Posted: 11/30/2010 8:41:35 AM EDT
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HMS Invincible is for sale by tender. Laid down in 1973 at Vickers Shipbuilding, Barrow-in-Furness, she was completed in 1980. She is currently stable for tow, subject to buyer confirmation. Displacement - Current 17000 Tonnes Estimated metal weight - 10000 Tonnes Estimated metal % - 95% mild steel Length - OA 210m, W/L 193m Draught - Fwd 5.2m, Mid 5.8m, Aft 5.8m Beam - Extreme 35m, Ex-walkways 32m, W/L 27.53m Height - 46m (estimated at current draught Engines - Removed Generators and Pumps - Generally unserviceable or not working |
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No engines and generators/pumps are not working? Fucking fail. Yeah, but you could put a couple of those big American V8's in there 
Ya could, but they may over power it  the engine out of my old 2000 escort should be able to move that thing at a good clip... |
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Is 30 years the average lifespan of an aircraft carrier? That seems a bit early to me. American carriers are designed with a 30 year service life built in. A "Service Life Extension Program" costs 40% of the cost of building a new one, and gets you another 15 - 20 years. These "years" are continuous years of use, during which the carrier is unavailable sometimes due to periods of yard availabilty, Major Overhauls, etc, etc. One of the reasons the BBs were brought back into service, and that there was discussion of retaining them, is that they had not seen continuous service, and thus had up to 20 years of service life left in the engines and miscellaneous machinery. Also, our gun cruisers were operated continuously, and thus had been run smack out of life at that point. |