I have a question although not dealing with warships. End 1950s-1960s the Warnow Werft, Rostock, East Germany intended to built a nucelar-propelled cargoship/freighter to be completed by 1965; the decision for the project dat from 19 November 1957. In 2023 professor-ing. Franz Spychala held in...
The Royal Navy began the 1960s with two excellent classes of destroyer (County DLG).and frigate (Type 12 Leander) on order.
In 1966 the replacement of these ships with the T42 and T22 was set in hand.. In addition the T21 gp frigate was ordered to replace other frigate classes.
So not a lot of...
This was a project intended to provide three (correction, four) atomic powered high speed container ships for use on Essential Foreign Trade Route No. 12, between the U.S. Atlantic Coast and the Far East. The ships would have used the AEC Maritime Reactor, a clean sheet gas-cooled reactor design...
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33000-ton tanker
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american export isbrandtsen line
atomic energy commission
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atoms for peace
cold war
contract ma-1893
high speed container ships
isbrandtsen co.
maritime administration
naval reactor
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u.s. congress
united states
vietnam war
I am reasonably familiar with axis submarine projects, built and unbuilt, c1945. We're there any interesting British or American projects at this time beyond the typical A-Class and Fleet Boats?
From what I've read it seems that the allies were content to build large numbers of relatively...
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post-world war ii
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The Wikipedia article on Project Nobska claims that a nuclear powered 500 ton midget submarine and destroyer were proposed at the meeting, as well as a fuel cell powered submarine. Some Norman Friedman books are cited for this, so there might be something to these claims, but I haven't been able...
I found some interesting articles on small nuclear reactors and maritime reactors from the 1960s. The business case they make for the small reactors as well as how to construct and run them economically are quite similar to those made for small modular reactors today.
New Scientist No. 288 (24...
Richard J. Aldrich’s recent book ‘GCHQ: An uncensored story of Britain’s most secret intelligence agency’ features some information on the planned Sigint ship of the 1960s.
He gives a history elsewhere in the book about the operations of HMS Totem and Turpin in the 1950s. He goes on to say...
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atomicships
gchq
harland & wolff
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racal electronics plc
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signals intelligence
To start this thread off, here's a recent article on Nuclear Merchant Ships (part of a series on the peaceful uses of Nuclear power). Includes information on the only four such ships to have been built so far: NS Savannah, USA; Mutsu, Japan; Sevmorput, Russia; and the Otto Hahn, Germany. Also...
Two-view drawing of the proposed nuclear-powered Italian Navy ship Enrico Fermi.
Source:
http://s11.invisionfree.com/shipbucket/index.php?showtopic=2913
atomicships
cnen
cold war
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fiat spa
italcantieri
italcantieri – cantieri navali italiani spa
italy
marina militare
nuclear powered vessels
reparto progetto navi di mariconav
sezione energia nucleare (fiat)
According to Cold War submarines: the design and construction of U.S. and Soviet submarines By Norman Polmar, Kenneth J. Moore:
"The Royal Navy also considered - very briefly - the possibility of a small nuclear propelled submarine"
The book mentions these in the context of midget submarines...
In August 1965 TsKB-16, later Rubin, was directed to respond to the Tactical-Technical Elements (TTE) requirement for a large diesel-electric submarine LST designated Project 748. The design bureau, realizing the limitations of conventional propulsion for this submarine's missions, additionally...
Firstly, this is based upon known discussions with the RN, known systems that were proposed and/or existed at one point or another and known sketch designs performed. However these have been combined together to form a single coherent platform that is representative of what could have been built...
air ministry
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cold war
cruiser
destroyer
great britain
ministry of aviation
nuclear battlefield
nuclear powered vessels
royal navy
surface-to-air missile
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?
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anti-submarine warfare
atomicships
cold war
cruiser
fleet air arm
great britain
guided missile aviation cruiser
harrier carrier
late 1960s
nuclear battlefield
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v/stol
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from:
http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,2808.msg22427/topicseen.html#msg22427
Anybody has pics and info about this designs?
Thanks in advance :)
atomicships
cnen
cold war
cold war ii
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gio. ansaldo & c.
italcantieri
italcantieri – cantieri navali italiani spa
italy
marina militare
north atlantic treaty organisation
nuclear battlefield
nuclear powered vessels
reparto progetto navi di mariconav
sezione energia nucleare (fiat)
ssn
I found this Data on www.combatreform2.com
"Aircraft and Amphibious carriers must submerge to avoid SSC destruction"
1953 RAND corporation make Top secret Study for USAF
"Using the submarine-launched or low-altitude Tu-4 [land-based bomber] surprise attack, the enemy can destroy
a major part...
although no pictures exist there is supposed to be a model of the proposed RFA replenishment ship with nuclear power in the massive Greenwich collection. I have never been able to get to see this model, but based on some small drawings of mercantile UK reactor designs in an old Airfix magazine...
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yarrow shipbuilders limited
yarrow-admiralty research department
Having been home ported at Port Hueneme, California since 30 November 1948, Norton Sound stood out to sea in June of 1962 bound for Norfolk, Virginia and ultimately to Baltimore, Maryland. She arrived at Norfolk, Virginia and was decommissioned on 10 August 1962, and was later towed to Baltimore...
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tactical nuke
typhon
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