The Southern Daily Echo highlights the diverging opinions over Hampshire Council in England’s decision to allocate £500,000 to restore a First World War ship.
The restoration “comes at a time when the council has made £100m savings over the past two years and axed 1,700 jobs”.
After criticism that money should be spent elsewhere, council leader Roy Perry said that HMS M33 Minerva was a “major and rare vessel” and “was part of Britain’s maritime history and a tourist attraction”.
Date of article publication: 15/07/2013
Images courtesy of The Southern Daily Echo website
Source: The Southern Daily echo website
Posted by: Daniel Barry, Centenary News