| Name: | HERMES |
| Type: | Aircraft Carrier |
| Keel: | 15/01/1918 |
| Launched: | 11/09/1919 |
| Completed: | 19/02/1924 |
| Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co |
| Yard: | High Walker |
| Yard Number: | 939 |
| Dimensions: | 10850disp - 13000disp, 548.2 x 70.1 x 18.0(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, SR geared, Parsons type, 40000shp |
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 25.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 6 x 1 x 5.5ins, 4 x 1 x 4.0ins AA, 1 x 4 x 0.5ins AA guns; |
| 12 to 20 x aircraft, 1 x catapult | |
| History: | |
| 1924 | British Royal Navy |
| 09/04/1942 | Sank |
| Comments: | The first purpose designed British aircraft carrier |
| 06/1920: Towed to Devonport Dockyard for completion | |
| 10/07/1940: Suffered bow damage after a collision with CORFU | |
| 02/11/1940: Repairs completed at Simonstown dockyard | |
| 09/04/1942: Bombed & sunk by Japanese aircraft off eastern Ceylon |
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Above photo is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo, showing damage after collision with HMS CORFU, is courtesy of Tim Webb