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  HMS Argus (I49) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Argus in harbour in 1918, painted in dazzle camouflage, with a Renown class battlecruiser.
HMS Argus was a British aircraft carrier from 1918 until 1944.
Argus was allocated to Force H in the western Mediterranean and she was part of the strong covering forces that provided air cover for Operation Harpoon, a critical Malta convoy.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Argus_(1917)   (418 words)

  
 HMS Argus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The fourth Argus was a coast guard vessel launched in 1851, renamed Amelia in 1872 and Fanny in 1889, sold in 1907.
The fifth Argus was a coast guard vessel launched in 1904, renamed Argon in 1918 and sold in 1920.
The seventh Argus is a transport purchased in 1984.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Argus   (264 words)

  
 Warships
HMS Duchess of Hamilton Clyde Warship Aux 1915-3-
HMS Duchess of Rothesay Clyde Warship Aux 1915-10-
HMS Empress of Russia Clyde Warship Aux 1914-8-23
www.clydeshipping.co.uk /warships/jwm.asp   (67 words)

  
 Sandcastle V.I. - Carriers: Airpower at Sea - The Early Years / Part 3
The HMS Hermes also became the first carrier to be a casualty of war, when she was sunk by a German U-boat in October 1914.
In 1917, a 228-foot flying-off ramp was built across her foredeck and later a landing ramp across her stern.
The HMS Argus was considered a strike carrier, with a compliment of 20 aircraft, including Sopwith Camel fighters and Sopwith Cuckoo torpedo bombers.
www.sandcastlevi.com /sea/carriers/cvchap1c.htm   (1029 words)

  
 HMS Argus (I49) - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
HMS Argus (I49) - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
This page was last modified 03:51, 22 April 2006.
HMS Argus (I49), History, External links and Royal Navy aircraft carriers.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/HMS_Argus_(1917)   (415 words)

  
 Ship Lineage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The H.M.S. Argus was the first ship to provide a safe carrier on which airplanes could alight on and fly off safely and was the world's first true through-deck aircraft carrier, thus being the prototype for all later carriers.
The RFA Argus was a Royal Fleet Auxiliary Aviation Training ship which served in the British navy in the later part of the 20th century.
She is noted for aiding in the recovery of the Klingon homeworld and each of her successors carries the last three digits of her registry in recognision of her achievements.
www.ussargus.com /info/shipinfo/argus/lineage.htm   (425 words)

  
 uboat.net - Allied Warships - Aircraft Carrier HMS Argus of the Argus class
Argus was commissioned in September 1918, shortly before the end of the Great War.
Argus served in a training role during much of World War II, but the desperate circumstances of the first years of that conflict sometimes required that she see front-line service, notably in 1942, when she served with Force H and later supported the landings in North Africa.
Argus was sold for scrapping on 5 December 1946.
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 uboat.net - Allied Ships hit by U-boats - HMS Dunedin (I 93) (Light cruiser)
The HMS Dunedin (I 93) joined the 1st Cruiser Squadron in the Atlantic Fleet and was then loaned to the New Zealand Division in May 1924, replacing the cruiser HMS Chatham.
The HMS Dunedin (Captain Lambe) was allocated to the 12th Cruiser Squadron in the Home Fleet and in September to the 11th Cruiser Squadron in the Orkneys and Shetland Command, based at Kirkwall for service on the Northern Patrol.
In December 1940, the HMS Dunedin formed part of the escort for the troop convoy WS-5A (consisting of 20 merchants and the British aircraft carriers HMS Argus and HMS Furious, used to ferry aircraft to Takoradi), together with the British cruisers HMS Berwick and HMS Bonaventure.
uboat.net /allies/merchants/1205.html   (1230 words)

  
 Carrier Aviation
HMS Hermes (1923), which was the first ship in the world to be designed and built as an aircraft carrier.
These trials proved so successful that HMS Centaur became the first British ship to be fitted with an Angled Flight Deck, in 1953, followed shortly by HMS Ark Royal, which has the distinction of being the first warship to enter service already fitted with an angled deck.
Trails on HMS Perseus during 1950-1952 showed an aircraft weighing 30,000lbs could be launched with a speed of over 90 knots, which was a considerable increase over the air hydraulic catapults then in service.
www.stevenwillingale.com /cva.htm   (1120 words)

  
 HMS FURIOUS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
As the third of Admiral Fisher's 'tin-clad' light battle-cruisers (laid down in 1915), she was launched in August 1916 but delayed in completion to allow her to ship the navy's largest gun, a 45~-mm (18-in) weapon, in single mounts at each end.
Although virtually complete in March 1917, she then had her forward gun removed in favour of a sloping flying-off deck some 69.5 m (228 ft) in length.
In November 1917, therefore, her after gun mounting made way for a 86.6=m (284-ft) flying-on deck over a second hangar.
www.xsouth.freeserve.co.uk /hms_furious.htm   (375 words)

  
 HMS Argus - TheBestLinks.com - Aircraft carrier, Royal Navy, 1984, 1918, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
HMS Argus - TheBestLinks.com - Aircraft carrier, Royal Navy, 1984, 1918,...
HMS Argus, Aircraft carrier, Royal Navy, 1984, 1918, 1917, 1944, 1946, 1907...
This is a disambiguation page, i.e., a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title.
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 Aircraft Carriers from HMS Pegasus to HMS Ocean
History of the aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy from the seaplane carrier HMS Pegasus to HMS Furious, to the classic aircraft carriers of world war II and beyond with the latest helicopter carrier HMS Ocean.
HMS Unicorn, HMS Ocean and Transport HMS Empire Halladale at Kure, during the Korean War, 1953.
Sunk in collision with HMS Royal Oak and HMS Glorious, 5th November 1918, in the Firth of Forth.
www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /carriers1.htm   (833 words)

  
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Watussi had been acting as a supply ship for German surface raiders 1939 - Submarines HMS Cachalot & Seal departed Halifax as convoy escorts 1940 - The armed merchant cruiser HMS Montrose was torpedoed and sunk in the North Atlantic in position 54.35N, 018.18W, by U-99, Kptlt.
She was requisitioned into the Royal Navy as an armed merchant cruiser renamed HMS Forfar.
The capitol ships represent a British deterrence in the Far East 1942 - Destroyer HMS Quentin sunk in the Western Mediterranean on the 2nd Dec.42 by a torpedo dropped from the air.
www.seawaves.com /newsletters/TDIH/december/02Dec.txt   (1722 words)

  
 HMS Argus aircraft carrier profile. Aircraft Carrier Database of the Fleet Air Arm Archive 1939-1945   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
She was launched 2 Dec 1917, and eventually completed only a matter of weeks before the Armistice.
In the first few years of the Second world war, HMS Argus saw service ferrying aircraft to Gibraltar and Malta to augment the defending aircraft during siege of Malta, and for Takoradi for onward staged flights to Egypt, 1941-1942.
The Sea Hurricanes and Fulmars from HMS Argus did an outstanding job of defending the convoy, with No 801 Squadron claiming six Italian planes.
www.fleetairarmarchive.net /Ships/Argus.html   (559 words)

  
 Wrong Answers 1999/2000
In 1913 HMS Hermes was converted to carry aircraft.
HMS Argus, a converted passenger liner, could land and launch planes on a flight deck extending from bow to stern.
Construction of the Argus began in 1914, and initially it was an Italian liner; it was purchased in 1916 by the British Royal Navy and converted, work being completed in September 1918.
www.sfquiz.org.uk /wrong99.html   (846 words)

  
 EU Referendum
Following on from the sneak announcement by Lord Drayson last week that the MoD had dropped its target date of 2012 for the delivery of the first two new carriers.
We now face the very real prospect that, from the first time since 1917, when HMS Furious was converted to become the Navy's first operational carrier (left), followed a year later by the first through-deck carrier, HMS Argus (below right), the Royal Navy will be without operational carriers.
Under the heading, "Without aircraft carriers we'll be sunk", Burns reminds us that, in 1909, there was a public panic over the purchase of new Dreadnought battleships, and the slogan "We Want Eight" caused the Liberal government to step up its warship orders to match German production.
eureferendum.blogspot.com /2005/10/some-people-do-still-care.html   (410 words)

  
 Fleet Air Arm Archive 1939-1945 - The Men - Commanding Officers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
- Onboard HMS Pursuer to Wingfield, Capetown 4.45 where re-equiped with hellcats for working up as part of 12th Carrier Air Group with the British Pacific Fleet still in command at Wingfield at the end of WW2 (881 sqdn).
and embarked HMS Illustrious for ops in the defence of Crete
HMS Courageous sunk and sqdn ceased to exist 17.9.1939
www.fleetairarmarchive.net /RollofHonour/COs/CommandingOfficers-B.htm   (1951 words)

  
 MacDONALD, Lieutenant Archibald Duncan - Mention in Despatches - awarded as per London Gazette dated 31 December 1918 ...
A very gallant and determined officer, who never hesitates to attack the enemy however superior in number the latter may be.
Captain W.J. Mackenzie joined this squadron on 1st December 1917 and was employed in the Belgian Coast Patrol, where he distinguished himself by keen powers of observation and great enthusiasm for his work.
At the end of March 1918 he was transferred to a squadron operating further south and personally succeeded in destroying one Fokker triplane, one Fokker biplane, one Phalz and one LVG two-seater (all confirmed) and also assisted in bringing down one LVF two-seater.
www.airforce.ca /wwi/GONG-6.M-N.html   (5715 words)

  
 Ensiklopedia :: encyclopedia : Daftar kapal induk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
HMS Venerable sold to the Netherlands in 1948 and renamed Karel Doorman
HMS Warrior loaned to Canada as HMCS Warrior, sold to Argentina in 1958 and renamed Independencia
HMS Hercules sold to India in 1957 and renamed INS Vikrant
www.ensiklopedia.info /Daftar_kapal_induk   (696 words)

  
 WW2DB: Argus
» Argus in camouflage, circa late 1918, photo 2 of 3 (R-class battleship sailed near by)
» HMS Barham, HMS Malaya, and HMS Argus in exercise, circa late 1920s, photo 1 of 2
» HMS Barham, HMS Malaya, and HMS Argus in exercise, circa late 1920s, photo 2 of 2
ww2db.com /ship_spec.php?ship_id=158   (320 words)

  
 'november tango' - An Andy Hutchings Web Site
This unit trained pilots for operational squadrons based aboard carriers, the first of which was HMS Argus.
It was therefore natural that an acceptance park located on the route north from the factories in Yorkshire be used to test the new Cuckoos prior to their arrival at East Fortune - the only facility in Scotland was at Renfrew, near Glasgow.
As a footnote, it was ironic that aircraft from the first batch of Cuckoos ordered (from the Fairfield Engineering Company in Glasgow in October 1917) were not delivered until September 1918, much later than examples from the Blackburn batches.
www.airnorth.demon.co.uk /section3zart2.htm   (1276 words)

  
 112 Sqn Gladiators   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Gerald Herrtage was born in 1917 and was from Sussex.
At the outbreak of war in the Mediterranean, HMS Eagle - the sole fleet carrier in the Med at the time - did not carry a fighter squadron.
Also in early September, HMS "Illustrious" arrived in the Mediterranean with a full compliment of Fulmars in 806 Squadron, and "Eagle's" foursome were no longer the only Fleet Air Arm fighters in the region; they were then designated 813 Squadron.
www.geocities.com /raf_112_sqdn/112_sqn_gladiators.html   (6068 words)

  
 Royal Marine (RM) officers 1939-1945  -- L
HMS President (for study of foreign languages; for 9 months' study in Estonia)
HMS Gosling (training establishment, Risley, nr Warrington, Lancs)
RM Officer, HMS Hood (battle cruiser) and as Squadron RM Officer, Battle Cruiser Squadron
www.unithistories.com /officers/RM_officersL.html   (324 words)

  
 When is China going to build a Aircraft Carrier? - single post for printer
The first true carrier deck was a merchantman completed as HMS Argus in 1917.
She was slow due to her merchant propulsion of the day.
The Royal Navy built the first purpose built carriers, the HMS Eagle being completed in 1921 and HMS Hermes in 1924.
www.abovetopsecret.com /forum/single.php?post=907372   (457 words)

  
 Royal Navy (RN) Officers 1939-1945  -  B
CO HMS Malabar (RN Barracks, Bermuda) (and in charge of HM Naval Establishments, Bermuda)
HMS L 20 (submarine) (for duty with Group "D" submarines (in reserve at Portsmouth)
HMS President (for study at Trinity College, Cambridge (First Trinity VIII Henley))
www.unithistories.com /officers/RN_officersB2.html   (1107 words)

  
 Hordern House
[and] The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Sulphur...
BRIERLY, Sir Oswald Walters (after) HMS Mæander 44 guns, in a heavy squall [and] Shortening sail for anchoring...
GRAHAM, Maria, compiler Voyage of HMS Blonde to the Sandwich Islands...
www.polybiblio.com /hordern   (8335 words)

  
 A Short Reader's Guide to the Age of Fighting Sail: Naval History from 1775 to 1815   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The USS Constitution, Ranger, and Chesapeake, the HMS Victory, HMS Bounty, HMS Endeavour.
The Fatal Cruise of the Argus: Two Captains in the War of 1812.
What you need to do here is go to the nearest major naval research library and install yourself for a few days.
www.coastweather.com /html/FSbooks.html   (7862 words)

  
 Postcard Collection
HM Submarine A1 HM Submarine A2 HM Submarine A3 HM Submarine Affray
HM Submarine D7 HM Submarine E1 HM Submarine E2 HM Submarine E6 HM Submarine J1 HM Submarine No 1 (Holland 1)
HM Submarine No A8 HM Submarine No B5 HM Submarine No D1 HM Submarine Urge
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 Military history   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
War Cartoons by Armstrong of `The Argus.' Dealing with the period Aug. 1st to Dec. 2 1939, profusely illus.
ARMSTRONG H.B. Second Volume of War Cartoons by Armstrong of `The Argus.' profusely illus.
pp.396 Doctor's memoirs 1914-29.Author served in HMS Princess Royal in 1914 then with Scots Guards on the Western Front 1915-16.
www.bspgallery.com.au /military.htm   (2805 words)

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