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HMS Hermes (95) - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | HMS Hermes (95) was the first purpose built aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy, and the second in the world after the Imperial Japanese Navy's Hosho. |
 | | During the Indian Ocean raid, Hermes was in harbour at Trincomalee, Ceylon, undergoing repairs. |
 | | Advance warning of a Japanese air raid allowed her to leave port, but as she returned following the raid on April 9, 1942, she was spotted off Batticaloa by a Japanese reconnaissance plane. |
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