British navy light carrier aircraft "INVINSIBLE" appears in the net auction

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If you wish "If you want private jet!" You can make it realized with the power of money if you become a millionaire, but "I want aircraft carrier" is a dream that will not be realized unless it becomes the head of a small country . However, now it seems there is a chance to make this dream come true.

The British Navy is auctioning a light aircraft carrier "INVINSIBLE" that he owns at an online auction. As the auction deadline is January 5th, 2011, people who want to buy may be better contacted earlier.

Details about auction property are from the following.
Disposal Services Authority - Sale by Tender - HMS Invincible

What is on sale is the light carrier aircraft owned by the British Navy "Invincible". Beginning in 1973, completed in 1980, it is 30 years since completion in this year.Full load displacementIs 20,500 tons. The total length is 210 m, the full width is 36 m, the maximum speed is 28 knots. A light carrier aimed at the fact that Britain, which was afflicted by German U-boat in World War II, had anti-submarine capabilities but planned that helicopter operations alone had anxiety about air defense performance (classification in the UK is supported by aircraft carrier )is.

It occurred between Britain and Argentina in 1982Falkland conflictThen, I went to the field with the carrier aircraft "Hermes" which was just before retirement. At the time, "INVINSIBLE" was scheduled to be sold to Australia at 22.8 billion yen (at that time rate), but it turned out that the combination operation of the small aircraft carrier and fighter aircraft was effective in conflict, There is a statement that it was canceled.

After that, while continuing the active service while undergoing modernization refurbishment, retired in 2005. It is a long-term storage state that can be reused so that it can return to work on emergencyMosballProcessing was done, but the maintenance period of mosball had ended in 2010.

The price is unknown because it is "Please contact the site administrator", but it seems to be said that the stakeholders said that "If the buyer is not tied, it will be scraped", so it may be possible to buy it to a certain extent cheaply.

Of course, I think that it is a country of somewhere if it is to purchase, will buyers appear ...?