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Buy Your Own Aircraft Carrier

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the you-know-you've-always-wanted-one dept.

Vodalian writes "Distinction as the last surviving Aircraft Carrier built in England for WW II and commissioned as the HMS Vengeance in late 1944, this unique vessel served the British then the Australian Navy as HMAS Vengeance prior to her sale to Brazil In 1956. Undergoing reconstruction and overhaul in Rotterdam from 1957 to 1960 she was commissioned as the Minas Gerais in December of that year. During her service with the Brazilian Navy she was overhauled from 1976 to 1980 completing a 5-year refit in 1981. She was decommissioned on the 16th of October 2001 and is currently for sale."

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  1. Re:It's already set up for soccer by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Not really. Since soccer balls float, you can pay a Brazilian kid five cents to dive into the water after a ball falls over the side.