H.M.S. Furious
1918
(Navis 120aN)
- Class: Furious - 1 aircraft carrier of 1917
- Displacement: 22,450 tons
- Dimensions: 735 (pp) 786.25 (oa) x 90 x 24 ft.
- Machinery: 4-shaft geared turbines, S.H.P. 90,000 = 29.5 knots
- Armor: Main belt 2-3 in., deck 1-1.5-3 in., shields 1 in.
- Armament: 10-5.5 in., 4-4 in. A.A. guns
- Aircraft:
- Complement:
- Builder: Armstrong Whitworth, Walker
- Laid Down: 8 Jun 1915
- Launched: 15 Aug 1916
- Commissioned: 26 Jun 1917
- Service: Designed as light battlecruiser (2-18 in., 10-5.5 in.), but completed as partial aircraft carrier with takeoff platform forward of bridge and single 18 in. gun aft. Soon reconstructed with landing platform aft, as shown here. Later reconstructed as full deck carrier, Furious served throughout World War 2.
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