H.M.S. Furious
47
1941
(Neptun 1117)
- 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: 12-4 in. (6x2), 32-2 pdr. A.A. (4x8) guns
- Aircraft: 33
- Complement: 748 (ship) + 325 (air wing)
- 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.) Furious underwent three major reconstructions, finally emerging as a flush-decked aircraft carrier. Served Home fleet 1939-44, Reserve 1944-45. Participated in Norwegian campaign of 1940; Operation Torch - the invasion of North Africa in 1942; and Operation Tungsten - the attack on German battleship Tirpitz in Altenfiord 3 Apr 1944. Sold for scrapping in 1948.
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