renhanxue Posted April 1, 2015 Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 I recently found a really weird thing in the archives. (click for bigger) A few drawings of an honest-to-god aircraft carrier (although a tiny one) dated in May 1946. I have no idea how serious this proposal was, and I currently don't know any background information that could explain the existence of this project either. It's very detailed but I really can't figure out what they were thinking they'd do with it - projecting power in the Baltic sea really isn't that big of a deal. Data as given in the drawing Length overall: 148.2 m Designed waterline length: 140 m Greatest beam: 28.4 m Beam at design waterline: 20 m Design draft: 5.5 m Displacement, standard: 7800 tonnes Displacement, full load: 8100 tonnes Speed at 28000 shaft horsepower: 25 knots Aircraft carried: 20 de Havilland Sea Vampire Artillery: - eight 12 cm guns in twin turrets - 16 40mm Bofors autocannons in both single and twin mountings - 17 single-mount 25mm autocannons Armor: - 75 mm waterline belt plus 25 mm in "torpedo compartments" (?) - 25 + 50 mm deck Crew: 535 men Side and top view: Front section Center section Rear section Cross sections and deck plans Cross sections Upper deck plans Lower deck plans Priory_of_Sion, LostCosmonaut, Jeeps_Guns_Tanks and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xlucine Posted April 1, 2015 Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 Aww, it's cute Armor: - 75 mm waterline belt plus 25 mm in "torpedo compartments" (?) torpedo bulges? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Priory_of_Sion Posted April 1, 2015 Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 So this is what Swedish naval designers do when they are bored. Why have a carrier when you have Gotland? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donward Posted April 1, 2015 Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 Why build a post-WW2 carrier when you can buy surplus US escort or fleet carriers? Belesarius 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xthetenth Posted April 2, 2015 Report Share Posted April 2, 2015 Aww, it's cute torpedo bulges? Looks like reasonably standard void-filled-filled-void layouts with a thin armor for shrapnel catching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted April 2, 2015 Report Share Posted April 2, 2015 Interesting design. But yeah, agreeing 100% here with Donward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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