Name: | COURAGEOUS |
Type: | Battlecruiser and later converted to Aircraft Carrier |
Keel: | 18/03/1915 |
Launched: | 05/02/1916 |
Completed: | 06/01/1917 |
Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co |
Yard: | High Walker |
Yard Number: | 895 |
Dimensions: | 17848disp, 735.0 x 81.0 x 21.5(draft)ft |
Engines: | 4 x Steam turbines, SR geared, 90000shp |
Engines by: | Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Co, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 4 x Screws, 32.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Armament: | (1917: 2 x 2 x 15ins, 6 x 3 x 4.0ins guns, 2 x 21.0ins torpedoes); |
(1928: 48 x aircraft, 16 x 1 x 4.7ins guns) | |
History: | |
06/01/1917 | British Royal Navy |
17/09/1939 | Sank |
Comments: | Name ship of the Courageous Class of Battlecruisers |
Originally commissioned as a Battlecruiser | |
06/1924 to 05/1928: She was converted into an aircraft carrier at Devonport Dockyard. | |
All superstucture and weapons above the main deck were removed and replaced with a two storey hangar | |
The top of the lower hanger also served as a small foreward flight deck | |
She was provided with an island and a conventional funnel | |
She was fitted for carrying 48 aircraft | |
17/09/1939: Torpedoed and sunk by U-Boat U29, 200 miles SW of Ireland. 518 crew died |
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Above photo is courtesy of HMS Courageous Association
Above photo is courtesy of HMS Courageous Association
Above photo is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Above photo is courtesy of HMS Courageous Association
Above photo is courtesy of HMS Courageous Association
Above photo is courtesy of HMS Courageous Association
Above photo is courtesy of HMS Courageous Association