One of my continuing interests and a strength of this site is information about Royal Navy ships that never left the drawing board.
Recently.not so much has been published about these designs so I thought I would start this thread.
Many projects have there own threads and are well known to...
aircraft carrier
battleships
british commonwealth
british empire
britishshipbuilders
cammell laird
cold war
cruiser
destroyer
frigates
great britain
interwar period
pre-world war i
swan hunter
vickers-armstrongs
vsel
world war i
world war ii
yarrow shipbuilders limited
Image of the Vickers proposal for a modified Invincible Class ship to replace HMAS Melbourne. The enlarged hangar and removal of Sea Dart are of note. Also Invincible image for comparison.
Found at:
http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/24222
anti-air warfare
anti-submarine warfare
area air defence
british commonwealth
britishshipbuilders
cold war
commonwealth of australia
early 1980s
falklands conflict
falklands war
great britain
harrier carrier
mcdonnell douglas
royal australian navy
royal navy
sea harrier
united kingdom
vsel
vstol carriers
I seem to recall before they bought more Leanders the RNZN considered a serious
conversion of their Type 12 Otago. I am sure I have seen a drawing but cannot remember
where? It would make an interesting add on to my UK frigates stuff.
1980s
britishshipbuilders
brooke marine
cold war
great britain
late 1970s
royal navy
vickers-armstrongs
vosper thornycroft
vsel
yarrow shipbuilders limited
Displacing 13,200 tons, space for 16 aircraft. 15deg ski jump. For peacetime operations a helicopter operates from the rear deck, in wartime the rear deck would be built up with containers to lengthen the flight deck. Length 604 ft.
Source:
Flight International, 12 Jan 1980.
aircraft carrier
britishshipbuilders
cold war
early 1980s
great britain
royal navy
united kingdom
v/stol
vickers ltd
vickers plc
vsel
vstol carriers
vtol
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