Proposed German carrier conversions are separated from ships that reached completion and service. Several projects remained incomplete, so operational records cannot fill the gaps left by design documents. Erich Gröner's reference work on German warships is one of the few substantial sources available for some of these plans. An attractive paper design can support less confident analysis than a completed ship with a broad archival trail.
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The source problem behind incomplete German carriers
Incomplete German carrier projects are difficult to compare because surviving detail is sparse and much of the usable technical record rests on a small source base.