For sale - one careful owner

[JamesL]

http://www.edisposals.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/WFS/Disposals-Public-Site/en_US/-/GBP/ViewProductDetail-Start;pgid=MieqQ4wkQg8000ArvQ_8K1sp0000X22WalAF?ProductUUID=eIDAqBIQIhQAAAEupZZcNt5o&CatalogCategoryID=VaLAqBELPagAAAED8GeasfoP&JumpTo=OfferList

Love the product ID and availability

[Cees Klumper]

Also a nice touch for the home shopper is how you can conveniently 'add this to cart' - all 10,000 tons of it! (95% steel)...

But, Tosh - how did you come across this opportunity??

[Garry]

Now thats funny.

Beware if you are bidding on it. This seller is known to not follow through on the deal.

Australia bought this fine piece of kit some years ago but the seller failed to deliver.

Whilst Australia tried to seek redress from eBay, in typical eBay fashion I think they said that we waited longer than the 30 days to put in a claim.   Meanwhile the seller continued to use the item in a mid Atlantic conflict with Argentina.

The buyer has since lost interest and the sellers window of opportunity for a decent price by selling as a daily driver is gone.  It should have been listed as a parts only sale.

Garry

[Rolland]

boy, will I have fun with this one.... have a buddy who is retired US Navy and spent many a day on aircraft carriers.

Rolland

[JamesL]

But, Tosh - how did you come across this opportunity??

Arms dealing is a bit of a hobby of mine. It keeps me busy in the evenings when there's nothing on telly

[mdsalemi]

Would be fun to see what this is all about, unfortunately the link doesn't seem to respond to my browser, just kind of sits there doing nothing with a blank screen.

[JamesL]

Michael

It loads really slowly but the UK has scrapped it's biggest aircraft carrier (and traditionally the Navy flagship) called the Ark Royal. It is useless without the Harriers to fly off it - both scrapped due to costs to run.

And the link is to a site run by the Ministry of Defence where they dispose of used, unwanted and past their sell-by-date bits of kit. In this case, a 22,000 tonne aircraft carrier Beats driving it up on a beach in Bangladesh

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Ark_Royal_%28R07%29

[Rolland]

Michael, if you can't get it to load I'd be happy to print, scan and email it to you. 

Rolland