Alternate carrier development http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/6059/t/Alternate-carrier-development.html en-us Copyright 2006, Yuku feeds@yuku.com (FeedMaster) webmaster@yuku.com (WebMaster) Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:20:17 GMT Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:32:33 GMT Yuku Feeds 1.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 Yuku http://static.yuku.com//feed/bypass/images/button-yuku.png http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/6059/t/Alternate-carrier-development.html Yuku - free hosted forums and profiles 88 31 {pics-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (nz 1 vz 1 lz 1 oz 1 cz 1 ) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0 )) Search Search Domain q http://yuku.com/search/direct/ <![CDATA[ Re: Alternate carrier development ]]> http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/reply/79899/t/Alternate-carrier-development.html#reply-79899 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Powerful
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During World War I, Powerful and Terrible had most of their armament removed and served a(s) troop... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (perfectgeneral) http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/sreply/79899 Tue, 20 May 2008 03:30:48 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Alternate carrier development ]]> http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/reply/79898/t/Alternate-carrier-development.html#reply-79898 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Powerful
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They were both in reserve in 1914 and were eventually used as troopships and accommodation ships.

They are not that much shorter than the Jupiter/Langley and are longer than Long island and have little in the way of superstructure to cut away, so would they have the stability to have a flightdeck above a hanger in the same way Jupiter was converted to Langley.

Friedman does mention a... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (PMN1) http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/sreply/77740 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:32:14 GMT <![CDATA[ Alternate carrier development ]]> http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/6059/t/Alternate-carrier-development.html The Aircraft Carrier Story 1908 - 1945, Guy Robbins

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Samson duly flew off the forecastle of the old battleship Africa in Sheerness harbour on 10th January 1912. His aeroplane (a Short 538) was equipped with pontoons attached to the wheels for emergency tough-down on the sea. As a result Seuter and Rear Admiral E C T Troubridge, Chief of the War Staff, suggested trials in four cruisers of the Home Fleet before issuing two machines per warship... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (PMN1) http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/6059 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:20:17 GMT