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HMS Courageous |
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HMS Courageous Laid Down : Launched : 21st February 1928 Completed : Type : Aircraft Carrier Class : Courageous Builder : Armstrong Country : UK Pennants : 50 Fate : Converted to aircraft carrier between June 1924 and February 1928. Sunk 17th September 1939. Was previously : HMS Courageous |  |
| HMS Glorious and her sister ship HMS Courageous were converted into aircraft carriers after it was discovered that the firing of their main armament was causing structural damage to the ships. HMS Glorious was converted in 1930. An interesting fact, was that their main armament of 15inch guns were stored and finally re used for the last battleship of the Royal Navy, HMS Vanguard. The four 15-inch guns from HMS Glorious were mounted aft, and those from Courageous were mounted forward on HMS Vanguard. |
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  HMS Courageous, May 1935. |   HMS Courageous, May 1935. |   HMS Courageous, July 1935. |   HMS Courageous, May 1937. |   HMS Courageous, May 1937. |
  HMS Courageous, May 1937. |   HMS Courageous, May 1937. |   HMS Courageous, June 1938. |   HMS Courageous. |   HMS Courageous pictured c.1930 |
  HMS Courageous pictured after refits c.1936. |   HMS Courageous c.1930. |   HMS Courageous pictured c.1930 |   HMS Courageous |
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Timeline Entries : | |||
18th March 1929 - Exercising off North Africa Coast 19th March 1929 - Arrived Pollensa Bay 11th April 1929 - Arrived Gulf of Tropez 22nd April 1929 - Sailed Gulf of Tropez 23rd April 1929 - Arrived Rapallo Bay 30th April 1929 - Sailed Rapallo Bay 10th August 1929 - Arrived Argostoli 19th August 1929 - Sailed Argostoli 21st August 1929 - Arrived Malta 6th January 1932 - Sailed Portsmouth 26th January 1932 - Sailed Portsmouth for Cruise 29th January 1932 - Arrived Malta 1st October 1932 - Capt. F. Elliott, OBE in Command 1st October 1932 - Home Fleet 26th January 1933 - Arrived Gulf of Patras 7th March 1933 - Sailed Malta for Pollensa Bay 15th March 1933 - Sailed Palma for Gibraltar 2nd May 1933 - Decommissioned 2nd May 1933 - Recommissioned 2nd May 1933 - Decommissioned at Portsmouth 22nd June 1933 - Arrived Rothesay 15th February 1934 - Completed alterations at Portsmouth 15th February 1934 - Flagship of Rear-Admiral Hon. Sir Alexander Ramsey 15th February 1934 - Capt. Brian Egerton in Command 23rd February 1934 - Sailed Portsmouth for Gibraltar 23rd February 1934 - Sailed Portsmouth for Gibraltar 27th February 1934 - Arrived Gibraltar 7th April 1934 - Sailed Gibraltar for UK 12th April 1934 - Arrived Portsmouth 14th May 1934 - Capt. Hon. G. Fraser Assumed Command 18th May 1934 - Arrived Portland 25th June 1934 - Sailed Rosyth for Cromarty 26th June 1934 - Arrived Cromarty 9th September 1934 - Arrived the Humber 27th October 1934 - Arrived Rosyth 3rd November 1934 - Arrived Portsmouth 5th December 1934 - Arrived Spithead for flying training 9th December 1934 - Taken in hand at Portsmouth for periodical refit 29th December 1934 - Out of Dockyard hands at Portsmouth 10th January 1935 - Sailed Portsmouth for Gibraltar and Malta 15th January 1935 - Arrived Gibraltar 18th January 1935 - Arrived Malta 20th January 1935 - Sailed Malta 4th March 1935 - Captain Brian Egerton in Command 24th May 1935 - Arrived Scapa Flow 16th July 1935 - Attended 1935 Spithead Fleet Review 17th September 1935 - Sailed Spithead 1st September 1936 - Sailed Portsmouth for Whitby 11th September 1936 - Arrived Rosyth 25th September 1936 - Sailed Rosyth for Invergordon 25th September 1936 - Arrived Invergordon 25th September 1936 - Arrived Invergordon 14th October 1936 - Sailed Invergordon 6th March 1937 - Arrived Gibraltar 28th May 1937 - Sailed Portsmouth for Invergordon 9th July 1937 - Arrived Torbay 13th July 1937 - Sailed Torbay for exercises 16th July 1937 - Arrived Portland 20th July 1937 - Arrived Portsmouth January 1938 - Home Fleet 12th January 1938 - Sailed Plymouth for Gibraltar 29th March 1938 - Arrived Portsmouth 23rd June 1938 - Sailed Portland for the Clyde 5th July 1938 - Commenced Combined exercises 10th July 1938 - Completed Combined exercises 30th July 1938 - At Portsmouth. Navy Week 23rd January 1939 - Capt. C.A.A. Larcom in Command 24th January 1939 - Capt. M.L. Clarke in Command 24th January 1939 - Capt. C.A.A. Larcom on Command 25th January 1939 - Capt. M.L. Clarke in Command 27th January 1939 - Sailed Portsmouth for Fosyth 28th January 1939 - Sailed Portsmouth ffor Rosyth 30th January 1939 - Arrived Rosyth 20th March 1939 - Sailed Rosyth 23rd March 1939 - Arrived Plymouth 1st April 1939 - Sailed Rosyth for Plymouth 3rd April 1939 - Arrived Plymouth 9th August 1939 - Attended Review of the British Reserve Fleet 31st August 1939 - Sailed Portsmouth for Portlan 1st September 1939 - Arrived Portland 2nd September 1939 - Escorted by destroyer Sturdy departed Portland before dawn, and arrived at Plymouth later that day 3rd September 1939 - At Plymouth 3rd September 1939 - Channel Force 17th September 1939 - Sunk in the Western approaches by U-29. | |||
HMS Courageous Artwork Collection |
  HMS Courageous by Randall Wilson. |
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