HMS Habbakuk with HMS Indefatigable, 1946
Top secret design for HMS Habbakuk (centre), a giant aircraft-carrier built of ice and wood pulp, which was proposed as a secret weapon in the Second World War. This project was put forward by Geoffrey Pyke in 1942, but was never built as the practicalities involved were too much for the British war effort. The Habbakuk is shown next to HMS Indefatigable (right), a large British aircraft-carrier built of conventional materials
Picture No
13731610
Media ID
45399867
Size
6346px x 3821px
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Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Illustration by George Horace Davis in The Illustrated London News', 2 March 1946, pages 234-5. Image digitally colourised using AI
Date
1946
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