What Happened to Project Habakkuk?

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[@captain_commenter8796]

Imagine hitting an iceberg and it starts launching bombers in retaliation 💀

[@chrislaf89]

Forget bombers, the iceberg itself opens fire on you.

[@haemmertime]

in that case you have triggered the fight or flight instict of penguins living on it, too bad their flightless birds

[@merafirewing6591]

​@@haemmertime unless those penguins learned how to use rifles, pistols, and various machine guns.

[@challenger3793]

@@merafirewing6591 what you do is give your sailors black and white clothes. :) "sir why are the penguins on that iceberg?"

[@RXY398]

​@@merafirewing6591 Weaponized Assault Penguins.

[@lightspeedvictory]

IIRC, Mountbatten, when he first proposed this concept to Churchill, showed up at his residence but was told that Churchill was taking a bath. Mountbatten was undeterred and entered the bathroom and dropped the block of Pykrete he had brought with him into the bathtub, surprising Churchill when it didn’t melt in the warm water. When it was presented to the Americans, someone actually fired a pistol at both a block of normal ice as well as a block of Pykrete. The normal ice obviously shattered but the Pykrete cause a ricochet that grazed the pant leg of American Admiral Ernest King and embedded itself in the wall

[@henryfleischer404]

That's one of the most American things I've ever heard.

[@lightspeedvictory]

@@henryfleischer404 if you’re talking about someone shooting a gun at the block of Pykrete, it was actually a British officer who did it

[@chugachuga9242]

⁠​⁠@@lightspeedvictoryAnd it did not help with King’s already poor opinion of the British military

[@jasonirwin4631]

​@chugachuga9242 Thankfully, Mountbatten was one of the few royal navy officers that king could tolerate.

[@jonathanathor117]

Now I want commercials like that.

[@rankoorovic7904]

Funniest thing about this is that they actually started building them

[@PRCOM]

Seriously??

[@rankoorovic7904]

@@PRCOM Key word being started 😁but yes the plan it wasn't on paper only

[@thatkancolleguy]

Furthest they went was making a massive house sized block of the pykrete to test its strength and just to see how easy it would be to make.

[@rankoorovic7904]

@@thatkancolleguy That's more then most of the examples on this channel because it's almost always vehicles that remained completely on paper

[@PRCOM]

@rankoorovic7904 sarcasm doesn't suit you. I only asked as there is NO evidence online they did only your word, hence why the comment and question mark.

[@nizm0man]

Heat seeking missiles: Hmm must be the wind

[@Cheese44456]

Picrete haven’t heard that word in years lol

[@Orangecat1029]

True

[@arejsud182]

Oversimplified: you take some wood you take some ice: pycrete

[@AdamSchadow]

Its a massive missed opportunity to not have covered the "Shooting incident" when demonstrating how good the material was.

[@Simigema]

titanic been real quiet since this dropped

[@jayrtfm]

this is one of the better videos on Project Habakkuk that I've seen. kudos

[@michaelhowell2326]

I'm not arguing or trying to get you on anything at all, but can I ask why?

[@jayrtfm]

4:19 the CGI I had not seen previously ​@@michaelhowell2326

[@captain_commenter8796]

One of the only designs where ramming could actually be an effective and sustainable tactic in modern warfare 💀

[@zacharychoo]

Royal navy leadership saw this tactic as one of the top ways to kill an enemy vessel 👍

[@TerraSpaceIndustries]

Stay Away From Icebergs 🚫 Build a ship out of them ✅

[@joskethegreat4154]

What if it crashes into another iceberg, does it sink or the iceberg sink?

[@ucVu-di6cx]

You know what they say, if you can't beat them, join them. Or make them to work for you in this case.

[@TerraSpaceIndustries]

​@@joskethegreat4154 uno reverse card at play lol

[@TerraSpaceIndustries]

@@ucVu-di6cx XD

[@mahiru20ten]

You can fight a super sci-fi version of this ship in the Naval Ops game series. It's one of the late game bosses in the 3 games of the series. The game's version of the Habakkuk is able to regenerate its health due to its hull being made of icebergs. It's also armed with laser weapons.

[@BattleshipYolo]

Nice to see another person who knows about Naval Ops. Very fun game and Habakkuk is a tough boss to fight.

[@andrewmontgomery5621]

@@BattleshipYolo.Same here. I watched your video.

[@koharumi1]

Sounds like a sea version of ace combat

[@BattleshipYolo]

@@koharumi1 kinda sorta, you can design your own custom warships and fight in missions with them

[@mahiru20ten]

@@koharumi1 Sorta. But you can make your own ship too. So think it's Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts but it was made in early 2000s

[@sanjoyisworking]

I've known this for years, and FINALLY i get a Found And Explained about this beautiful and wild design.

[@ahmedshaharyarejaz9886]

Pikrete might have some use as a construction material in Icy Areas.

[@evanpodwalny3531]

I actually knew about this one! I saw it on a show about weird intentions. They also mentioned how ice is generally better for floating on water and not getting blown up by missiles, as highlighted by the Titanic incident. The main problem they pointed out in the show was the fact that it wouldn't really work outside of the Arctic Circle year round or the North Atlantic in winter. Anything south of that would be impractical because of the necessary coolant systems.

[@jimcurt99]

balloons with microphones "would have made RADAR obsolete???" - I don't think so....

[@chugachuga9242]

He probably meant that it was made obsolete by radar

[@itsskip]

I bet it was a typo in the script, or at least unclear. Radar is indeed superior to a triangulation method.

[@KF99]

I’m sure this idea could work not for a giant aircraft carrier, but rather for dirt (or ice) cheap and basically disposable cargo ships, barges or landing crafts.

[@concept5631]

Especially with modern technology.

[@concept5631]

Come to think of it, these would make for nice temporary cruise ships if you market it right.

[@DocWolph]

Ironically, given what we know today, burgships would likely be used today, especially by the US Navy. A larger landing/launching platform to enable the used of bombers more fighters, ones with more weapons and fuel, enabled by a longer run way. The list can go on and on. These "Ultra Carriers" would also be Nuclear powered, by this day. But only a few would be built, as such massive ships are not needed quite so often as a [less big] Super Carrier. Maybe 3-4 tops by the year 2024. But the Habakkuk would have to been successfully brought to successful fruition DURING WW2. It is why [the] Aircraft Carrier as we know them today prevail.

[@thekraken1173]

Well considering the fact that the price of a single US Navy EMALS Catapult is equal to two Turkish TCG Anadolu LHD Ships, Why not make the aircraft carrier longer instead of using a catapult?

[@DocWolph]

@@thekraken1173 That is a point of consideration, as well. It is it so that Catapults are needed because the Carrier are basically not long enough. But, I think, the added length would be more beneficial for landings, which seem to be more troublesome than launches.

[@cheesenoodles7135]

Global warming gonna be the biggest threat to these ships 💪

[@DocWolph]

@@cheesenoodles7135 Not really. They have refrigeration systems to re-freeze or keep frozen the pycrete, which already thaws VERY slowly.

[@RipOffProductionsLLC]

I could see a successfully biult Habakkuk carrier easily surviving the war and being the mobile home of Britain's nuclear bomber fleet, sort of like a precursor to modern nuclear missile submarines. It would also be an awesome museum ship, even if it needed to be parked somewhere inconvenient to help keep the refrigeration costs down(though I'm sure whatever small northern Scottish or Canadian town would love the tourism money) That, or it would have been scrapped post-war like so much else of the Royal Navy was... But hey, maybe the sunk cost fallacy could keep a Habakkuk afloat?

[@stefankohler3060]

Nice Video and an insane Project.

[@UncleManuel]

That ad transition was as smooth as an icecube swimming is a glass of whiskey. Nice! 😁🤟

[@JackIsMe1993]

Imagine a bomb hits the flight deck and someone casually throwing down sawdust and watering it surreal.......I noticed none of these video's ever mention the human element can't be overly pleasant at sea in a giant ice-cube I mean would heated compartments even be feasable?

[@rockyblacksmith]

Wouldn't be much of a problem. It would just require good insulation, but that was the plan anyway.

[@rsookchand919]

Refrigeration wouldn’t be a problem on board Habakkuk

[@YourFriendlyOfficeAssistant]

The refrigeration would probably be needed to extend the hull's life for the duration of the war or operate further south.

[@rockyblacksmith]

That was the plan, and IIRC such systems were tested in the proof of concept vessel.

[@jamiejones7325]

In Alberta, Canada divers can take tours to look at the scale model replica tested. After abandoned, eventually sank but structures supposedly still visible? Not me. Has no idea we lived near the testing lake. I may be a biologist, but the science is actually impressively sound. Love people who dream up such ideas, hopefully cure for cancer and akzheimers dementia etc.

[@toady254]

“ - isn’t the runway slippery? It could be dangerous for planes - Nah “

[@merafirewing6591]

British Wonder Weapon.

[@ShadowEclipex]

Elon wishes he could be as smart as Geoffrey Pyke.

[@tankyang4725]

Major flaw, i might melt😂😂😂

[@jonathanathor117]

So what you're saying is that we need to drop the earth's temperature by about a few degrees and then we can have these ships sailing our oceans. I mean I'm on board. Well in theory.

[@zendell37]

I do love the concept. Would have been interesting to see it actually implemented. And would be interesting to see how the ship could repair itself.

[@jamesscalzo3033]

Loved the video @Found&Explained! Can't wait for the next video man! I remember reading an article on Facebook about Project Habakkuk a while back and it was also supposed to be Able to base Lancaster Bombers on it. Imagine being a U-boat and you sink some merchant Ships in a Flow of Icebergs and you see a Squadron of Lancaster Bombers flying over you afterwards LMAO?

[@BiGRodonthetrack]

Yess one of my favourite insane ww2 technology’s that could’ve been

[@DemiurgicDreamer69]

Make a video about active aeroelastic wings and the F18 that used them. But mainly about the wings

[@kristinarain9098]

_"...supply ships from the colonies in North America..."_ 😂 I seen wat u did thar

[@exptodd]

Really enjoyed this one!

[@ChloeKruegerSenpai]

Brits after saying Titanic is unsinkable and later sunked by an Iceberg Also Brits: You know what? We gonna build an unsinkable ship made from Iceberg.

[@tmwarthunder1016]

You know, that makes logical sense!

[@itsskip]

The ice and the Titanic had a baby.

[@swisstestpilot]

The name for this crazy Iceaircraftcarrier fits very well.. In Swiss German the word "Habakkuk" means "nonsense".

[@roguebogey]

Habakkuk was also a biblical prophet... Interpret that as you will...

[@hannes7794]

"Okay so in 5 minutes I have to go to work." **sees 20 minute Found and Explained video** **sigh**

[@EuhanCatangal]

Titanic be like iceberg dead ahead no no no no no carrier than the head

[@senabecool7232]

Pykrete, you take some wood and some ice, put them together you get Pykrete And then one guy pulled out a gun and shot a wood and it shattered and then he shot the pykrete and it ricocheted off and hit someone else Everyone: *cheering*

[@JustarandomaccountInnit-is8lf]

I was waiting for the oversimplified reference

[@crackedtadacktle1003]

I WAS WAITING FOR THIS RAHHH

[@saschapriyambodo7250]

The fact that it carried LANCASTERS!!! FRIGGIN LANCASTERS!!!!

[@godlugner5327]

Reminds me of wood gasifiers trying to replace gasoline with wood 😂

[@Planes777]

School❌ Found and explained✅

[@andrewreynolds912]

Yea i heard of this thing many times

[@patrickbureau1402]

Hay COUZINZ - so when will "World of Battleships' have this unsinkable ship on the menu ? 🇨🇦

[@LordVader-vd1pi]

“Captain we’re melting” 💀

[@Ryuu1010YT]

the Habakkuk can be melted stayed only for 2 years

[@haemmertime]

I got an idea for a future video, which would perfectly for your channel. where could I tell you more detail about it? edit: I could help with research, as I somewhat know the researchers to this topic in a museum. I assume they'd be happy to help + one of them is australian as much as I remember.

[@raymondyee2008]

Unfortunately this carrier would have been useless with the British Pacific Fleet; the Japanese would just let the heat melt the HMS Habakkuk.

[@rockyblacksmith]

Refridgeration is a thing, and was incorporated into the plans. Not to mention it would have taken years for that thing to melt even without active cooling. Square-cube-law + Thermal capacity are like that.

[@Aloc209]

Iceberg sink ship => iceberg is unsinkable

[@lordwintertown8284]

G'day, Hm are those C class cruisers I spot? (not sure on the destroyer types). It's a crazy dream for this to have worked or that bloke to keep kicking a few more years but I guess the addition of CAM then MAC ships kinda surpassed this invention an finally proper built RN standard CVE/CVL's. The CAM & MAC ships might make for an interesting video imo.

[@lestertinga5660]

How about the Battleship made from concrete island

[@spyczech]

12:50 Is that true? It uses as much steel as a fleet of carriers? Or did I misunderstand I thought saving on steel was its advantage

[@rockyblacksmith]

It's wrong. The USS Enterprise, one of the most prominent aircraft Carriers of WW2, displaced nearly 20000 tons.

[@spyczech]

@@rockyblacksmith I knew something was up, like the confidence it was said made me suspicious, also like the whole point would be to save on steel so to even get that far it couldnt be true

[@andrewmontgomery5621]

This is also one of many super ship bosses in the Naval Ops series of games

[@mooneyes2k478]

How to MAKE an aircraft carrier out of a mix of ice and wood pulp, you meant. Pykrete isn't ice, and other than the very beginning, there was never an idea to make an iceberg into a carrier, there is far too little above-surface space to land aircraft on, not to mention that icebergs roll over.

[@dsleong8328]

Super aircraft carrier Habakkuk approaching!!!!!!!

[@kristelvidhi5038]

Is it so hard to make a CV the size of New York Central Park?

[@No1DiscoveryTV]

If a platform could be built somewhere in the Atlantic, escort planes could theoretically land there to refuel and accompany convoys all the way to England and to safety. But such a platform would, unfortunately, be very resource-intensive. Steel and aluminum were critical wartime resources and their use was restricted to war-related industries-the manufacture of tanks, airplanes, jeeps, and other related weapons of war.

[@patrickbureau1402]

Isambard Kingdom Brunel would have approved 🍀

[@patrickbureau1402]

Btw COUZINZ - Pykrete iz Bulletproof too !🇨🇦

[@paulmetzgar2604]

They could bring this back. Imagine iceberg drone carriers. . . Imagine how insane air defense could be. . .

[@adastra7939]

It was too big to be called an aircraft carrier. Massive, thick, wide, heavy, and far too long; it was more like a floating airbase.

[@PinnacleHistory]

hey where do you get your clips for the video

[@RakaiVDentist]

Aircraft landing is only the top of an iceberg at project habbakuk

[@BXRB]

You should do blohm and voss p192

[@Aninkovsky]

You don't need air conditioner for this ship

[@YourFriendlyOfficeAssistant]

Although I expect the ship itself might need cooling systems.

[@Phyrodon-ot9eh]

Fun fact :- Louis Mountbatten was the last governor general of victorian era India.

[@VinhPhucTrieu]

Look project habakukk si very large but slower

[@ThemightyEnterprise]

Why if it funny that the model is just a really fat hornet

[@doltsbane]

Penguins are Southern hemisphere, not Northern... unless they're from Hoboken.

[@A-Train-Guy]

Finally, this finally got mentioned

[@TheGreatSteve]

Box grinder.

[@CallsignAegis]

real

[@MatejBeranek]

I CALL THIS THE VERY ICE CARRIER!

[@tvgerbil1984]

It would have no hope of joining the Pacific Fleet.

[@YourFriendlyOfficeAssistant]

What if these are the floating fortresses in Nineteen Eighty-Four? It would certainly suit their stuck-in-the-forties military.

[@JLAvey]

The whole thing about using microphones to triangulate incoming aircraft would work in principle, however I see one massive flaw in using sound. If I come flying over in a Blackbird (SR-71 kind of black bird), I'm going to be outrunning my own noise. I know that's a massive oversimplification of it. It's just that within a second of hearing it, my first thought was what if the incoming object was supersonic?

[@rockyblacksmith]

This Idea came about when supersonic flight was for bullets, not planes.

[@scottmasson3336]

Pycrete tested but not carried out full size.

[@scottbrick9918]

I want this in world of warships

[@franklinkz2451]

Lol i love foreign speakers pronunciations

[@spud4839]

This is goofier than the German wonder weapons 💀💀💀

[@ShadowYeeter]

woody ice

[@wf13MT-x4i]

cool

[@MKwillbur]

"melting away"

[@Gabethedoggo]

bro the titanic got revenge by turning the iceberg into a ship-

[@Idont_eatcrocs]

Where do they get these names?

[@mowse.s]

Ice burger

[@khaingkyaw537]

One of my favorite ship

[@Reize_Ace]

literally sailing refrigerator

[@leonvoelker7639]

Had a stroke when reading the name

[@texleeger8973]

Flash! Nazi penguins invade Greenland. Establish weather stations and supply dumps. London alarmed. King summons prime minister.

[@rapidthrash1964]

Big carrier. Big target.

[@RonnieCarriloROCTV]

I hate when people call us the colonies

[@jonathonkaled531]

Colonies???

[@billyholland5156]

hilarious idea. most of the steel requirements seems to have come from the need to keep at below negative 16-degree centigrade? clearly, you need to make a Pyrkete aircraft carrier AIRSHIP, loitering at a high altitude to stay at below the needed temperature. and its sheer size would negate many of the problems that hounded most flying carrier concepts! ...no this suggestion isn't serious... XD

[@weregarurumon3202]

New Ace combat Boss idea

[@CocoaBeachLiving]

The thought of an ice carrier in the Pacific theater seems laughable. Maybe in the Arctic?

[@YourFriendlyOfficeAssistant]

Depends where. Maybe not in the Indian Ocean but anchored in the Aleutians it might have made sense as a base for bombers raiding Japan. That said that role would be made redundant by airfields in China and after that on recaptured islands in the central Pacific.

[@marcelgaud]

I have "read" about this........... it was an actual idea!

[@thetankcommander3838]

It’s not pronounced “Hah Bah Kuk”. It’s “Haba cook”. HABUKKUK.

[@Cuccos19]

Today this would impossible even in theory. Global warming and ice-ship are not compatible.🤣

[@rockyblacksmith]

Two words: Active cooling.

[@patrickbureau1402]

🍀TRUE NORTH🍀 NATIVE & FREE 🌺🍀⚜️🇨🇦⚜️🍀🌺

[@ianwalters6632]

Human aircraft carrier

[@tonyjames8636]

Ice Age 4 b like