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The last of the fishing trawlers requisitioned by the UK government to take part in the Falklands conflict is being scrapped.
The Farnella, now known as the Empire Persia, was built on Tyneside in 1972 and was one of nine civilian vessels from Hull to travel to the South Atlantic in 1982.
It then went on to become a treasure hunting ship on operations to find wrecks, some carrying gold and silver worth millions of pounds.
