Privacy Terms. Shipbucket Official Forum Skip to content. Quick links. Kriegsmarine , second approach Post drawings from any Alternate Universe scenario here. The one Asley wants is this one, built in as a training cruiser from the German Navy site here. Thank you Kim for the crest "Never fear to try on something new. Remember that the Titanic was built by professionals, and the Ark by an amateur". Re: Kriegsmarine , second approach Post by Portsmouth Bill » Sat Nov 27, pm yes, that was the one I was thinking of; I might have a photo of it.
Re: Kriegsmarine , second approach Post by Ashley » Tue Nov 30, pm Portsmouth Bill wrote: yes, that was the one I was thinking of; I might have a photo of it. This is a serious forum. Do not laugh. Do not post nonsens. Do not be kiddish. At least, not all the time. Current work list: go on playing dead. The incomplete De Grasse was captured at the Lorient yard. It was decided to convert it to a carrier, the ship was launched in and ready in June While the conversion was astoundingly easy, the OKM ordered another four ships of this new created class.
The plans were changed to a direct build as carrier and the first ship launched was the Saarland. Later it was known for it's mission with the italian carrier Aquila at Egypt. The airwing was changed to jets in and the ship was refitted with an enlarged and strengthened flightdeck in In she was sold to Argentina and equipped with state-of-the-art-tech.
The Armada de la Gloria Argentina used the ship widely until The real world saw a similar plan to convert the De Grasse to a carrier.
But the project was cancelled very fast due to high cost, lack of material and the alltime danger of partisan attacks. The ship was launched in as aa-cruiser. The British military occupation had changed the government, the whole situation led to uprisings.
