This monster arrived in our small harbour today

For scale the round building behind is a museum. Owned by Russian billionaire Alexei Mordashov.

Edited By mark smith 20 on 08/05/2017 18:01:43

"Vot do you think of my aquarium, Mr Bond? I'm afraid it's feeding time."

Looks like it has a chimney(steam powered?) and a crows nest next to the radar arrayed bridge - impressive!

Ed.

PS. mine arrives next week...!

as he's visiting Whitehaven, he must be going for a ride on L'aal Ratty. I remeber the rope worked incline from Haig Pit down onto the harbour.

Stay away you might catch somthing

Mr Mordashov certainly lives in a different world. I cant understand how anyone can justify £40 million for one large boat,no matter how impressive it appears.

In todays paper it says it cost 100 million, and hes the richest man in the world

Not at all my idea of a boat or ship. More of a floating piece of modern art. Uggggg.

Pete

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Very swish.

But has he got a machine shop segregated area in it.?

Nick

Don't knock it, it gave somebody (many) a job building it, work running and supplying it and in the end, he will need another one!

I think that's like the unfortunate photos I take where mum seems to have a tree growing out of her head. The chimney was an air-vent at Wellington Colliery. There's an old picture of it here and you can get a feel for the 'good old days' by reading the mine's casualty list.

Dave

If I had his money I would buy a proper ship with stuns'ls and stuff.

I'm really sorry to say this, but I like it, and if I had £100M to spare and no good causes to support...

It makes me feel physically sick to see this and know that children around the World are dying of malnutrition.

Just another obscene monument to the proceeds of individual greed and large scale corruption.

Any thoughts of piracy / resale / proceeds to charity? I'll sharpen me cutlass and dust me eyepatch if so. (Arrrr......)

Would feel happier knowing I had given mosquito nets to 26 million people rather than having a shiny boat. Then again you don't become Russias richest man by sharing.

I think a famous American tried invading there may be the russky will have more luck?

Talks of coal mining again in Whitehaven so we have a Russian steel and coal magnate visiting.

and at the end of the day do you think he has any friends ...i wouldnt swap for a second (and I honestly have no friends)

It was parked round the corner from the Queen Mary last week. (The TS Queen Mary, that is.)

Diane