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HMS Argus. Royal Navy Aircraft
Carrier HMS Argus. Photos and history of HMS Argus, one of the first
Royal Navy aircraft carriers, launched 1917. |
| HMS Argus |
2nd December 1917 |
Used for harbour service from
December 1944. Sold for scrapping 5th December 1946. |
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Displacement: 14,550 tons/ 14,783 tons (standard); 17,000 tons/17,272 tons
(deep
load)
Length: 535ft 6in/163.22m (pp); 565ft/172.21m (oa); 550ft/167.64, (fd)
Beam: 68ft 6in/20.88m (hull); 69ft/21.03m (fd)
Draught: 21ft/6.4m (mean); 24ft 9in/ 7.54. (deep
load)
Machinery: Parsons turbines; 12 cylindrical boilers; 4
shafts
speed: 21,500 shp;
20.25kts
Bunkerage: 2,000 tons/ 2,032
tons
Aircraft:
20
Armament:
6x4in
Crew: 373 |
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HMS Argus, 1938.
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HMS Argus, 1924.
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HMS Argus, 1920.
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HMS Argus, c.1918.
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HMS Argus, in dazzle paint, c.1918.
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HMS Argus, completed 1917.
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HMS Argus.
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HMS Argus.
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HMS Argus in Portsmouth Harbour, November 1918. |
