Want to buy an aircraft carrier?

Want to buy an aircraft carrier?

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hairykrishna

Original Poster:

13,184 posts

204 months

Thursday 2nd December 2010
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HMS invincible for sale;

http://www.edisposals.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinit...

Looking for one and a half million ish apparently.

ZOLLAR

19,908 posts

174 months

Thursday 2nd December 2010
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Be cool to turn it into a home on a river hehe

randomwalk

534 posts

165 months

Thursday 2nd December 2010
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We (Australia) wanted to buy it for top dollar back in the early 80s, I think there was a change of mind on the part of the seller, found it kind of handy in the Falklands.

Galsia

2,170 posts

191 months

Thursday 2nd December 2010
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Shame it doesn't come with engines.

Steamer

13,864 posts

214 months

Thursday 2nd December 2010
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"add to wish list" "compare" or "add to cart" hehe

I don't know why, but the concept of clicking and buying that online made me titter!

Edited by Steamer on Thursday 2nd December 12:45

Justayellowbadge

37,057 posts

243 months

Thursday 2nd December 2010
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Moor it at Embankment and turn it into a car park.

ROI in about 3 weeks.

TJD2003

447 posts

182 months

Thursday 2nd December 2010
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I just added it to me cart so thats that.

Add aircraft carrier to cart lol

TJ

Edit: Just to say added a few Harriers to go with it, no point skimping on the accesories

Edited by TJD2003 on Thursday 2nd December 12:52

Nightmare

5,188 posts

285 months

Thursday 2nd December 2010
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they'll have a job getting anything for it at all. I don't know if anyone remembers that weird stealth battleship thing that was in 'The World is not Enough' (I think). They tried to GIVE that awaa and still couldn't find any takers.

Ive always wanted an aircraft carrier too

Castrol Craig

18,073 posts

207 months

Thursday 2nd December 2010
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Justayellowbadge said:
Moor it at Embankment and turn it into a car park.

ROI in about 3 weeks.
hehe

ZesPak

24,435 posts

197 months

Thursday 2nd December 2010
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As it can't take my 747s, let alone, my Airbus, it's pretty useless imho.

BeeRoad

684 posts

163 months

Thursday 2nd December 2010
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Justayellowbadge said:
Moor it at Embankment and turn it into a car park.

ROI in about 3 weeks.
Excellent in theory, getting under a couple of the bridges to your mooring, a bit more tricky! biggrin

KrazyIvan

4,341 posts

176 months

Thursday 2nd December 2010
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How ironic would it be if the Argintines bought it and used it to take back the Falklands? hehe

The Moose

22,867 posts

210 months

Thursday 2nd December 2010
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You're only adding the tender to cart...although it has been laid out in a rather peculiar manor!

How much is mild steel worth these days as scrap? I would hope that 9,500 tonnes of the stuff would get a halfway decent rate!

hehe

Cheers

The Moose

Goochie

5,663 posts

220 months

Thursday 2nd December 2010
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The Moose said:
You're only adding the tender to cart...although it has been laid out in a rather peculiar manor!

How much is mild steel worth these days as scrap? I would hope that 9,500 tonnes of the stuff would get a halfway decent rate!

hehe

Cheers

The Moose
It'd take the pikeys a long time to cut it all up though !

Roberty

1,179 posts

173 months

Thursday 2nd December 2010
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I'll have to give it a miss, no engines no joy!

How much for the Harriers though?

I heard the guy in the US that runs a Sea Harrier FA.2 only paid £1.5mill for it.

http://www.nallsaviation.com/

Seems a bargain!

I'll take two T.12's and two GR.9A's please although I'd probably have to canabalise the GR.9's to keep the T.12's in the air.

There's some probably unservicable Sea Harriers for sale here:

http://www.everettaero.com/


V8mate

45,899 posts

190 months

Thursday 2nd December 2010
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The Moose said:
You're only adding the tender to cart...although it has been laid out in a rather peculiar manor!

How much is mild steel worth these days as scrap? I would hope that 9,500 tonnes of the stuff would get a halfway decent rate!

hehe

Cheers

The Moose
I doubt there's anything mild about that steel!

madcyril

323 posts

163 months

Thursday 2nd December 2010
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is it on ebay

V8mate

45,899 posts

190 months

Thursday 2nd December 2010
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Roberty said:
I'll have to give it a miss, no engines no joy!

How much for the Harriers though?

I heard the guy in the US that runs a Sea Harrier FA.2 only paid £1.5mill for it.

http://www.nallsaviation.com/

Seems a bargain!

I'll take two T.12's and two GR.9A's please although I'd probably have to canabalise the GR.9's to keep the T.12's in the air.

There's some probably unservicable Sea Harriers for sale here:

http://www.everettaero.com/
Harriers are ok, but these days it's Apaches FTW!

Night Runner

12,230 posts

195 months

Thursday 2nd December 2010
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"Viewing Details - All viewings are by appointment only, between 29th Nov 2010 and 10th Dec 2010"

I thought I'd just turn up!

GTO Scott

3,816 posts

225 months

Thursday 2nd December 2010
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It'll probably end up on Gadani Beach.

When they say 'no engines' presumably they cut down to the engine room and removed them? Invincible wasn't fitted with the sort of engine you could fit on a hand cart and wheel off the ship. Only other method I can think would be to chop them up in situ and remove in small chunks.