During the invasion of Norway, the German navy would be need to defend the Norwegian coast. Problem struck in April of 1940 for the ship. More on the air wings will be displayed below. The air group Trägergrüppe 186 had been formed with 109's, and Ju 87's. By the end of 1939 she was estimated to be around 85% complete, to be finished in mid 1940. Christened by Helene Von Zeppelin, daughter of Ferdinand von Zeppelin. Deutsche Werke shipyard in Kiel laid her keel down on December 28th, 1936. Graf Zeppelin was originally named Flugzeugträger A, but was later christened Graf Zeppelin. Design wise she was more related to the British carriers. Later she would be the first carrier of four in the planned Operation Z. Most information from the Japanese was mainly tactical though. More info was gained from HMS Courageous, and USS Wasp. This was because Germany had no experience with carriers. For designing the ship the Germans sent constructors to Japan in 1935 to obtain blue prints of the flight deck of Akagi, and also tried to obtain information off the British carrier HMS Furious. More of this will be stated in specifications. Armor protection of a heavy cruiser, and later anti aircraft defense. The navy decided the ship would need to be able to defend itself, and planned her with 15 cm, or 150 mm guns. The Anglo-German Navy Agreement in 1935 allowed the construction of an aircraft carrier with a displacement of 38,500 tons. After 1933 the German Navy once again pursued the idea of an aircraft carrier. After the end of the war the Italians canceled the war due to inflation to the price of the ship, and the ship was sold to ship breakers for scrap.ġ929 command of the German Navy did make reference to a possible carrier. On top of this by the time conversion was finished it was 1918, and all production was going to U-boats. Leadership of the German navy felt like the zeppelins were better than sea planes. The idea of an aircraft carrier goes back to 1915 with the idea by the Imperial Navy to convert the Italian passenger ship Ausonia which was being built in Germany into an aircraft carrier.
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