Tony B Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 A right oddball. BBC Radio 7 Thursday. the 1 hour drama, Habakkuk on Ice. about Gefforey Pyke, inventor of the Weaseal and the ice battleship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 Actually it was a Aircraft carrier made out of ice....now that was a cool idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtistsRifles Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 Project Habbakuk. The raw matererial was known as Pycrete - a mix of ice and wood pulp/sawdust. The stprygoes Lord Mountbatten demonstrated it to Churchill by firing his revolver at a block of ice and then a block of Pycrete. The ice shattered whilst the Pycrete absorbed the round. There's a TV series called "The SeaHunters" about a team who research historically important wrecks - one of the program's has them on the great Lakes of Canada looking for the prototype used to test the viability of Habbakuk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abn deuce Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 :tup: He had some wild idea's but they were proved sound ones just like the British scientist who invented the bomb for the dam busters at first glance people thought them nuts but these things did work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted November 16, 2007 Author Share Posted November 16, 2007 Project Habbakuk. The raw matererial was known as Pycrete - a mix of ice and wood pulp/sawdust. The stprygoes Lord Mountbatten demonstrated it to Churchill by firing his revolver at a block of ice and then a block of Pycrete. The ice shattered whilst the Pycrete absorbed the round. There's a TV series called "The SeaHunters" about a team who research historically important wrecks - one of the program's has them on the great Lakes of Canada looking for the prototype used to test the viability of Habbakuk. And according to the programme the bullet richoceted and hit a US General in the leg :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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