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Project Habakkuk: Churchill’s Plan for an Aircraft Carrier Made of Ice
The idea itself was simple enough in theory: create an aircraft carrier using as many natural resources as possible, in an attempt to mitigate the high cost of materials like steel, which was in short supply.
Lasting five years, eight months and five days, the Battle of the Atlantic was the longest military campaign of WWII. Allied supply convoys were being continuously threatened by German U-boats and Luftwaffe aircraft, and when Italy’s Regia Marina introduced submarines into the mix when they entered the war in June of 1940, Allies were exhausting every idea possible to protect lives along with invaluable resources. Enter Winston Churchill, an unmatched powerhouse of a leader during the war who, in this instance, spearheaded a project more akin to a fictional Bond villain than a 1940’s combat strategy.
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In early 1942, England was in danger of being cut off by Nazi U-boats, which were attacking resupply convoys in the Atlantic.
To protect convoys as they crossed, a British inventor came up with a plan to build an aircraft carrier out of ice.
In early 1942, Britain was in a desperate situation.
The Royal Air Force had fought off Germany s relentless onslaught in the Battle of Britain and much of the German army was fighting the Soviets in Eastern Europe, but the British remained isolated and at risk of being cut off from the world.
Hitler s U-boats were wreaking havoc on Britain s vital supply lines, and although the US had entered the war on the side of the Allies, effective large-scale anti-submarine weapons and tactics were not yet fully developed or deployed.
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In early 1942, Britain was in a desperate situation.
The Royal Air Force had fought off Germany’s relentless onslaught in the Battle of Britain and much of the German army was fighting the Soviets in Eastern Europe, but the British remained isolated and at risk of being cut off from the world.
Hitler’s U-boats were wreaking havoc on Britain’s vital supply lines, and although the U.S. had entered the war on the side of the Allies, effective large-scale anti-submarine weapons and tactics were not yet fully developed or deployed.
Short of ships, material, and manpower, Prime Minister Winston Churchill turned to an audacious effort to combat the Kriegsmarine’s submarine wolfpacks: The Royal Navy would build a massive aircraft carrier out of ice and sail it to the middle of the Atlantic.
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