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	Hermes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		HMS Hermes was a British aircraft carrier of 10950 tons displacement of the Second World War, launched in 1919 and completed in 1923.
		HMS Hermes carried a complement of 664 and twenty sea or aeroplanes.
		HMS Hermes was sunk during action with Japanese aircraft south of Trincomali on April the 9th 1942.
	www.probertencyclopaedia.com /R_HERMES.HTM (88 words)

	Aircraft carrier - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		HMS Hermes, temporarily converted as an experimental seaplane carrier for two months in April-May 1913, is also one of the first seaplane carriers, and the first experimental seaplane carrier of the British Navy.
		HMS Ark Royal, a seaplane carrier also equipped with two regular airplanes, was arguably the first modern aircraft carrier.
		The first purpose-designed aircraft carrier to be developed was the HMS Hermes, although the first one to be commissioned was the Japanese Hosho (commissioned in December 1922, followed by HMS Hermes in July 1923).
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Aircraft_carrier (6953 words)

	HMS Hermes aircraft carrier profile. Aircraft Carrier Database of the Fleet Air Arm Archive 1939-1945
		HMS Hermes was the first purpose built aircraft carrier in the world.
		HMS Hermes was designed as a carrier from the start, although not with the benefit of operational experience.
		HMS Hermes Association: Reunion at Royal Fleet Club, Plymouth from 5th to 8th April, 2001.
	www.fleetairarmarchive.net /Ships/Hermes.html (1029 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Hermes’ first major refit was designed to give her at least another eight years of operational life, but given the carrier’s small size and the increasing weight of naval aircraft as aviation technology developed, there was little to be done to increase her aircraft capacity.
		HMS Hermes I 9th commission (and ultimately her last) was to patrol and carry out trade protection duties and searches for Vichy blockade-runners in the Indian Ocean.
		Hermes opened fire with every gun that would bear as the enemy planes came within range, but it was clear that without fighter support she was virtually helpless against the skillful and determined attack by well-trained modern day bombers.
	www.wedt.org /hermes/hermesproject.html (2753 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		HMS Hermes (95) of the Royal Navy was the world's first purpose-built aircraft carrier to be launched, although the Imperial Japanese Navy's HÅshÅ">HÅshÅ was the first to be commissioned.
		Hermes was laid down by Sir W. Armstrong-Whitworth and Company at High Walker on the River Tyne in January 1918 and was launched on September 11, 1919.
		However, operational experience with Hermes demonstrated that her air complement was too small, her protection and endurance limited, her speed was not sufficient for fleet operations and that her stability was poor, especially in high seas.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=HMS_Hermes_(95) (495 words)

	HMS Hermes
		HMS Hermes Royal Navy aircraft carrier shown with HMS Broadsword during the battle for the Falklands in naval art print Storm Force to the Falklands by Anthony Saunders.
		HMS Hermes (R12) Laid down 21st June 1944 but construction was suspended in 1945 only to be resumed in 1952 to clear the slipway and launched 16th February 1953.
		HMS Hermes and her escorts are in the extreme distance.
	www.naval-art.com /hms_hermes.htm (1188 words)

	HMS Hermes (95) Information
		HMS Hermes (95) of the Royal Navy was the world's first purpose-built aircraft carrier, although the Imperial Japanese Navy's Hosho was the first to be commissioned.
		The design of Hermes preceded and influenced that of the Hosho, and she was launched before Hosho was laid down but her commissioning did not occur until more than six months after that of the Hosho.
		During the Indian Ocean raid, Hermes was in harbour at Trincomalee, Ceylon, undergoing repairs.
	www.bookrags.com /HMS_Hermes_%2895%29 (375 words)

	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Aircraft carrier (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The first ship to have a full length flat deck was HMS Argus[?] the conversion of which was completed in September 1918.
		The first ship to be designed specifically as an aircraft carrier was the second HMS Hermes which was commissioned in July 1923.
		The Battle of Midway where 4 Japanese carriers were sunk by planes from 3 American carriers is often considered the turning point of the war in the Pacific.
	www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/ai/Aircraft_carrier?title=HMS_Argus (708 words)

	HMS Hermes
		HMS Hermes was the first Aircraft Carrier to be designed and built for the Royal Navy.
		HMS Hermes was the first purpose built aircraft carrier ordered by any navy although she couldn't carry many aircraft.
		Hermes undergoes her trials in 1923 (photograph courtesy of Neil McHart and FAN Publications from the book HMS Hermes see bottom of page).
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /hms_hermes.htm (1425 words)

	Go2War2.nl - HMS Hermes
		HMS Glorious verloren ging, was de HMS Hermes voor korte tijd het enige vliegdekschip in de Britse thuiswateren.
		Halverwege 1942 was de HMS Hermes betrokken bij konvooidiensen in het Verre Oosten.
		De HMS Hermes vond haar laatste rustplaats in de Indische Oceaan in de buurt van Batticaloa, Ceylon.
	www.go2war2.nl /artikel/483 (672 words)

	Aircraft carrier (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The first ship to be designed specifically as an aircraft carrier was the Japanese Hosho, commissioned in December 1922, followed by HMS Hermes which was commissioned in July 1923.
		By the late 1930s, aircraft carriers around the world typically carried three types of aircraft: torpedo bombers, also used for conventional bombings and reconnaissance; dive bombers, also used for reconnaissance (in the US Navy this type of aircraft were known as "scout bombers"); and fighterss for fleet defence and bomber escort duties.
		As now only nuclear powered carriers have boilers as part of their motive power system, the majority of aircraft carriers are now equipped with steam generating plant solely to power the catapults.
	www.muestrario.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/a/ai/aircraft_carrier_1.html (2591 words)

	WW2DB: Hermes
		HMS Hermes was the first British ship to be built as a dedicated aircraft carrier, and was the second in the world to do so (after the Japanese ship Hosho).
		Hermes then launched strikes against French ships, including launching Swordfish torpedo bombers against the French BB Richelieu on 8 Jul 1940, where one torpedo hit was scored against the battleship.
		The HMS Repulse, a battlecruiser, was a symbol of British seapower.
	ww2db.com /ship_spec.php?ship_id=160 (1230 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Warships - Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes of the Hermes class
		In July 1940 Hermes and the Australian cruiser HMAS Australia left Freetown to rendezvous with the cruiser HMS Dorsetshire whose task it was to observe the movements of the French naval forces off Dakar.
		On July 10th in a sudden violent tropical rainstorm Hermes collided with the armed merchant cruiser HMS Corfu, she suffered severe damage to the bows and to the fore ends of the flight deck, but she managed to reach Freetown under her own steam.
		In March, Hermes was transferred to the Eastern Fleet based at Ceylon as a unit of Force B, she then sailed for Trincomalee.
	www.uboat.net /allies/warships/ship/3256.html (680 words)

	Peter Behague - Diary from HMS Cockchafer on the Yangtze - 1930-32
		After initial training he joined HMS Impregnable at Devonport, where life was tough and spartan and left him with a loathing for apricot jam, which was served with most meals.
		Peter Behague was posted to HMS Vivid in Devonport, where he stayed for two enjoyable years, renting a small house at St. Budeaux, just outside Plymouth, touring around Devon in a long-bonnetted Morris Cowley, camping and picnicking.
		In February, 1930, he left England, home and beauty in HMS Vindictive for the Far East after being appointed First Lieutenant of the Yangtse gunboat HMS Cockchafer on the China Station, and to what was to be a two-year stint.
	www.hmsfalcon.com /behague/behague.htm (4909 words)

	Sandcastle V.I. - Carriers: Airpower at Sea - The Early Years / Part 3
		In 1913, the cruiser HMS Hermes was converted to a seaplane carrier, becoming the first ship to set sail with the sole purpose of carrying aircraft into combat.
		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.
		Like her earlier namesake, this HMS Hermes was also lost in action, being sunk by Japanese carrier aircraft in the Pacific in April 1942.
	www.sandcastlevi.com /sea/carriers/cvchap1c.htm (1029 words)

	ipedia.com: Aircraft carrier Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The first ship to be designed specifically as an aircraft carrier was the Japanese Hosho, commissioned in December 1922, followed by the second HMS Hermes which was commissioned in July 1923.
		HMS Hermes' construction actually began earlier but numerous tests and experiments delayed its commission.
		As a result of this battle, the aircraft carriers replaced the battleships as the dominant naval vessels in the war.
	www.ipedia.com /aircraft_carrier_1.html (1218 words)

	Ship Histories
		HMS Cavalier is the last example of the classic British wartime destroyer and is now preserved as a memorial to all who lost their lives in destroyers throughout World War Two.
		HMS Cavalier was built by Samuel White at Cowes on the Isle of Wight and served the early part of her career in the bitter cold of the Arctic protecting the vital convoys to and from Russia.
		HMS Cavalier is the last of the British Wartime destroyers and is a fitting tribute to those men who gave their lives to protect their country.
	www.war-art.com /ship_histories.htm (5840 words)

	HMS Hermes
		June 7, 1940-The Hermes rendezvous with a convoy consisting of the Empress of Canada, Queen Mary, Mauretania, Empress of Britain, Andes, and Aquitania.
		December 18, 1940-The Hermes and cruiser Dragon are launched in response to a distress signal from the refrigerator ship Duquesa, which is quickly boarded by the German cruiser Admiral Scheer.
		April 28, 1941-The Hermes and cruiser Enterprise are held on alert in the Persian Gulf until a second troop convoy arrives to quell an Iraqi uprising which began April 7.
	www.angelfire.com /ia/totalwar/rnHermes.html (582 words)

	A Brief History of the Royal Navy \| Online Information Bank \| Research Collections \| Royal Naval Museum at Portsmouth ...
		HMS Warrior, the first ironclad warship, was built in 1860.
		In 1906, the first all big-gun battleship HMS Dreadnought was built, becoming the most powerful ship in the world at the time and making all other ships obselete.
		In 1923, HMS Hermes was the first designated aircraft carrier to built and the Fleet Air Arm came into existence a year later.
	www.royalnavalmuseum.org /info_sheets_naval_history.htm (1074 words)

	Name That Aircraft - Page 23 - Armchair General Forums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		HMS Hermes was the first Aircraft Carrier to be designed and built for the Royal Navy, compared to its predecessors which has been converted form other ships.
		Hermes was built by Armstrong Whitworth (Parsons) and was launched on the 11th September 1919 and commissioned into the Royal Navy in July 1923.
		HMS Hermes would remain the only designed carrier in the Royal Navy for 15 years until the construction of HMS Ark Royal.
	www.armchairgeneral.com /forums/showthread.php?t=31238&page=23 (1296 words)

	HMS Hyacinth (1898) at AllExperts
		The fifth ship to be named HMS Hyacinth was an 11-gun twin-screw cruiser, one of five Hermes-class cruisers.
		Horace Hood, and flying the flag of Rear-Admiral George Atkinson-Willes, was at the head of a squadron of three ships which took part in the Somaliland campaign.
		On 20th April the Hyacinth, and HMS Fox arrived off the Gulluli River after dark, and on the following day a small landing party went ashore under Flag-Captain Hood.
	en.allexperts.com /e/h/hm/hms_hyacinth_(1898).htm (313 words)

	HMS Ark Royal (1914) - Article about HMS Ark Royal (1914) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		HMS Ark Royal was a Royal Navy ship originally laid down as a merchant vessel but completed in the builder's shipyard as an aircraft carrier, entering service a few months after the outbreak of the First World War.
		The Royal Navy had been using a converted cruiser, HMS ''Hermes'', as a seaplane carrier, to conduct trials in 1913.
		Extensive changes to the design were made in converting the ship to a seaplane tender, with propulsion machinery moved aft and a working deck occupying the forward half of the ship.
	yawiki.org /proc/HMS_Ark_Royal_(1914) (574 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 (1118 words)

	HMS Hermes, Ships of Battlegroup
		“Hermes” was the messenger of the gods in Greek mythology and, through the years, the name for many, mostly smaller, ships in the British Royal Navy.
		On July 8, 1940, during the British attack on the French squadron at Dakar, a Hermes Swordfish aircraft hit the French battleship Richelieu.
		Hermes was lost to Japanese carrier aircraft in the Indian Ocean on April 9, 1942, off Ceylon.
	www.lostbattalion.com /t-bg_Hermes.aspx (346 words)

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		However, this state of affairs was not to last long, and at a meeting towards the end of 1923 aboard the battleship HMS Queen Elizabeth, it was decided that aircraft these flights would adopt standardised markings.
		Thus TSR squadrons in HMS Ark Royal were initial-ly coded A2 (810 Sqdn), A3 (814 Sqdn), A4 (820 Sqdn) and A5 (821 Sqdn), whilst her fighters used A6 (800 Sqdn) and A7 (803 Sqdn).
		The former HMS Victorious air group had transferred to HMS Hermes in 1968, rating with it the code range 250-277.
	www3.sympatico.ca /elliott-brigden/Navav/FAAcodes.html (3831 words)

	Fan Publications
		HMS Victorious 1937 - 1969 Fifteen chapters of highly readable text tell the story of the Royal Navy's most remarkable aircraft carrier, from the laying of the first keel plates in 1937 to her controversial decommissioning in 1967 and her departure to the shipbreaker's yard in the summer of 1969.
		HMS Hermes 1923-1959 Neil McCart, Brian Conroy (Illustrated)Hardcover For the first time in one volume, here are the comprehensive histories of the two aircraft carriers named HERMES.
		HMS Centaur 1943 - 1972(Illustrated)Hardcover Nine chapters of highly readable text tell the story of one of the Royal Navy's major post-war warships form the date that the Admiralty ordered the ship in the summer of 1943 to the last weeks of 1972, when she lay at the shipbreaker's yard in Scotland.
	www.rjerrard.co.uk /royalnavy/fan/fan.htm (1161 words)

	Benthic Canada
		He is the author of the Hermes Adventure, an electrifying narrative of the last moments of the ship based on survivor accounts.) Based on many dives we have done here, we tend to agree.
		The Hermes is named after the mythological Grecian god of boundaries and of the travelers who cross them.
		For after diving the Hermes, you are irrevocably changed for ever.
	www.benthic.ca /report.cfm?report=39 (590 words)

	HMS Hermes 1923 & 1959 by Neil McCart with foreword by Rear-Admiral K A Snow - Cranston Fine Arts
		HMS Hermes 1923 & 1959 by Neil McCart with foreword by Rear-Admiral K A Snow ">
		HMS Hermes 1923 & 1959 by Neil McCart with foreword by Rear-Admiral K A Snow.
		For the first time in one volume, here are the comprehensive histories of the two aircraft carriers named Hermes.
	www.directart.co.uk /mall/more.php?ProdID=7351 (351 words)

	HMS Firedrake Page 17
		He was promoted to Sub-Lieutenant in 1926 and Lieutenant in 1928, he served in the destroyer HMS Wryneck and the Battleship HMS Ramillies in the Mediterranean before specializing in anti-submarine duties in 1931.
		He was promoted to Commander in June 1941, when he took command of HMS Osprey which had been moved to Dunoon in Scotland because of the danger of bombing.
		Then in April 1943, he took command of HMS Varbel the shore establishment for the experimental midget submarines and was involved in ‘Operation Source’ the attack on the German battleship Tirpitz in Norwegian waters on the 22nd September 1943, for this he received the CBE.
	www.hmsfiredrake.co.uk /firedrake17.htm (2012 words)

	Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes at Arugam Bay Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Laid down at the beginning of 1918 and not completed until 1924, HMS Hermes was the first ship designed from the outset as an aircraft carrier and not converted from another design either on the ways or after launching.
		Named for the messenger of the gods of Greek mythology, HMS Hermes was stationed in the Far East for virtually her whole career, except for two refits in 1927 and 1933-34.
		Based at Ceylon, Hermes was damaged at Colombo on April 5, 1942, during a naval air attack launched from Japanese carriers.
	www.arugam.info /2006/01/24/aircraft-carrier-hms-hermes (1168 words)

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