Editing Project Habakkuk (section)

== Criticism ==
The Habakkuk design received criticism, notably from Sir [[Charles F. Goodeve]], Assistant Controller of Research and Development for the Admiralty during the Second World War.<ref name="Goodeve">{{cite journal |url=http://www.goodeveca.net/CFGoodeve/habakkuk.html |title=The Ice Ship Fiasco |author=Sir Charles Goodeve |journal=Evening Standard |location=London |date=19 April 1951}}</ref> In an article published after the war Goodeve pointed out the large amount of wood pulp that would be required was enough to affect [[paper]] production significantly. He also claimed that each ship would require 40,000 tons of [[Cork (material)|cork]] insulation, thousands of miles of steel tubing for brine circulation and four power stations, but that for all those resources (some of which could be used to manufacture conventional ships of more effective fighting power) Habakkuk would be capable of travelling at only {{convert|6|kn|km/h}} of speed. His article also contained extensive derisive comments about the properties of ice as used for ship construction.