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Andy Y
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Much like the Royal Navy is in need of a non leaky aircraft carrier!

Back of an envelope calculation on the leak:

 

the aircraft carrier is 70,600 tonnes displacement according to wikipedia
 
the leak is said to be 200 litres/hour of sea water according to the BBC
 
1 tonne is 1000 litres of water
 
so the leak is 1 tonne every 5 hours
 
which equates to the entire displacement of the vessel in 353000 hours = 14708 days = about 40 years
 
 
for £1 you can buy a 10 litre bucket in Halfords (possibly mil-spec ones are more expensive)
 
you'd need 20 buckets/hour, or one every 5 minutes, to empty the unwanted water
 
the aircraft carrier has a crew of 679
 
I think they can survive for a little while longer, even if the officers don't get their feet wet.
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