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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.
HMS Argus, 1918. Ship Aircraft Displacement Propulsion Service Laid down Commissioned Fate HMS Argus (I49) (ex-Conte Rosso) 18 15,775 long tons (16,028 t)
The first full-length flat deck, HMS Argus in 1918 The first ship to have a full-length flat deck was HMS Argus , the conversion of which was completed in September 1918. The United States Navy did not follow suit until 1920, when the conversion of USS Langley , an experimental ship which did not count against America's carrier tonnage, was ...
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 was a coastguard vessel launched in 1864 as HMS Imogene. She was renamed HMS Argus in 1884 and was sold in 1903. HMS Argus (1904) was a coastguard vessel launched in 1904, renamed HMS Argon in 1918 and sold in 1920. Renamed Peninnis and operated by the Isles of Scilly Steamship Company from 1920 to 1926.
HMS Furious in 1918 – Note forward flying off deck, and original cruiser superstructure. HMS Argus in 1918 – the world's first full-flight-deck aircraft carrier. USS Ronald Reagan in 2005. In less than 100 years aircraft carriers have developed into a powerful tool for the projection of power in pursuit of national interests.
HMS Furious, a converted battlecruiser, with an 18-inch gun aft and a flying-off deck forward. She was rebuilt as a through-deck carrier after 1918 and served in World War II. HMS Argus, laid down as the Italian liner Conte Rosso in 1914, was completed as a carrier with a full flight deck in September 1918.
Royal Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Richard Bell Davies makes the first true aircraft carrier landing in history, landing a Sopwith 1½ Strutter on the bare steel flight deck of HMS Argus in the Firth of Forth. [81] Lieutenant David Ingalls claims his fifth victory, to become the first U.S. Navy ace in history and the only one of World War I.