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EOW 42 Graf Zeppelin PL/ENG
Author: Siegfried Breyer
A4 size, 112 pages, 100 b&w photos, 27 drawings, 18 colour plates, 3 inserts in A1 size, i.a. showing 3D drawings

Monograph consists of a history of German aircraft carriers with special attention to Graf Zeppelin - the ship that has never been completed. The author describes her history from the very beginning, then problems which occured to designers and finally decisions which led to abandoning the construction. Monograph contains also technical description, rich in photo graphs and 3D drawings. There is also chapter concerning deck aircraft; short description of each aircraft type intended to be used is included. General scale plans, original shipyard drawings, longitudinal and frame sections are shown on A1 inserts. 3D drawings show aircraft carrier presumable appearance and her appearance according to the original design.

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The sensational discovery!

Years after her sinking The Graf Zeppelin's wreck was found. It lays at the depth of nearly 80 m, about 40 nautical miles north of Cape Rozewie, Poland. Petrobaltic employees discovered it accidentally, after half-century search.

Read more about the famous vessel in our book!

Thanks to ORP "ARCTOWSKI" and Polish Navy Academy team we can present here an analysis of underwater photos made by remotely operated vehicle, compared to drawings from our monograph. And >> here << you can watch the film from the Graf Zeppelin wreck.
>> Analysis of photos from the Graf Zeppelin (2.8 MB, in Polish) <<

The editor wants to thank Mr Adam Olejnik for the materials.