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People are still asking questions

Saturday, May 17th, 2008

WARSHIP PLEA
07:30 - 07 May 2008  

If possible, please could someone give an update on what is now happening to HMS Plymouth?

F E SHARPE

Plymouth

MYSTERY SHIP

07:30 - 17 May 2008

F e SHARPE (May 7) wants to know about the ongoing saga of HMS Plymouth. The latest edition of Warship World mentions that the MoD recently carried out a survey of the vessel: for whom, for what purpose and at whose expense? What was the result? I thought the MoD sold the ship to a preservation group years ago, so why was the taxpayer-funded MoD involved in the survey? Is it to try and persuade the public a nuclear submarine still owned by the MoD should be used as a tourist attractions at South Yard, albeit with its nuclear power unit removed - in other words, a phoney exhibit?

MIKE STANLEY

Plymouth

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NO RISK TO COUNCIL

Thursday, May 24th, 2007

11:50 - 24 May 2007
Sid anning (May 12) contacted me about HMS Plymouth some time ago and I was grateful to hear of his experience with other ships. I explained in detail the proposals for returning HMS Plymouth to her home port.However, in his letter to The Herald he seems to have misunderstood both the plan and my Herald letter of May 3. The return of HMS Plymouth would be a private enterprise by Warship Management Ltd. It is incorrect for Mr Anning to write that ‘the council creams off ALL the profits AND puts very little back IN’. Any profits, and any losses, too, would accrue to the private company. The city therefore would be shielded from the losses which Mr Anning so fears: but the city, and possibly the National Marine Aquarium too, will very definitely benefit from tens of thousands of extra visitors to the Barbican.

Mr Anning also says: “To bring her down here and simply hope that everything is going to be fine and dandy is foolhardy”. This overlooks the assurance in my letter of May 3 that “the city council is not underwriting this proposal and, on the contrary, will insist that it is commercially viable, and check this as a matter of due diligence”.

Cllr DAVID SALTER

Plymouth

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