Historic British warship that inspired James Bond novels faces scrapyard as campaigners fight to save national treasure

Historic British warship that inspired James Bond novels faces scrapyard as campaigners fight to save national treasure

A former senior Royal Navy commander has warned a "long and important" chapter of British naval history could disappear forever.Admiral Lord West says HMS President is an important part of the nation's wartime past, saying, "When you lose something like that, it's gone forever."The historic vessel is the last surviving First World War Q-ship: warships disguised as ordinary merchant vessels to lure German U-boats into attacking.Launched in 1918 a…