Fwd: aircraft carrier
Below is the note about the carrier. Let me know when you go to visit. III love to come along though it may be tricky to fit into my schedule.
The fighter pics are at:
http://64.164.7.42:4500/index/2003/200305_Seattle/
Note that Larry is in most of the pics because I went up without the camera but my flight was at least as exciting.
Cheers,
--Sergey
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From: Sergey Brin •,; >
Date: Sat May 31 18:59:09 PDT 2003
Subject: aircraft carrier
To: gmax <
Hi Ghislaine,
I ran across the following aircraft carrier for sale and thought you and Jeffrey might find it amusing.
Cheers,
--Sergey
Ex-Aircraft Carrier Built by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Limited England/1942-1945 Loaned to Australia 1953 a - 1955 Sold to Brazil 1956, re-fitted 1957 A " 1960 in Rotterdam Holland, angled deck added, overhauled 1976 å "1980 Laid-up 1987, Refitted 1991 A " 1993, Refitted 1997 a - 1998 De-Commissioned November 2001, Sold to Private concerns 2002, Sale did not complete. Length: 693ȧ ™ 3å Overall 630å ™ Waterline 690â™ Flight deck Beam: 80ȧ ™ 119å ™ 6ȧ Flight deck Draught: 23å D Fore 23å ™ 5å aft Catapult: 1 Mactaggart Scott C A - 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 III.: 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 2W 06 Complement: 1300 (1000 Navy, 300 Air) Hanger: 3228 m long by 528 m Width by 17A N 68 height Generators: 4 Turbo generators and I diesel Generator producing 2500Kw AC. For History of this vessel follow this link: www.fleetairarmarchive.net/vengeance/
EFTA00578919
$4,500,000 (USD)
EFTA00578920
