Final flight of Nimrod R1 Posted on June 29, 2011 by alert5 Britain has retired its Nimrod R1 fleet and it will not have its own electronic intelligence aircraft until 2014. Related posts (Automatically Generated): Nimrod R1 SIGINT to make last deployment to Afghanistan Delaying retirement of Nimrod R1 cost British taxpayers £4 million Royal Navy wants to buy own maritime patrol aircraft after Nimrod scrap HMS Ark Royal to be scrapped South Korea plans to have 2 new SIGINT aircraft Photo link: Nimrod MR2 XV231 final flight