Any fan of the history of the high seas will be more than familiar with some of the most famous ships in history. Whether it be the RMS Titanic, HMS Victory, USS Enterprise, so on, so forth.
But, for every massively successful and famous ship launched, there are equal numbers of less famous, or even completely forgotten ships throughout history. This is especially the case for proposed ships that either never left the drawing board or were aborted in dry dock.
Progress in any technological field is as much a matter of trial and error as it is scientific and technological innovation. Sometimes proposals for new things, like ships, are a roaring success, other times a complete and absolute failure.
Here are some prime examples of the latter: Some of these proposed, but aborted designs.
1. Germany’s WW2 carrier that never was: The Graf Zeppelin
One of the most infamous massive ships that were never actually completed was the Graf Zeppelin. Partially…