XXi its the Brits crazy idea to fool Icebergs as merchants becuase iceebergs can take the torps and not sink which they deadly if you get too close.

Damn it !
It looks you`re right :lol: These Brits, the tricky ones !

Churchill wanted an iceberg carrier.

Well I know of Habakuk project. Interesting one and not that stupid - it would be very hard to put down such ice carrier. AFAIR it has not been made because before the production really started there it was already 1943 and the situation was beeing slowly put under control, besides the costs were enormous.

Hey, pykrete is amazing stuff - even a relatively thin block can stop a 7.62mm rifle round at very close range, and it melts very slowly. And the proposed pykrete carriers were more like massive floating islands, up to 2000ft in length.

There is a plaque on the shores of Patricia Lake (Jasper, Alberta) where the only prototype structure was built (and then abandoned in late 1943 - it was argued there was little use for such massive floating airfields by that time, and the money would be better spent on other projects).

From Wikipedia;
Whereas the rest of the room (I guess here), were less impressed with Mountbattens intellectual prowess:D

History channel video

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/235665...arrier_in_ww2/

Interesting :up: