HMS Invincible for sale.

Steyr

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Sale by Tender - HMS Invincible

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
For fuller information, please see the General Particulars.



Product ID:Sale by Tender - HMS Invincible
Manufacturer:Vickers Shipbuilding
Availability:In stock
Our Price:N/A

Manic Moran

LMAO, I just love the 'add to cart' button on that page.

NTM

AlmightyCushion

No engines and it's pumps and generators aren't working. Doesn't sound very invincible to me.

Victor

The engines are modular turbines that can be readily replaced.

sdanseo

If he were still Minister for Defence, Willie O'Dea would have an orgasm. I can see him buying it up and then realising "ah shíte we've no planes for it".

andy_g

sdonn wrote: »

If he were still Minister for Defence, Willie O'Dea would have an orgasm. I can see him buying it up and then realising "ah shíte we've no planes for it".

Nah he would of found a loop hole to bring our old fouga's back they had the arrestor hook on them.

goldie fish

andy_g wrote: »

Nah he would of found a loop hole to bring our old fouga's back they had the arrestor hook on them.

Eh... no they didn't.

Sorree.

andy_g

could of swore they did. But i stand corrected

goldie fish

could HAVE!

cyrusdvirus

Grammar Nazi Alert!!

Steyr

andy_g wrote: »

could of swore they did. But i stand corrected

I believe what you viewed on the CM170 SM's was the blended tail-strike fin it has a wheel about half way thru it as the Fouga's were notoriously low to the Ground so a high nose up upon take off was never a great idea.

Is this what you meant, just under the butterfly tail under the small serial numbers.

Delancey

I thought the Royal Australian Navy had expressed an interest in buying Invincible ? Can't see them being too interested when it has no engines

goldie fish

delancey42 wrote: »

I thought the Royal Australian Navy had expressed an interest in buying Invincible ? Can't see them being too interested when it has no engines

They were interested in 1982, then the falklands war happened, and the UK decided it needed vince again.

Fratton Fred

I watched her go out to the Falklands, a rather weird day iirc. No one at the time thought there would be any hostilities.

When she came back, there was one hell of a party. HMS Hermes came back a week or so earlier and nearly all of my school developed the flu and had to go down to Southsea. When Vince came back, the school closed for the day as we all knew Queenie would be there to welcome home Randy Andy.

I had the fortune of a tour around Invincible when she was petty new as well on Trafalgar day one year. Not a massive aircraft carrier, but impressive all the same. Shame to see her go but time moves on. The big travesty is the mothballing of Ark Royal. To think it could be another ten years before the RN launches another plane from a flight deck again.

Manach

Well, If we tell Edna Kenny that it can be converted into his hospital ship - will he buy it then

Victor

Fratton Fred wrote: »

To think it could be another ten years before the RN launches another plane from a flight deck again.

**Cough** HMS Ocean **Cough**

Not what she's designed for, but she can still do it.

RobitTV

Victor wrote: »

**Cough** HMS Ocean **Cough**

Not what she's designed for, but she can still do it.

Shes a Helicopter carrier

OS119

RobitTV wrote: »

Shes a Helicopter carrier

she can still launch Harriers.

as she is she can't suppprt them very well - you couldn't load her up with GR9's, sail down to the South Atlantic or Indian Ocean and then expect her to fight like a aircraft carrier, but she can still transport them, act as a forward operating platform and then support a forward operating base with her Chinooks.

she can also operate indefinately as an all singing, all dancing FOB for the AH-64D's - and they'll fcuk-up most peoples day...

RobitTV

OS119 wrote: »

she can still launch Harriers.

as she is she can't suppprt them very well - you couldn't load her up with GR9's, sail down to the South Atlantic or Indian Ocean and then expect her to fight like a aircraft carrier, but she can still transport them, act as a forward operating platform and then support a forward operating base with her Chinooks.

she can also operate indefinately as an all singing, all dancing FOB for the AH-64D's - and they'll fcuk-up most peoples day...

Well the UK Goverment is Scrapping the Harrier jets, So it will have No jets on it, only helicopters, what it was designed for