Replies to post #112353 on Zeev's Turnips Patch-No Politics (ZEEV)

[Rich1]

1100 SPX

[leptokurtosiss]

OJ,

Nice call <GG>.

Regards,

Lepto

[Smart_Money]

With all that money why don't you buy this Aircraft Carrier! Would be hell of a daytrading war room. 4.5 Million is Asking Price.

Ex-Aircraft Carrier
Built by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Limited England/1942-1945
Loaned to Australia 1953 – 1955 Sold to Brazil 1956, re-fitted 1957 – 1960 in Rotterdam Holland, angled deck added, overhauled 1976 –1980
Laid-up 1987, Refitted 1991 – 1993, Refitted 1997 – 1998
De-Commissioned November 2001, Sold to Private concerns 2002, Sale did not complete.
Length: 693’ 3” Overall 630’ Waterline 690’ Flight deck
Beam: 80’ 119’ 6” Flight deck
Draught: 23’ Fore 23’ 5” 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’ long by 52’ Width by 17’ 6” height
Generators: 4 Turbo generators and I diesel Generator producing 2500Kw AC.
$4,500,000(USD)