Aircraft Carrier in a Shipbreaking Yard

1. Ricardo
   September 13th, 2008 at 9:30 am

   That aircraft carrier is the ex ARA 25 de Mayo, from the Argentinian Navy (previously british and then dutch). It was decommisioned and sold in the 90's and towed to India.

   More pictures of the ship:
   http://www.histarmar.com.ar/Portaaviones/25deMayo.htm

2. Christophe
   September 13th, 2008 at 12:06 pm

   The French tried to scrape their Clemenceau aircraft carrier in India, but asbestos environmental/political concerns cancelled the project and the ship had to be towed back.
   Another lost fight ;p

3. 69VWBus
   September 13th, 2008 at 9:53 pm

   Looks like the Doorman (Dutch), with the angled deck. Venerable (Brit) was a straight deck prior to delivery to the Dutch. At least according to links in Wikipedia.

4. Rob Schleiffert
   September 15th, 2008 at 8:41 am

   You're almost right! The ship on the photo is NAeL Minas Gerais, the Brazilian aircraft carrier that was written off in 2002. The Minas Gerais is the former HMS Vengeance and a sister of the 25 de Mayo/Karel Doorman. The photo was taken in 2004. In 1996 I sailed on this ship for five days. She was the oldest active carrier in the world, built in WW2.

5. Rob Schleiffert
   September 15th, 2008 at 9:19 am

   I made a webpage about the ship: http://home.casema.nl/falcons/Minas.html

6. Aircraft For Sale
   November 24th, 2008 at 1:41 am

   Hello Ricardo, It's Really Best Pictures Site of the Ship....

   Thank You....

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