I am posting this on a separate thread as the NMM seem to have expanded this very useful site.
http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/68998.html
They have now posted pictures of the Yarrow nuclear FRS (covered in the nuclear surface ship thread) but also a whole lot more.
Whoever...
Hi,
the Hawker company developed in 1933,a monoplane version of its
Fury biplane fighter,it remained a drawing board only.
http://alternathistory.org.ua/fury-monoplane-ili-nemnogo-o-kharrikeine
I was reading about the Royal Navy's 16" gun project a while back on NavWeaps, which was initiated to arm the Lion class Fast Battleships (a project that ultimately came to grief, with none being built);
http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNBR_16-45_mk2.htm
It read like the usual summary of a...
While searching for something else I came across this report on the Red Planet AT rocket launcher; -
http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=AD0146318&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf
In view of Red Planets superior performance to the 3.5 in weapon eventually adopted by the British army I'd like...
Stickleback Class
Midge XPW
Minnow (X54)
Stickleback (X51)
Shrimp (X52)
Sprat (X53)
Stickleback Class
1954 - 1958
The Stickleback class submarines were midget submarines of the Royal Navy initially ordered as improved versions of the older XE class submarines.
The Royal Navy may have...
Here are some summary notes on the Scottish Company Beardmore who's aircraft manufacturing activities began in 1913 and ended in the 1920's.
Beardmore-D.F.W. Round Britain Racer
In 1913 William Beardmore and Company took over the building rights in Britain for the German Deutsche Flugzeug Werke...
Hi,
the Ben-Air Sparrowhawk was a side-by-side two seat high wing lightweight
aircraft project,had been designed by a team of former British Aerospace (BAe)
and Britten-Norman designers,powered by only single 32 hp two cylinder
engine...
A photo of the Pye PV wire-guided anti-tank missile (maybe mock-up only), soem data can be
found here http://www.skomer.u-net.com/projects/missiles.htm .
(From Aviation Week September 1960)
allies
british commonwealth
greatbritain
light night striking force
raf bomber command
raf coastal command
raf fighter command
royal air force
second tactical air force
world war ii
commonwealth of australia
government aircraft factories
greatbritain
ministry of supply
ministry of supply specification e.7/48
project b
royal air force
royal australian air force
royal australian navy
united states air force
From wiki but I have seen it in other places as well
When originally formed in January 1933, the BIS aimed not only to promote and raise the public profile of astronautics, but also to undertake practical experimentation into rocketry along similar lines to the organisations above. However...
Hi,
the engineering Stefan Malinowski was a Polish designer,he interested to modify airplane
wings,began with Caudron G-3,as I think Type-I,followed by some modifications we can
called it Type-II,the Stemal-III (Type-III) was an experimental airplane based on a fuselage
of Nieuport 83 with a...
1920s
1930s
government of the republic of poland in exile
greatbritain
interwar period
polish armed forces in the west
pre-world war ii
royal air force
second polish republic
world war ii
A combined Anglo-Canadian study (RCN and Admiralty) into the use of hydrofoils for anti-submarine work and coastal patrol craft began post war. This resulted in the de Havilland Hydrofoil R-200. A prototype, HMCS Bras d'Or (FHE 400) was completed in 1968 and was tested until she was...
This aircraft has been mentioned in a couple of threads, here :-
http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,14200.msg143338.html#msg143338
http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,3808.msg29919.html#msg29919
but doesn't seem to have a topic of it's own.
In the period...
A Challenger I hull was trialled with the Marconi Marksman anti-aircraft turret (pictures attached) and according to multiple publications a Challenger I hull was also trialled with the Vickers GBT 155mm turret, does anyone have any pictures of this combination? There seems to be a distinct lack...
I am trying to get to the truth behind the story about the Type 42 ending up with a hull shorter than the designers wanted. The sources that I have available are contradictory. Norman Friedman states that there is no indication that the Type 42 was shortened from the a preferred 434ft (the...
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