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The Royal Navy's last battleship was HMS Vanguard, decommissioned in June, 1960.She was earmarked for decommissioning in late 1959, before being sold for scrap at a value of £560,000 (around £12.5 million today). Vanguard ran aground on the way to the Iron and Steel Corporation of Great Britain, before being pulled free to continue the final trip to Faslane.The four King George V Class Battleships that survived the war were decommissioned in 1949 (King George V), 1950 (Howe) and 1951 (Duke of York and Anson).They were used for training briefly before being placed in reserve and soon mothballed, before being sold for scrap. HMS King George V's scrapping was begun at Dalmuir in 1959, with the other three the year previously in 1958.Hope this helps.

To old timers like me it provokes a certain nostalgia. Oh yes we remember British Rail, we remember Nationalised utilities, Nationalised Car Companies, Nationalised Shipbuilding, Nationalised Bus Companies Nationalised Freight, Nationalised Airlines, Ports, Coal mines, Airports, and so on. Here is a list of Nationalised Companies in the 1950’s, courtesy of Wiki.AAircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act 1977Anglian WaterAssociated British PortsAtomic Weapons EstablishmentAustin Rover GroupBBritish Nuclear Fuels LtdBPBritish AerospaceBritish AirwaysBritish CoalBritish Electricity AuthorityBritish EnergyBritish European AirwaysBritish LeylandBritish Overseas Airways CorporationBritish RailBritish Road ServicesBritish ShipbuildersBritish South American AirwaysBritish Steel (1967–1999)British TelecomBritish Transport Docks BoardBritish WaterwaysCCable & Wireless plcCentral Electricity AuthorityCentral Electricity Generating BoardDavid Colville & SonsConsett Iron CompanyDDee Valley WaterEE.ON UKEast Midlands ElectricityEastern Counties Omnibus CompanyEastern Electricity BoardElectricity Act 1947Electricity CouncilEnglish Steel CorporationHHeathrow Airport HoldingsIIron and Steel Corporation of Great BritainJJohn Summers & SonsLLancashire Steel CorporationMMANWEBMetropolitan Water BoardMidland RedMidlands ElectricityNNational Bus Company (UK)National Coal BoardNational Express CoachesNational Freight CorporationNational Grid plcNational PowerNational Shipbuilders SecuritiesNational Smelting CompanyNew Electricity Trading ArrangementsNorth Eastern Gas BoardNorth of Scotland Hydro-Electric BoardNorth Thames Gas BoardNorth West WaterNorth Western Gas BoardNorthern ElectricNorthumbrian Water GroupNORWEBOOxford Bus CompanyPPickfordsPost Office TelecommunicationsPublic electricity supplierRRailway and Canal Traffic Act 1854Red Star ParcelsRemployRichard Thomas and BaldwinsRolls-Royce HoldingsRover GroupRoyal Ordnance FactorySSSE plcScottish Bus GroupScottish Gas BoardScottish NuclearScottish PowerScottish Transport GroupSEEBOARDSevern TrentSouth of Scotland Electricity BoardSouth Wales ElectricitySouth West WaterSouth Western ElectricitySouthern ElectricSouthern WaterState Management SchemeSteel Company of WalesTThames WaterThomas Cook & SonTransport Act 1947Transport Act 1962Transport Act 1968Transport Holding CompanyUUlster Transport AuthorityUnipartVVictoria Coach StationWWater Act 1973Water Resources Act 1963Welsh WaterWessex WaterYYorkshire ElectricityYorkshire WaterFor many those were not good days. “Yes you can have a phone, any colour you like as long as it’s black, we will contact you in 3 months time to discuss a date for your installation”. I am actually not clear about how this will all work. The problems of these industries in many cases were related to poor working practices, poor management, lack of investment, political interference, stroppy un-cooperative unions, restrictive trade practices and frankly sheer bloody incompetence by all concerned.Now, while accepting in principal, the idea that the State should be in control of essential services like water and power, I have yet to see or hear about how the Labour Party of the 21st Century will avoid the problems that resulted in the failures of the 1960’s and 1970’s.To be honest 50 years ago many in Parliament had had careers, experiences and real jobs before becoming MP’s so there was a large body of experience available. As far as I can see very few of those involved in Parliament have any real proper knowledge and experience, and if the Labour Party wants to take over these industries they are going to have to employ those currently running the businesses to continue to do so.However the boards of these companies will no longer be filled by hard headed experienced skilled experts, instead they will be filled with politicians, political appointees, and those who are owed a favour or two..We’re all doomed.

For the purpose of evaluation and for all practical purposes I will club Orrisa with Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan .Lets look at some of the largest companies and tax payers of India both in both public and private sector and location of their corporate HQ ( where tax is payed).(1) Coal India : Market Capitalization 2.11 TrillionProduction : Jharkhand , Chattisgarh , Orrisa , MPCorporate HQ : KolkataSo all the tax paid by Coal India goes in the account of West BengalAlso government of India forced Coal India to pay 30% of profit after tax as dividied to plug fiscal deficit .Government asks PSUs like Coal India to pay higher dividends - The Economic TimesSo in other words coal is being mined from these states and labour and environmental impect it's on producers while profits are being routed to development you see in your home state.(2) National Thermal Power Corporation : Corporate Office DelhiBiggest production centre (s) of NTPC:Signrouli ( MP ) , Talchar (Orrisa) , Rihand ( UP), Korba( Chattishgarh) , Bilaspur ( Chattisgarh ) , Dadri ( UP)So while everyone consumes power these states bear the pollution and provide manpower and all the taxes paid by NTPC is counted in Delhi.Needless to say again the high dividends paid by NTPC plug fiscal deficit which is again diverted to other states.(3) Steel IndustrySAIL: Corporate HQ DelhiTata Steel : Corporate HQ MumbaiJindal Steel : Corporate office Delhiand you can look up for all other big steel companies.Most of the Steel plants are in JH ,CG , OR , MP but the corporate HQ are elsewhereso same story repeats.(4) Cement : Most of the cement is produced in Rajasthan , MP , CG and JHHowever Ultratech, Shree Cement , Birla , JK all have corporate HQ elsewhere.So I have taken example of just four core Industries ( Power , Coal , Cement and Steel) but you can repeat with many more such as Aluminium ( Hindalco / Balco / Nalco) , Iron ore , Manganese , Agriculture ( Wheat - UP /MP , Soyabean - MP . Sugercane- UP , Mustard - MP/Raj).So the real story is other way round , A lot of states are living off the mineral and agriculture production power house of India which remains poor.The reason of this poverty is that from British times big cities were outside this belt ( Delhi , Bombay , Calcutta and Madras) and nothing much changed after independence.