£115m U.S. Navy stealth ship that inspired James Bond movie Tomorrow Never Dies is auctioned online (bidding has only reached £60,000)

April 29th, 2012

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By
Ian Garland

PUBLISHED:

08:42 EST, 29 April 2012

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UPDATED:

12:12 EST, 29 April 2012

It’s not what you’d normally expect to find while scrolling through an online auction.

But bidders with deep pockets can buy themselves a real life U.S Navy stealth ship for a fraction of the $190 million (£115million) it cost to build.

In fact bidding on the experimental Sea Shadow – which inspired the ‘invisible boat’ captained by Bond Villain Elliot Carver in 007 movie Tomorrow Never Dies – has stalled at a cut-price $100,420 (£61,000).

Cloak: The Sea Shadow's angular shape makes it invisible to radar

Cloak: The Sea Shadow’s angular shape makes it invisible to radar

$Budget: It was built at a cost of $190,000 but is available online for a fraction of the cost$

Budget: It was built at a cost of $190,000 but is available online for a fraction of the cost

Cut price: Bidding on the eBay-style website has stalled at £61,000

There’s just one condition of sale that will stop budding Bond baddies from using the ship as a weapon – the winning bidder must ‘dismantle and scrap’ their purchase before it can leave the US.

Anyone who wants to join the sale must also lay down a hefty £6,000 deposit.

Production on the groundbreaking
vessel began in 1982 and was completed three years later – but the
general public weren’t aware of its existence until 1993.

It was taken out of service in September 2006.

Will it fit in my boathouse?

Weight: 563 tons

Length: 164 feet (50 metres)

Width: 68 feet (21 metres)

Hull: 15 feet (4.6 metres)

The groundbreaking boat measures 164ft by 70ft, weighs 563 tons and was capable of cruising the seas at a maximum of 14 knots.

It
was which was developed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects
Agency (DARPA), the Navy and Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space Company.

Sea
Shadow has a Swath Water Plane Area Twin Hull (SWATH) design, where the
vessel’s angled sides extend below the waterline to torpedo-shaped
hulls which gave it exceptional stability in bad weather.

Once
veiled in secrecy, the vessel later came into the open and was used as a
tool for testing and evaluating new technologies in a realistic at-sea
environment.

However, for
the last few years it has been holed up in a dry dock in California with
authorities hoping to find a museum which could rehome it.

After exhausting all channels it is now resigned for the scrapheap and is offered for sale on the GS Auctions website –

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an eBay-style website
for military products.

The auction closes on May 4.

Jonathan Pryce's character Elliot Carver had his own 'stealth boat' in 1997 Bond Movie Tomorrow Never Dies

Stealth boat

On screen: Jonathan Pryce’s character Elliot Carver had his own ‘stealth boat’ in 1997 Bond Movie Tomorrow Never Dies

Stealth boat

Budding baddies beware: The boat must be scrapped by the winning bidder

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it could be used to guard the river thames in london for the olympic games

– jasperwasp, not proud to be british., 29/4/2012 18:34

BUY IT FOR 60K? THEN HAVE TO SCRAP IT? I THINK NOT. BE LIKE BUYING A PAIR OF VERY EXPENSIVE SHOES THEN JUST THROW THEM AWAY. WHO WOULD DO IT?

– the Lady…, who is proud to be British (most of time!), 29/4/2012 18:25

I would definitely take it for a jaunt along the Grand Union Canal if I got my hands on it.

– nick, bucks., 29/4/2012 18:24

Worrying really who could get their hands on it, Smuggling things around would be the first option for any potential buyers i would have thought, unless there is a catch its a pretty stupid idea selling it on the open market. We already know that the drug smugglers have submarines, so this would be a bonus ofr them and what about Iran and nuclear weapons. Crazy if you ask me.- Mike, London, England, 29/4/2012 17:47—————– Guessing you didnt read it fully. The article says it has to be scrapped.

– Kenneth, USA, 29/4/2012 18:23

Hmmm…If I scraped my pennies together and bought this ship, I could declare war on the bankers and get all our taxpayer money back. Anyone out there willing to crew for me?

– Declan, London, 29/4/2012 18:16

Just imagine cruising into Monte Carlo Marina with that!

– Lost For Words, Gloucester, England, 29/4/2012 18:11

– Mike, London, England, 29/4/2012 17:47

Shame to scrap it_ refit would turn it into a terrific pleasure boat or even a house-boat.

– Cooper, Cambridge, 29/4/2012 17:20

Questions to vendor: (1) Will it run on diesel, and (2) does it have a sun deck?

– Philip, Bankrupted Britain, 29/4/2012 17:09

Seen it when my wife and I visited San Diego in California. Thought it to quite small for a ship, more like a boat.

– Harry, From here, there and everywhere, 29/4/2012 16:51

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