Woodpulp And Ice

[gavmeister13]

A friend told me that the British found that woodpulp and ice could be used to make ships but the war ended before any where made. Is it true?

regards

[daveh]

read

http://www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/7 ... island.php

for the basis of your friends tale.

[Tiornu]

We were discussing this not too long ago at another site. Here's a drawing, which I suppose deserves a grain of salt:
http://www.freeweb.hu/battleshipboy/Ste ... abakuk.jpg
Warship V had a nice account of the projects development.

[Phil D.]

Speaking of this, here's a link to a website that details a sort of "alternate history" of such an iceberg aircraft carrier, would it ever have been built in WWII:

http://www.combinedfleet.com/furashita/habbak_f.htm

Phil

[ChristopherPerrien]

Or this link http://www.combinedops.com/Pykrete.htm