British Ships Involved
Aircraft Carriers
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| HMS Furious |
| HMS Furious | ||
| General Details | ||
| Nationality | British | |
| Type | Aircraft Carrier | |
| Builder | Armstrong, Elswick. United Kingdom | |
| Laid down | 8 June 1915 | |
| Launched | 15 August 1916 | |
| Commissioned | 4 July 1917 | |
| Fate | Ordered as a light-battle cruiser with 2 x 18" guns Completed in mid-1917 as sea plane carrier with aft 18" only, fore-part being a Flying off area Modified with aft landing deck added November 1917-March 1918 Recom. 1918 Placed in reserve 1919 Rebuilt with full flight deck Jun 1922-August 1925 at Devonport DYd Recom. September 1925 Modified (removed 5.5" and added more 4") 1931-32 Small island added 1939 Refitted October 1941-April 1942 with longer flight deck and Oerlikons in US Laid up in reserve 15 September 1944 Used as trials ship Stricken 1948 Sold for scrapping January 1948 |
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| Displacement | ||
| Standard | 16,500 tons 22,600 tons after full flight deck installed |
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| Full Load | 21,000 tons 27,250 tons after full flight deck installed |
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| Dimensions | ||
| Lenght (waterline) | 735.3' (224 m) | |
| Lenght (Overall) | 786.6' (239.8 m) (full flight deck) | |
| Beam | 89.6' (27 m) (full flight deck) | |
| Draft | 27.2' (8.3 m) | |
| Flight Deck (completion) | 228' (69.5 m) (forward) | |
| Flight Deck (late 1917) | 228' (69.5 m) (forward) 283' (86.3 m) (aft) |
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| Flight Deck (1925) | 576' (175.6 m) (full flight deck) | |
| Flight Deck (1943) | 596' (181 m) (full flight deck) 91.6' (28 m) (width) |
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| Armament (design) | ||
| Main Battery | 2 x 18" (140 mm)/40 MkI (2x1). One turret forward one turret aft. Reduced to one turret forward while building. Aft turret also removed later in 1917 |
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| Secondary | 10 x 5.5" (140 mm)/50 cal BL MkI (10x1) | |
| Light AA | 6 x 4" (102 mm)/45 cal QF HA MkV (6x1) | |
| Armament (late 1917) | ||
| Main Battery | 10 x 5.5" (140 mm)/50 cal BL MkI (10x1) | |
| Light AA | 2 x 4" (102 mm)/45 cal QF HA MkV (2x1) 4 x 40.5 mm (2pdr)/40 cal MkVIII (4x1) |
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| Armament (late 1932) | ||
| Main Battery | 12 x 4" (102 mm)/45 cal QF HA MkXVI (6x2) | |
| Light AA | 6 x 40.5 mm (2pdr)/40 cal MkVIII (6x1) | |
| Armament (1944) | ||
| Main Battery | 12 x 4" (102 mm)/45 cal QF HA MkXVI (6x2) | |
| Light AA | 24 x 40.5 mm (2pdr)/40 cal MkVIII (4x8) 22 x 20 mm/65 cal Oerlikon (22x1) |
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| Aircraft | ||
| Fixed Wing | 27-36 (full flight deck) | |
| Armour | ||
| Belt | 3"-1.5" (76-38 mm) | |
| Deck | 2"-0.75" (51-19 mm) | |
| Hangar | 1" (25 mm) | |
| Bulkhead | 1.5" (38 mm) | |
| Gun Shields | 1.5" (38 mm) | |
| Propulsion | ||
| Boilers | 18 Yarrow small tube | |
| Turbines | Brown Curtis geared steam | |
| Shafts | 4 | |
| Horsepower | 90,000 shp | |
| Endurance | 6,400 NM at 15 knots | |
| Speed | 31 knots 30 knots sea speed |
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| Oil Bunkerage | 4,035 tons | |
| Complement | ||
| Usual | 748 (360 air group) (1932) 860 (370 air group) (1945) |
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