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Monday 18 December 2017

Designs of German aircraft carriers considerable changed according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1938 no. 6

An item referred to the Proceedings dated July 1938 reporting that the 2-19.250 ton German aircraft carriers were to be armed with 14-15cm guns. The original designs were considerable changed. The number of aircraft which could carried was decreased to be able to spent more weight for better protection.(1)

Note
1. The Graf Zeppelin is never completed and the Flugzeugträger B which was laid down in 1938 but still on the slipway broken up in 1940.