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01-01-2004, 12:14 PM
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Vehicle Description
This maybe the first ever aircraft carrier (decommissioned 2001) available for auction at EBAY !
But the auction was delisted not long ago due to accusation wrongly made by a suspicious customer. We showed evidence that this vessel is DECOMMISSIONED and therefore not Ordanance. We are shipbroker and not arms dealer. We shipbrokers do not have the ownership of the vessels we sell, as none of the shipbrokers does, just as your real estate broker cannot ask you to transfer the title of your house to him before he start selling propery for you.
Built by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Limited England/1942-1945
Loaned to Australia 1953 to 1955, Sold in 1956, re-fitted 1957 and 1960,
angled deck added, overhauled 1976 and 1980.
Laid-up 1987, Refitted 1991 and 1993, 1997 and 1998.
Decommissioned in November 2001, Sold to Private concerns 2002, sale did not complete.
Length: 693 ft 3 in Overall 630 ft, Waterline 690 ft, Flight deck
Beam: 80 ft 119 ft 6 ft Flight deck
Draught: 23 ft Fore 23 ft 5 ft aft
Catapult: 1 Mactaggart Scott C 3 steam powered 8.5 degree launch
Displacement: Full Load 19,890 Tons, Normal 17,500 tons, Standard 15,890 tons
Engine Type: 2 shaft Parsons geared steam turbines, 4 Admiralty 3 drum boilers
H.P.: 36,000 SHP
Fuel: Oil
Capacity: 3,196 Tons plus 98,000 gallons of Aviation fuel
Endurance: 12,000 Nautical miles @ 14 Knots, 6,200 Nautical Miles @ 25 Knots
Radars: Air search, Lockheed SPS 40B, Surface search Plessey AWS 4 Navigation Signaal ZW 06
Complement: 1300 ( 1000 Navy, 300 Air )
Hanger: 322 ft long by 52 ft Width by 17 ft 6 in height
Generators: 4 Turbo generators and I diesel Generator producing 2500Kw AC.
Vehicle Description
This maybe the first ever aircraft carrier (decommissioned 2001) available for auction at EBAY !
But the auction was delisted not long ago due to accusation wrongly made by a suspicious customer. We showed evidence that this vessel is DECOMMISSIONED and therefore not Ordanance. We are shipbroker and not arms dealer. We shipbrokers do not have the ownership of the vessels we sell, as none of the shipbrokers does, just as your real estate broker cannot ask you to transfer the title of your house to him before he start selling propery for you.
Built by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Limited England/1942-1945
Loaned to Australia 1953 to 1955, Sold in 1956, re-fitted 1957 and 1960,
angled deck added, overhauled 1976 and 1980.
Laid-up 1987, Refitted 1991 and 1993, 1997 and 1998.
Decommissioned in November 2001, Sold to Private concerns 2002, sale did not complete.
Length: 693 ft 3 in Overall 630 ft, Waterline 690 ft, Flight deck
Beam: 80 ft 119 ft 6 ft Flight deck
Draught: 23 ft Fore 23 ft 5 ft aft
Catapult: 1 Mactaggart Scott C 3 steam powered 8.5 degree launch
Displacement: Full Load 19,890 Tons, Normal 17,500 tons, Standard 15,890 tons
Engine Type: 2 shaft Parsons geared steam turbines, 4 Admiralty 3 drum boilers
H.P.: 36,000 SHP
Fuel: Oil
Capacity: 3,196 Tons plus 98,000 gallons of Aviation fuel
Endurance: 12,000 Nautical miles @ 14 Knots, 6,200 Nautical Miles @ 25 Knots
Radars: Air search, Lockheed SPS 40B, Surface search Plessey AWS 4 Navigation Signaal ZW 06
Complement: 1300 ( 1000 Navy, 300 Air )
Hanger: 322 ft long by 52 ft Width by 17 ft 6 in height
Generators: 4 Turbo generators and I diesel Generator producing 2500Kw AC.