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HMS Argus was a British aircraft carrier that served in the Royal Navy from 1918 to 1944. She was converted from an ocean liner that was under construction when the First World War began and became the first aircraft carrier with a full-length flight deck that allowed wheeled aircraft to take off and land.
The first true aircraft carrier was HMS Argus, [2] [4] launched in late 1917 with a complement of 20 aircraft and a flight deck 550 ft (170 m) long and 68 ft (21 m) wide. [4] The last aircraft carrier sunk in wartime was the Japanese aircraft carrier Amagi, in Kure Harbour in July 1945.
Ship Aircraft Displacement Propulsion Service Laid down Commissioned Fate HMS Hermes (95) 20 13,000 long tons (13,209 t) 6 Yarrow small-tube boilers, 2 shafts, Parsons geared turbines: max. speed 25 kn
The HMS Argus was a British aircraft carrier that served the Royal Navy from 1918 to 1944. It changed naval history by being the first aircraft carrier with a full-length flight deck, from which ...
HMS Argus (I49) was an aircraft carrier, originally laid down as the Italian liner Conte Rosso. She was purchased in 1916 and launched in 1917. She was purchased in 1916 and launched in 1917. She was on harbour service from 1944 and was sold for breaking up in 1946
Aircraft elevators: 1918: HMS Argus (I49) HMS Argus (I49) 1918: Purpose-built carrier: 1918: HMS Hermes (95) IJN Hōshō: 1922: Arresting gear: 1911: USS Pennsylvania (ACR-4) HMS Argus (I49) 1918: Argus was fitted with longitudinal gear, by W.A.D. Forbes Transverse arrestor gear: 1922: USS Langley (CV-1) Béarn: 1927: Hydraulic Arrestor Gear ...
In December 1940 while en route to Takoradi, Ghana, ferrying aircraft to fly to reinforce the Middle East, the convoy including HMS Argus and HMS Furious were threatened by a German raider, the cruiser Admiral Hipper. Carrier aircraft was mostly crated and the carriers initially unready for offensive action.
HMS Argus (CV, I49) 12 Hawker Hurricanes reached Malta; HMS Ark Royal (CV, 91) Attacked Cagliari; RN Delivery of Aircraft to Gold Coast (Aug – September 1940) • HMS Argus (CV-I49) IJN Support for IJA invasion of French Indochina (22–26 September 1940) Operation FU IJN 2nd Fleet, 2nd Carrier Division: IJN Soryu (CV) IJN Hiryu (CV)