Hi if you mean the memorial it used to be near the old weighbridge in the harbour. If you mean the hull, it is in a storage yard on West Sleekburn Ind. Est. NE22 7LQ. It was in Blyth Harbour for a few years before moving to Amble where it had the fire.
Nothing is invincible. It is a sad fact but these are machines of war. Unfortunately when they go onto a battlefield they are at risk as are the crews.
I see Ajax is on the go again. They seem to have spent the time trying to mitigate the effects of the problem rather than solve the root cause. Issuing 2 types of ear defenders will help but if that is what is needed! So our modern army ends up having to use and make work on overweight outdated designed vehicle, let us hope the equipment that it is fitted with comes up to scratch. We are not the only ones with problems, the American army replacement for the Bradley is having problems with stability.
We have people with the ability and willing companies, It is political foresight and willingness to expect the unexpected this country lacks. We support lame ducks and deride success in many cases. We cannot support the military with a just in time supply system used in the commercial sphere of operations. No politician seems to have any idea how many rounds a weapon of any class can fire or need to fire in a combat situation. They have not seen the Red or White ball express films of Diamond Ts pulling trailers loaded with ammunition heading for the front line. They never thought to ask where did they come from. A most recent debacle is HMS Leaky and HMS Wobbly both built with foreign design input from firms with no track record in design and installation of the items they were given a contract to install. Sorry if it looks like a rant.
That is a bit of a killjoy attitude, When sitting around a campfire are all things discussed fact and not given to some artistic license and fantasy. Especially when some falling down water is added.
A hole in the exhaust does not help, Spitting, start with timing and distributor/coil, then carb, and manifold. Then valves. E5 is good for a year but it pays to drain off the moisture before starting after a lay off.
With the developments in metallurgy and composite materials as well as hull survivability design in the intervening years. We as a country should be in the forefront of mobile combat vehicle design and manufacture given the MOD budget. Which begs the question, what do these mandarins do with the money.