Spanish aircraft carrier SPS Principe De Asturias sold to Turkish company

Turkish company Leyal has bought former Spanish Navy aircraft carrier SPS Principe De Asturias for € 2.7 million. It will be broken up and sold for scrap.

US Navy 040712-N-7263H-028 The Spanish aircraft carrier SPS Principe De Asturias (R 11) steams through the Atlantic Ocean while participating in Majestic Eagle 2004

The ship was decommissioned in 2013 after being in service since 1988.