It was the dark days of World War II. Hitler’s armies were at the apex of their power. The allies were losing thousands of tonnes of shipping to German U-Boats, threatening to strangle the war effort.
They needed a secret weapon. They found Project Habakkuk. A 2,000 foot long, 300 foot wide aircraft carrier built of ice. Well, a mixture of wood pulp and ice, anyway. A plane-launching, U-Boat thumping motorized iceberg.
The ship was never built, but a small prototype was built in Alberta. The cost of the project was estimated at $70 million in 1942 dollars. That proved too rich for the British, especially for a ship made out of, well, ice.
Benefits: great for cocktail and/or skating parties. Drawbacks: its made of ice.
Thanks to MN for passing this along
This is interesting. Did you know that a prototype of Habbakuk was built in Jasper Natonal Park during the early days of the war. It was a scaled down version, of course, and was built in one of the lakes above the town of Jasper. Not being a resounding success, the idea was eventually abandoned by Churchill and the prototype melted and sank to the bottom of the lake. Much of the refrigeration system is still there. I had the opportunity to look at some information and correspondence about Habbakuk while I worked in Jasper. It was contained in some old files, which subsequently went to the archives.
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