HMS Illustrious at Greenwich

Upon alighting from the Docklands Light Railway at Cutty Sark, Greenwich on Friday the view of the Thames was dominated by a huge warship.

HMS Illustrious is moored in the Thames off Greenwich for a week to help with the Royal Navy’s participation in Remembrance Day commemorations in London. This year is the 90th anniversary of the end of the First World War.

HMS Illustrious was also used as a platform for the November 6TH Fireworks display which by all accounts was quite spectacular, being accompanied by the dramatic sounds of Tchaikovsky’s 1812 overture.

Photo derived from one by Simon Starr

HMS Illustrious returns to Greenwich in MAy 2009 as part of the Fly 100 events to commemorate the Royal Navy’s first “airship”. The aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious will be in Greenwich from Wednesday 6th may 2009 around midday.

• Gravesend at 9am
• Thames Barrier 10-11am
• Greenwich at 11:30am

There will then be a flypast of every current Front Line helicopter type passing up the Thames over HMS Illustrious on Thursday May 7th 2009 at 12.00 noon.

Thursday 7th to Sunday 10th May - Static aircraft displays in the Greenwich Old Naval College.

Saturday 9th May and  Sunday 10th May  at 2pm –  helicopter displays over the river by the Greenwich Old Naval College.