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  1. Grey Havoc

    The R38 / ZR-2 airship

    View: https://youtu.be/2LKS2kR4LJY https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R38-class_airship
    • Grey Havoc
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    • admiralty admiralty a-class airship airship airships early 1920s great britain late 1910s post-world war i r.38 class airship royal airship works royal corps of naval constructors royal navy short brothers plc united states united states navy world war i
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    • Forum: Secret Early Aircraft Projects
  2. Grey Havoc

    Naval Amphibious Craft Tracked eXperimental (NACT X)

    View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_F_ZjytDqqE
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 1950s admiralty cold war naval vehicle landing tracked experimental royal marines royal navy the armoured archives united kingdom vickers-armstrongs
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  3. J

    Airspeed jet-propelled float seaplane.

    Fighter project, 1943 The Airspeed firm suggested to the Admiralty the transformation of the radio-controlled flying-boat target aircraft AS-37 into a scaled-up jet fighter, powered by one de Havilland Halford H.1 centrifugal-flow turbojet with 1,225 kgf static thrust in the forward area of the...
  4. A

    Two Peculiar British Designs

    These projects date back to the beginning of the 20th century when many warship experiences and design concepts were developed. Neither proved to be viable. There is little information about these projects and in one case it is only possible to speculate on certain specifications. The first...
    • Akaloso Dudu
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    • admiralty british empire early 1900s early 1910s early 20th century great britain imperial russian navy kingdom of italy pre-world war i regia marina royal navy russian empire vickers ltd
    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  5. Tzoli

    Royal Navy Lion Class Battleship series 1938-1945

    The Royal Navy's second 16" armed battleships history was a long and bumpy road of large number of designs and the inability on the Admiralty's side to actually start and continue it's work on them or choose a design to produce. First I present the 1938 designs: Design 14A-38 This is the first...
    • Tzoli
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    • admiralty battleships director of naval construction (royal navy) directorate of naval construction early 1930s early 1940s great britain interwar period pre-world war ii royal navy world war ii
    • Replies: 140
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  6. W

    Operation Outward: British WW2 Free Balloons.

    I put this under 'Early Aircraft Projects' because the things were free-flying but sorry if they should be under 'Missiles'. The sheer scale of this plan makes it hard to regard as a 'secret' project but seemingly it is, or at least I'd never heard of it. Anyway, here’s something on Britain’s...
    • Wingknut
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    • admiralty balloons director of boom defences great britain rn directorate of miscellaneous weapon development royal navy world war ii
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Secret Early Aircraft Projects
  7. Cy-27

    Beardmore Aircraft

    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...
    • Cy-27
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    • 1920s admiralty early 1910s great britain interwar period post-world war i pre-world war i royal aircraft establishment scotland world war i
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Designation Systems
  8. P

    Stretched Type 82

    In Rebuilding the RN Brown notes 'In 1967 consideration was given to a stretched Type 82 to replace the Tiger class as helicopter ships' (DEFE 16/617 (PRO)) Were any drawings made?
    • PMN1
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    • admiralty anti-submarine warfare atomic ships cold war cruiser fleet air arm great britain guided missile aviation cruiser harrier carrier late 1960s nuclear battlefield nuclear powered vessels royal navy sea harrier v/stol vstol carriers vtol
    • Replies: 104
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  9. Maveric

    Port Victoria aircraft of WWI

    Hi all, the most of you knows the real aircraft of Port Victoria like the P.V.2/5/7/8/9. Can anyone of you help with drawings and technical data for the aircraft projects of Port Victoria. I need help with P.V. 1, P.V. 3, P.V. 4 and P.V.6. I believe the "Grain Griffon" was the P.V.10, is this...
    • Maveric
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    • admiralty air department / air division (admiralty) marine aircraft experimental depot port victoria marine experimental aircraft depot r.n. aeroplane repair depot royal naval air service royal navy world war i
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: Secret Early Aircraft Projects
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