Service
By the end of the war, the two ships had seen hard use without any significant refit or repair and were worn out, especially their machinery. They were both scrapped in 1948 not long after the Revenge class battleships & Queen Elizabeth class battleships, in the midst of great public-spending cuts, but nonetheless causing much public outcry.
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Famous quotes containing the word service:
“The gods’ service is tolerable, man’s intolerable.”
—Plato (c. 427–347 B.C.)
“It’s 10 p.m. Do you know where your children are?”
—Public Service Announcement.
“This was a great point gained; the archdeacon would certainly not come to morning service at Westminster Abbey, even though he were in London; and here the warden could rest quietly, and, when the time came, duly say his prayers.”
—Anthony Trollope (1815–1882)