HMS Courageous started her wartime service with the Home Fleet, 811 and 822 Squadrons onboard (12 Fairey Swordfish). In July 1939, “Pally” joined H.M.A.S. Glorious received six twin-tube torpedo mounts in mid-1917: one mount on each side of the mainmast on the upper deck and two mounts on each side of 'Y' turret on the quarterdeck. She was the first British warship to be lost in the war. Courageous departed Plymouth on the evening of 3 September 1939 for an anti-submarine patrol in the Western Approaches, escorted by four destroyers. (The submarine Oxley had been sunk a week earlier by friendly fire from the British submarine Triton. The upper hangar level opened onto a short flying-off deck, below and forward of the main flight deck. 197, 200, 243, 247, 250, 252, "Meyrick, Sir Sidney Julius (1879–1973), Admiral", IWM Interview with survivor Gordon Smerdon, IWM Interview with survivor Patrick Cannon, List of aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy, Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in September 1939, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=HMS_Courageous_(50)&oldid=995525577, Ships sunk by German submarines in World War II, World War I battlecruisers of the United Kingdom, World War II aircraft carriers of the United Kingdom, World War II shipwrecks in the Atlantic Ocean, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Converted to aircraft carrier, June 1924 – February 1928, 5,860 nautical miles (10,850 km; 6,740 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph), This page was last edited on 21 December 2020, at 14:48. Courageous was refitted again between October 1935 and June 1936 with her pom-pom mounts. Email … This put the ship right across the bow of the submarine, which fired three torpedoes. Mother: Mrs Hambly. Once a heavily-armed military vessel; the Glatton fell victim to an ammunition failure in September 1918, resulting in the deaths of 60 crewmen. Address: 5 Shepherd Street, St Leonards. The treaty allowed the conversion of existing ships totalling up to 66,000 long tons (67,059 t) into aircraft carriers, and the Courageous class's combination of a large hull and high speed made these ships ideal candidates. British aircraft carrier HMS COURAGEOUS sinking after being torpedoed by U-29 off the south west coast of Ireland on 17 September 1939. She was relieved of that duty by her half-sister Furious in May 1939. [29] Two 46-by-48-foot (14.0 m × 14.6 m) lifts were installed fore and aft in the flight deck. The three British warships were taking part in Operation Alphabet, the evacuation of Allied forces from Norway that had been taking place simultaneously with the rather better known and remembered evacuation at … She was renamed 'Lutine' in November 1799 and used as a prison ship at Gibraltar. One hundred and three years to the day that they were killed when a mine blew the bow off a Royal Navy destroyer, the crumpled section has been located by shipwreck hunters. Both ships were originally battlecruisers designed for WWI, a purpose which they never fulfilled. The ship became a training carrier in December 1938 when Ark Royal joined the Home Fleet. HMS Courageous was a Glorious-class aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy.She was built as a "large light cruiser" during World War I and was converted to a carrier at Devonport starting in 1924, and she was re-commissioned in May 1928.Courageous was stalked for over two hours by the U-29, commanded by Kapitanleutnant Otto Schuhart.Which then fired three torpedoes.She capsized and sank in 15 minutes with the loss of 518 of her crew, including her captain. HMS Courageous sinking after being torpedoed by U-29 17 September 1939. Pembroke I, … 23rd November 2017; by admin; Orlie Smith. Two of the torpedoes struck the ship on her port side before any aircraft took off, knocking out all electrical power, and she capsized and sank in 20 minutes with the loss of 519 of her crew, including her captain. [39] In the early days of the war, hunter-killer groups were formed around the fleet's aircraft carriers to find and destroy U-boats. 1,519 British and Maltese sailors, marines and airmen died in the Royal Navy’s worst loss of WWII. The flying-off deck improved launch and recovery cycle flexibility until new fighters requiring longer takeoff rolls made the lower deck obsolete in the 1930s. By 1939 the ship could carry 34,500 imperial gallons (157,000 l; 41,400 US gal) of petrol for her aircraft. He became part of a U-Boat Hunter Killer Group and on the 17 th of September 1939 barely 2 weeks after the start of the war she was sunk by two torpedoes fired by the U-29 taking with her 518 of her crew including her Captain. [43], Coordinates: .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}50°10′N 14°45′W / 50.167°N 14.750°W / 50.167; -14.750, World War One era British warship later rebuilt as an aircraft carrier, Sturtivant, pp. [9] The side plating was visibly buckled between the forecastle and upper decks. The following day, a Blackburn Dart of 463 Flight made the ship's first deck landing. [31] During refits in the mid-1930s, Courageous received three quadruple Mk VII mounts for 40-millimetre (1.6 in) 2-pounder "pom-pom" anti-aircraft guns, two of which were transferred from the battleship Royal Sovereign. These revealed the need for a longer flight deck to allow larger aircraft to take off, and she was modified … Photos courtesy of Michelle May, whose grandfather Fred Prowse was one of many killed during the sinking of HMS Courageous in 1939. Courageous, aircraft carrier, ship loss HATCH, Frederick, Stoker, RFR, D/KX 77330 D/B 16601, DOW Defiance, Devonport Training Establishment DEAKIN, Joseph J, Petty Officer, D/J 10847, illness . The ship sailed for Malta on 2 June to join the Mediterranean Fleet. HMS Courageous was a Glorious-class aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy.She was built as a "large light cruiser" during World War I and was converted to a carrier at Devonport starting in 1924, and she was re-commissioned in May 1928.Courageous was stalked for over two hours by the U-29, commanded by Kapitanleutnant Otto Schuhart.Which then fired three torpedoes.She capsized … Based on intelligence reports, the Admiralty allocated the 1st Cruiser Squadron on 17 November 1917, with cover provided by the reinforced 1st Battlecruiser Squadron and distant cover by the battleships of the 1st Battle Squadron, to destroy the minesweepers and their light cruiser escorts. The carrier then turned into the wind to launch her aircraft. Website with searchable ship database about warships, passenger liners, merchant ships, photo galleries, technical details, stories, news and much more. I had been on watch on the bridge for nearly two hours when at 7.55 pm we were struck by two torpedoes … Some years after the end of WWI, they were both converted. [33] In August 1929, the 1929 Palestine riots broke out, and Courageous was ordered to respond. She displaced 19,180 long tons (19,490 t) at load and 22,560 long tons (22,922 t) at deep load. HMS Invincible Blowing Up at Jutland During the war the weaknesses of the battlecruisers as a type were exposed during the Battle of Jutland where three British Battle Cruisers, the HMS Invincible, HMS Indefatigable and HMS Queen Mary blew up with the loss of most of their crews; of the 3311 officers and sailors on the ships only 26 survived. Courageous fired 92 fifteen-inch shells and 180 four-inch shells during the battle,[19] and the only damage she received was from her own muzzle blast. [4] Courageous and her sisters were the first large warships in the Royal Navy to have geared steam turbines. In the early 1930s, traverse arresting gear was installed and she received two hydraulic aircraft catapults on the upper flight deck before March 1934. [10] The ship was stiffened with 130 long tons (130 t) of steel in response. [35] On the evening of 17 September 1939, she was on one such patrol off the coast of Ireland. [13][14] On 30 July 1917, Rear-Admiral Trevylyan Napier assumed command of the 1st Cruiser Squadron and was appointed Acting Vice-Admiral Commanding the Light Cruiser Force until he was relieved on 26 October 1918. HMS Courageux (1761), a 74-gun ship of the line captured from the French on 13 August 1761, and wrecked on the coast of Morocco 19 Dec 1796. The two escorting destroyers counterattacked U-29 for four hours, but the submarine escaped. They were designed to produce a total of 90,000 shaft horsepower (67 MW) at a working pressure of 235 psi (1,620 kPa; 17 kgf/cm2). As ASW hunter-killer groups were formed around aircraft carriers on 31 August 1939, HMS Courageous was pressed in Portland and departed Plymouth on the evening of 3 September 1939 for her first ASW patrol on the soon infamous … Uncle & … Merlin Burrows have found and pin-pointed the exact location of the wreck of HMS Barham – a Queen Elizabeth-class battleship built for the Royal Navy in February 1913. Comunn Eachdraidh na Pairc is the local historical society for the Pairc/South Lochs area of Lewis. HMS Courageous was sunk on September 17 1939 at 1940 hours at the Western Approaches (Southwest of Ireland), Grid BE3198, 150nm WSW of Mizen Head, Ireland. [Note 2] Courageous and the light cruiser Cardiff opened fire with their forward guns seven minutes later. Courageous served with the Home Fleet at the start of World War II with 811 and 822 Squadrons aboard, each squadron equipped with a dozen Fairey Swordfish. The aircraft carrier HMS GLORIOUS was a sistership to the HMS COURAGEOUS which was torpedoed in the Channel by a German submarine September 17th, 1939. Courageous was torpedoed and sunk in the opening weeks of the war, going down with more than 500 of her crew. Each side of the lower flight deck had a mount, and two were on the quarterdeck. Rank: Wireless Telegraphist. The Germans responded by laying an effective smoke screen. HMS Courageous (50) sinking. This is a listing of people associated with this ship. She could carry 48 aircraft compared to the 36 carried by her half-sister Furious on approximately the same displacement. [25], The Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 severely limited capital ship tonnage, and the Royal Navy was forced to scrap many of its older battleships and battlecruisers. The impact on British public-consciousness was massive – comparable to the loss HMS Courageous and HMS Royal Oak in 1939 – and all the more so since it was recognised not only as avoidable, but the result of poor professional decision-making. During the First World War, Admiral Fisher was prevented from ordering an improved version of the preceding Renown-class battlecruisers by a wartime restriction that banned construction of ships larger than light cruisers in 1915. A seemingly ordinary ‘mound’ on the otherwise flat seabed in Orkney is actually the last resting place of 15 sailors. [22] The ship was present at the surrender of the German High Seas fleet on 21 November 1918. We also have a detailed page on the British aircraft carrier HMS Courageous (50). [24] He was relieved by Capt John Casement in August 1921. The Courageous class aircraft carriers of the British Royal Navy are today's subject. It was a fine clear day with light wind but HMS Glorious apparently did not have a lookout posted, did not have an … Best viewed, with settings at 1080p HD Full Screen.© Images and Video are courtesy of, Northern Diving Group, Mine Clearance Divers. Grand Admiral Erich Raeder, commander of the Kriegsmarine, directed that Schuhart be awarded the Iron Cross First Class and that all other members of the crew receive the Iron Cross Second Class. Please use the comments box below if you can provide more information about this person. Seagull A2-8 HMAS Westralia, off Macassar 23/4/40 (Recovery). [5], The ship's normal design load was 750 long tons (762 t) of fuel oil, but she could carry a maximum of 3,160 long tons (3,211 t). There was little over a decade’s experience of … She became flagship of the 1st Cruiser Squadron near the end of 1916 when that unit was re-formed after most of its ships had been sunk at the Battle of Jutland in May. She was present at the Coronation Fleet Review at Spithead on 20 May 1937 for King George VI. To save design time, the installation used in the light cruiser Champion, the first cruiser in the navy with geared turbines, was simply replicated for four turbine sets. Courageous participated in the Portland Fleet Review on 9 August 1939. )[42] The commander of the German submarine force, Commodore Karl Dönitz, regarded the sinking of Courageous as "a wonderful success" and it led to widespread jubilation in the Kriegsmarine (German navy). In mid-1917, she received half a dozen torpedo mounts, each with two tubes: one mount on each side of the mainmast on the upper deck and two mounts on each side of the rear turret on the quarterdeck. [26] Her fifteen-inch turrets were placed into storage and reused during the Second World War for HMS Vanguard, the Royal Navy's last battleship. The Courageous class, sometimes called the Glorious class, was the first multi-ship class of aircraft carriers to serve with the Royal Navy. [6], Courageous was laid down on 26 March 1915, launched on 5 February 1916 and completed on 4 November. 518 men were lost, as were all Fairey Swordfish aircraft of 811 and 822 Naval Air Squadrons. FURIOUS, H.M.S. Her secondary armament consisted of eighteen BL 4-inch Mk IX guns mounted in six manually powered mounts. [33], Courageous could carry up to 48 aircraft; following completion of her trials and embarking stores and personnel, she sailed for Spithead on 14 May 1928. The Dart was followed by the Fairey Flycatchers of 404 and 407 Flights, the Fairey IIIFs of 445 and 446 Flights and the Darts of 463 and 464 Flight. On 31 August 1939 she went to her war station at Portland and embarked the two squadrons of Swordfish. At full capacity, she could steam for an estimated 6,000 nautical miles (11,110 km; 6,900 mi) at a speed of 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph). [12] The ship was temporarily fitted as a minelayer in April 1917 by the addition of mine rails on her quarterdeck that could hold over 200 mines, but never laid any mines. During this time, Courageous was stalked for over two hours by U-29, commanded by Captain-Lieutenant Otto Schuhart. [20] One fifteen-inch shell hit a gun shield of the light cruiser SMS Pillau but did not affect her speed. [40] The survivors were rescued by the Dutch ocean liner Veendam and the British freighter Collingworth. 01752 849 326 email Website HMS Coventry D118 Association. [28], The ship's new design improved on her half-sister HMS Furious, which lacked an island and a conventional funnel. Glatton lie salvaged, beneath a car ferry terminal in Dover Harbour. HMS Courageous (50) (British Aircraft carrier) - Ships hit by German U-boats during WWII - uboat.net HMS Courageous (50) The remains of H.M.S. Courageous departed Plymouth on the evening of 3 September 1939 for an anti-sub… The 1st Cruiser Squadron was ordered to intercept, but was unsuccessful as the German cruisers were faster than expected. M W Pitkeathly (Archivist and Sec), 28 Home Park Road, Saltash, Cornwall, PL12 6BH. The heroic attempts of HMS Ardent and HMS Acasta to defend HMS Glorious were in vain. At 9:30 the 1st Cruiser Squadron broke off their pursuit so that they would not enter a minefield marked on their maps; the ships turned south, playing no further role in the battle. No-one has seen this part of … [16] Two German Brummer-class light cruisers managed to slip through the gaps between the British patrols and destroy a convoy bound for Norway during the morning of 17 October, but no word was received of the engagement until that afternoon. [7] A pair of QF 3-inch 20 cwt[Note 1] anti-aircraft guns were fitted abreast the mainmast on Courageous. HMS Courageous Society. The remaining twelve mounts were distributed along the sides of the ship. The Parsons turbines were powered by eighteen Yarrow small-tube boilers. Admiral Beatty, the commander of the Grand Fleet, ordered most of his light cruisers and destroyers to sea in an effort to locate the enemy ships. HMS Campania was a seaplane tender and aircraft carrier, converted from an elderly ocean liner by the Royal Navy early in the First World War. HMS Courageux, or Courageuse, was a 32-gun sailing frigate captured from the French in June 1799. In the early days of the war, hunter-killer groups were formed around the fleet's aircraft carriers to find and destroy U-boats. To obtain ships suitable for the doctrinal roles of battlecruisers, such as scouting for fleets and hunting enemy raiders, he settled on ships with the minimal armour of a light cruiser and the armament of a battlecruiser. [21], After the battle, the mine fittings on Courageous were removed, and she spent the rest of the war intermittently patrolling the North Sea. Her loss sent a shudder through the Admiralty and resulted in … [14] Courageous was placed in reserve at Rosyth on 1 February 1919 and she again became Napier's flagship as he was appointed Vice-Admiral Commanding the Rosyth Reserve until 1 May,[15] The ship was assigned to the Gunnery School at Portsmouth the following year as a turret drill ship. 0191 512 6420 email Website Cromer Royal Naval Association. By the time a Devon newspaper reported that an empty lifeboat from the Alex van Opstal was found adrift 14 miles south of the Bill of Portland and towed into Brixham by her compatriot, the trawler Bolnes, another shipping loss was making headline news – the warship HMS Courageous. At the outbreak of war in 1914 all major navies had small numbers of submarines. A poppy is left for a member of the navy who died in 1939 when HMS Courageous sunk. The ship reached an estimated 30.8 knots (57.0 km/h; 35.4 mph) during sea trials. [15], On 16 October 1917, the Admiralty received word of German ship movements, possibly indicating a raid. The conversion of Courageous began on 29 June 1924 at Devonport. HMS Glorious, one of Britain's largest and fastest aircraft carriers, was sunk along with her escorting destroyers HMS Ardent and HMS Acasta. [11], Upon commissioning, Courageous was assigned to the 3rd Light Cruiser Squadron of the Grand Fleet. [27] The conversion into an aircraft carrier cost £2,025,800. Name Age Rank Served on; Abbott, Kenneth Roy, RNVR: 20: Telegraphist: HMS Courageous … [34] The ship was relieved from the Mediterranean by Glorious and refitted from June to August 1930. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Courageous_(50), National Defense Reserve Fleet, Fort Eustis (James River Reserve Fleet). [32], The reconstruction was completed on 21 February 1928, and the ship spent the next several months on trials and training before she was assigned to the Mediterranean Fleet to be based at Malta, in which she served from May 1928 to June 1930. Courageous was completed in late 1916 and spent the war patrolling the North Sea. COURAGEOUS and H.M.S. [2][3], Courageous had an overall length of 786 feet 9 inches (239.8 m), a beam of 81 feet (24.7 m), and a draught of 25 feet 10 inches (7.9 m) at deep load. Two of her four escorting destroyers had been sent to help a merchant ship under attack and all her aircraft had returned from patrols. [8] The forecastle deck was deeply buckled in three places between the breakwater and the forward turret. [23] Captain Sidney Meyrick became her Flag Captain in 1920. An island with the bridge, flying control station and funnel was added on the starboard side, since islands had been found not to contribute significantly to turbulence. Published: April 1917. They flew the Blackburn Baffin, the Blackburn Shark, the Blackburn Ripon and the Fairey Swordfish torpedo bombers as well as Fairey Seal reconnaissance aircraft. The three ships—Furious, Courageous and Glorious—were originally laid down as Courageous-class battlecruisers as part of the Baltic Project during the First World War. Designed to support the Baltic Project championed by First Sea Lord John Fisher, the ship was very lightly armoured and armed with only a few heavy guns. The loss, while at anchor at Spithead, off Portsmouth, of the ship-of-the- line HMS Royal George on August 29th 1782 was a disaster that had an impact on British society comparable to the loss of RMS Titanic one hundred and thirty years later. Jim Hudson, 11 St Mary's Drive, West Rainton, Durham, DH4 6SP. [8] As of 23 November 1916, she cost £2,038,225 to build. But it was not this internal explosion and subsequent fire that sank the Glatton. Nor was it a surprise German U-Boat attack interrupting … [35], From 1933 to the end of 1938 Courageous carried No. [36] 810, 820 and 821 Squadrons were embarked for reconnaissance and anti-ship attack missions during the same period. 800 Squadron, which flew a mixture of nine Hawker Nimrod and three Hawker Osprey fighters. The HMS Barham was torpedoed by U-331, a German c-class submarine captained by Freiherr Von Tiesenhausen, and sunk in the Eastern Mediterranean in November 1941. Water had entered the submerged torpedo room and rivets had sheared in the angle irons securing the deck armour in place. HMS Courageous was the lead ship of the Courageous-class cruisers built for the Royal Navy during the First World War. You can click on any of the names for possible additional information. She became flagship of the Rear-Admiral Commanding the Reserve at Portsmouth in March 1920. She participated in the Second Battle of Heligoland Bight in November 1917 and was present when the German High Seas Fleet surrendered a year later. [41], An earlier unsuccessful attack on Ark Royal by U-39 on 14 September, followed by the sinking of Courageous three days later, prompted the Royal Navy to withdraw its carriers from anti-submarine patrols. By George Grandage, R.N. She also received four water-cooled .50-calibre Mk III anti-aircraft machine guns in a single quadruple mounting. [30], Courageous received a dual-purpose armament of sixteen QF 4.7-inch Mk VIII guns in single HA Mark XII mounts. She briefly became a training carrier, but reverted to her normal role a few months before the start of the Second World War in September 1939. [38], Courageous served with the Home Fleet at the start of World War II with 811 and 822 Squadrons aboard, each squadron equipped with a dozen Fairey Swordfish. The aircraft carrier HMS Glorious was returning to Scapa Flow from Norway separately from the other ships in the British Force, accompanied by only her destroyer escorts HMS Acasta and HMS Ardent. After qualifying, he spent four years serving in aircraft carriers H.M.S. After most of the 1st Cruiser Squadron was sunk at the Battle of Jutland, the squadron was re-formed with Courageous and Glorious. HMS Glatton. [17], Throughout 1917 the Admiralty was becoming more concerned about German efforts to sweep paths through the British-laid minefields intended to restrict the actions of the High Seas Fleet and German submarines. He justified their existence by claiming he needed fast, shallow-draught ships for his Baltic Project, a plan to invade Germany via its Baltic coast. WW1 destroyer wreck found after 103 years 09 March 2020. This was placed in a sponson on the port side aft. HMS Glorious, seen pre war, a carrier converted from a cruiser. Jerry Grandage 1 September 2010. Navy Smith, Orlie. The Sinking of HMS Courageous . 20th - After sinking trawlers off the northern Hebrides, German "U-27" was located and sunk by destroyers "Fortune" and "Forester". Aboard HMS Courageous (50) when hit on 17 Sep 1939. The following account of the sinking of the carrier Courageous was written soon after the occasion by my father George Grandage, who was officer on watch at the time of the sinking. [18], The German ships—four light cruisers of II Scouting Force, eight destroyers, three divisions of minesweepers, eight Sperrbrechers (cork-filled trawlers) and two other trawlers to mark the swept route—were spotted at 7:30 am. On 31 August 1939 she went to her war station at Portland and embarked the two squadrons of Swordfish. 208 talking about this. Courageous was the first British warship to be sunk by German forces. After her conversion was completed in mid-1915 the ship spent her time conducting trials and exercises with the Grand Fleet. Each side of the flying-off deck had a mount, forward of the 4.7-inch guns, and one was behind the island on the flight deck. While very fast, their minimal armour and few guns limited … During her sea trials later that month, she sustained structural damage while running at full speed in a rough head sea; the exact cause is uncertain. She was assigned to the Atlantic and Home Fleets from 12 August 1930 to December 1938, aside from a temporary attachment to the Mediterranean Fleet in 1936. She mounted two submerged tubes for 21-inch torpedoes and carried 10 torpedoes for them. A two-storey hangar was built on top of the remaining hull; each level was 16 feet (4.9 m) high and 550 feet (167.6 m) long. K E Bragger, 34, Warren Drive, Mundesley-on-Sea, Norfolk NR11 8AS. [37] As a deck landing training carrier, in early 1939 Courageous embarked the Blackburn Skua and Gloster Sea Gladiator fighters of 801 Squadron and the Swordfish torpedo bombers of 811 Squadron, although both of these squadrons were disembarked when the ship was relieved of her training duties in May. A preliminary raid on German minesweeping forces on 31 October by light forces destroyed ten small ships. The Courageous class battlecruisers of the British Royal Navy are today's subject. Ship: HMS Courageous. The British continued in pursuit, but lost track of most of the smaller ships in the smoke and concentrated fire on the light cruisers. PERTH, which sailed from Portsmouth, bound for Australia via New York. [6], Courageous carried four BL 15-inch Mk I guns in two hydraulically powered twin gun turrets, designated 'A' and 'Y' from front to rear. ARK ROYAL in European and Mediterranean waters. As crowds gather around the cenotaph to mark the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, 99 years after peace was declared at the same time in 1918 marking the end of four years of world war in Leominster on November 11th 2017. Credit: Jim Wood/Alamy Live News All superstructure, guns, torpedo tubes, and fittings down to the main deck were removed. Tuesday, 20 September 1939. Courageous and Glorious were not initially included amongst them, but were sent to reinforce the 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron patrolling the central part of the North Sea later that day. Brother: R Smith. When she arrived off Palestine, her air wing was disembarked to carry out operations to help to suppress the disorder. Courageous was decommissioned after the war, then rebuilt as an aircraft carrier during the mid-1920s. Ship: HMS Courageous Uncle & Aunt: Mr & Mrs Smith. [6] The mount placed three breeches too close together, causing the 23 loaders to get in one another's way, and preventing the intended high rate of fire. After recommissioning she spent most of her career operating off Great Britain and Ireland. In 1918, short take-off platforms were fitted for a Sopwith Camel and a Sopwith 1½ Strutter on both 15-inch (380 mm) turrets. On the 8th June 1940, the British aircraft carrier HMS Glorious and her two destroyer escorts, HMS Ardent and Acasta were sunk, returning home from Norway, by the German battlecruisers; Scharnhorst and Gneisenau. The end of 1938 Courageous carried No main flight deck sheared in Royal... 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