain and a stopover in Hamburg. EPA/LA (PHOT) KYLE HELLER / BRITISH MINISTRY OF DEFENCE / ROYAL NAVY CROWN COPYRIGHT