He also said it was "sad" the government had axed plans for new Nimrod surveillance aircraft.
By mid-February all the stores were ashore, and on 28 February the Nimrod set sail northwards.
It follows the decision to cancel the new Nimrod aircraft which will effectively close RAF Kinloss.
Further write-offs loom over two contracts, for Nimrod marine-surveillance aircraft and new Astute-class nuclear submarines.
The Nimrod spy plane exploded on 2 September 2006, shortly after undergoing air-to-air refuelling.
Nearby RAF Kinloss will effectively close after ministers cancelled orders for the new Nimrod MRA4 surveillance aircraft.
Mr Stewart said it made more economic sense to keep the Nimrod order than to cancel it.
It has looked at the airworthiness of the Nimrod MR2 fleet since its introduction into service in 1979.
The decision comes after a critical report into the Nimrod disaster which killed 14 men in Afghanistan in 2006.
It was announced that RAF Kinloss would shut after ministers cancelled orders for the new Nimrod MRA4 surveillance aircraft.
The minister confirmed the new Nimrod Maritime Reconnaissance Aircraft would be based at RAF Kinloss until at least 2013.
The UK government announced on Tuesday it had cancelled the Nimrod replacement, effectively meaning the closure of RAF Kinloss.
In May, a coroner ruled the Nimrod fleet, based at RAF Kinloss, had never been airworthy and should be grounded.
The snack was found in the hut at Cape Royds in the Antarctic where Shackleton was based during his Nimrod expedition.
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Israelis as individuals are poorly secured, '' said Nimrod Kozlovski, chairman of Altal Security Ltd.
An inquiry into the crash of the Nimrod three years ago found that it was caused by a fuel leak and was "preventable".
And it saw the cancellation of equipment including Nimrod MRA4 reconnaissance planes and the early withdrawal of HMS Ark Royal and Harrier jump-jets.
It was announced earlier this year that RAF Kinloss in Moray would shut after ministers cancelled orders for the new Nimrod MRA4 surveillance aircraft.
"He's no rookie, " said Enstar Chief Executive Nimrod Frazer .
If the levee fails, thousands of homes and more than one million acres would be flooded, according to Peter Nimrod, the Mississippi Levee Board's chief engineer.
In addition, seven Royal Fleet Auxiliary ships and four support aircraft, consisting of Nimrod maritime patrol and Hercules transport planes will be part of the force.
Local MSP for Moray Richard Lochhead, made an intervention and said he agreed with Mr Stewart that it was a "complete folly" to cancel the Nimrod contract.
The final leg from New Zealand to the Antarctic was an epic in itself, battling violent storms and treacherous pack ice before the Nimrod anchored in McMurdo Sound on Jan 28th 1908.
The strategic defence review included plans to scrap Harrier jump jets, the Navy's flagship HMS Ark Royal and Nimrod spy planes, as well as 42, 000 Ministry of Defence and armed forces jobs.
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Mr Ainsworth said the MoD had already implemented measures to improve safety and airworthiness of the Nimrod fleet, insisting the department had not been "idle" while Mr Haddon-Cave's review was being carried out.
He said the decision to scrap the Harriers was "a profound mistake" and condemned the loss of Nimrod as an "unacceptable risk", warning the UK would be less able to deal with the threats it faced.
But man, back then I was convinced I was the only kid who was screwed up enough to be drawing pictures and playing Tiddly Winks with a nimrod who had elbow patches on his corduroy sport coat.
The key intelligence capability once provided by the Nimrod R1 will not be replaced for some years, while other potential gaps include a coherent future armoured vehicle programme to replace the current variants being used in Afghanistan.
As Elgar's Nimrod was played by the military band and wreathes were being laid, I felt a finger lifting the headphones off my ears and heard my radio engineer whisper that I was to contact the newsroom urgently.
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