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managed to slip through the gaps between the
British patrols and destroy a convoy bound for Norway on the morning of 17 October, but no word was received of the engagement until that afternoon. The 1st Cruiser Squadron was ordered to intercept, but was unsuccessful as the German cruisers were faster
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in 1915. To obtain ships suitable for the doctrinal roles of battlecruisers, such as scouting for fleets and hunting enemy raiders, he settled on ships with the minimal armour of a light cruiser and the armament of a battlecruiser. He justified their existence by claiming he needed fast,
1118:. All superstructure, guns, torpedo tubes, and fittings down to the main deck were removed. A two-storey hangar was built on top of the remaining hull; each level was 16 feet (4.9 m) high and 550 feet (167.6 m) long. The upper hangar level opened onto a short
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of 1922 severely limited capital ship tonnage, and the Royal Navy was forced to scrap many of its older battleships and battlecruisers. The treaty allowed the conversion of existing ships totalling up to 66,000 long tons (67,059 t) into aircraft carriers, and the
1131:, flying control station and funnel was added on the starboard side, since islands had been found not to contribute significantly to turbulence. By 1939 the ship could carry 34,500 imperial gallons (157,000 L; 41,400 US gal) of petrol for her aircraft.
980:. A preliminary raid on German minesweeping forces on 31 October by light forces destroyed ten small ships. Based on intelligence reports, the Admiralty allocated the 1st Cruiser Squadron on 17 November 1917, with cover provided by the reinforced
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flexibility until new fighters requiring longer takeoff rolls made the lower deck obsolete in the 1930s. Two 46-by-48-foot (14.0 m × 14.6 m) lifts were installed fore and aft in the flight deck. An island with the
801:, but she could carry a maximum of 3,160 long tons (3,211 t). At full capacity, she could steam for an estimated 6,000 nautical miles (11,110 km; 6,900 mi) at a speed of 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph).
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guns in single HA Mark XII mounts. Each side of the lower flight deck had a mount, and two were on the quarterdeck. The remaining twelve mounts were distributed along the sides of the ship. In refits in the mid-1930s,
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but did not affect her speed. At 9:30 the 1st
Cruiser Squadron broke off their pursuit so that they would not enter a minefield marked on their maps; the ships turned south, playing no further role in the battle.
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from 12 August 1930 to
December 1938, aside from a temporary attachment to the Mediterranean Fleet in 1936. In the early 1930s, traverse arresting gear was installed and she received two hydraulic
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was ordered to respond. When she arrived off
Palestine, her air wing was disembarked to carry out operations to help to suppress the disorder. The ship was relieved from the Mediterranean by
1398:, escorted by four destroyers. On the evening of 17 September 1939, she was on one such patrol off the coast of Ireland. Two of her four escorting destroyers had been sent to help a
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were formed around the fleet's aircraft carriers to find and destroy U-boats. On 31 August 1939 she went to her war station at
Portland and embarked the two squadrons of Swordfish.
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on 1 February 1919 and she again became Napier's flagship as he was appointed Vice-Admiral
Commanding the Rosyth Reserve until 1 May, The ship was assigned to the Gunnery School at
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and the forward turret. The side plating was visibly buckled between the forecastle and upper decks. Water had entered the submerged torpedo room and rivets had sheared in the
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securing the deck armour in place. The ship was stiffened with 130 long tons (130 t) of steel in response. As of 23 November 1916, she cost £2,038,225 to build.
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1163:. Each side of the flying-off deck had a mount, forward of the 4.7-inch guns, and one was behind the island on the flight deck. She also received four water-cooled
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assumed command of the 1st
Cruiser Squadron and was appointed Acting Vice-Admiral Commanding the Light Cruiser Force until he was relieved on 26 October 1918.
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The reconstruction was completed on 21 February 1928, and the ship spent the next several months on trials and training before she was assigned to the
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on about the same displacement. After recommissioning she spent most of her career operating off Great
Britain and Ireland. She briefly became a
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the following year as a turret drill ship. She became flagship of the Rear-Admiral
Commanding the Reserve at Portsmouth in March 1920. Captain
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were removed, and she spent the rest of the war intermittently patrolling the North Sea. In 1918, short take-off platforms were fitted for a
1019:. The British continued in pursuit, but lost track of most of the smaller ships in the smoke and concentrated fire on the light cruisers.
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of 445 and 446 Flights and the Darts of 463 and 464 Flight. The ship sailed for Malta on 2 June to join the
Mediterranean Fleet.
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too close together, causing the 23 loaders to get in one another's way, and preventing the intended high rate of fire. A pair of
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on both 15-inch (380 mm) turrets. The ship was present at the surrender of the German High Seas fleet on 21 November 1918.
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began on 29 June 1924 at Devonport. Her fifteen-inch turrets were placed into storage and reused in the Second World War for
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for more than two hours. The carrier then turned into the wind to launch her aircraft. This put the ship right across the
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fired 92 fifteen-inch shells and 180 four-inch shells in the battle, and the only damage she received was from her own
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Throughout 1917 the Admiralty was becoming more concerned about German efforts to sweep paths through the British-laid
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could carry up to 48 aircraft; following completion of her trials and embarking stores and personnel, she sailed for
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The German ships—four light cruisers of II Scouting Force, eight destroyers, three divisions of minesweepers, eight
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was refitted again between October 1935 and June 1936 with her pom-pom mounts. She was present at the Coronation
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187:
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On 16 October 1917, the Admiralty received word of German ship movements, possibly indicating a raid. Admiral
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744:. She displaced 19,180 long tons (19,490 t) at load and 22,560 long tons (22,922 t) at deep load.
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2219:. History of the Great War Based on Official Documents. Vol. V. Nashville, Tennessee: Battery Press.
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class's combination of a large hull and high speed made these ships ideal candidates. The conversion of
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758:, the first cruiser in the navy with geared turbines, was simply replicated for four turbine sets. The
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opened fire with their forward guns seven minutes later. The Germans responded by laying an effective
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s (cork-filled trawlers) and two other trawlers to mark the swept route—were spotted at 7:30 am.
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808:
332:
326:
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1158:
869:; the exact cause is uncertain. The forecastle deck was deeply buckled in three places between the
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and sank in 20 minutes with the loss of 519 of her crew, including her captain. The US cargo ship
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were embarked for reconnaissance and anti-ship attack missions in the same period. They flew the
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three days later, prompted the Royal Navy to withdraw its carriers from anti-submarine patrols.
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near the end of 1916 when that unit was re-formed after most of its ships had been sunk at the
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1103:, the Royal Navy's last battleship. The conversion into an aircraft carrier cost £2,025,800.
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aboard, each squadron equipped with a dozen Fairey Swordfish. In the early days of the war,
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5,860 nautical miles (10,850 km; 6,740 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
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of the submarine, which fired three torpedoes. Two of the torpedoes struck the ship on her
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to be based at Malta, in which she served from May 1928 to June 1930. In August 1929, the
815:, designated 'A' and 'Y' from front to rear. Her secondary armament consisted of eighteen
8:
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later that month, she sustained structural damage while running at full speed in a rough
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in April 1917 by the addition of mine rails on her quarterdeck that could hold over 200
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on 26 March 1915, launched on 5 February 1916 and completed on 4 November. On her
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anti-aircraft machine guns in a single quadruple mounting. This was placed in a
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of 463 Flight made the ship's first deck landing. The Dart was followed by the
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and her sisters were the first large warships in the Royal Navy to have geared
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in the mid-1920s. She could carry 48 aircraft, compared with 36 carried by her
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20:
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and that all other members of the crew receive the Iron Cross Second Class.
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reconnaissance aircraft. As a deck landing training carrier, in early 1939
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927:, the commander of the Grand Fleet, ordered most of his light cruisers and
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737:
636:, the ship was very lightly armoured and armed with only a few heavy guns.
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was the first British warship to be sunk by German forces. (The submarine
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before any aircraft took off, knocking out all electrical power, and she
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were not initially included amongst them, but were sent to reinforce the
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by torpedo later that month, with the loss of more than 500 of her crew.
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joined the Home Fleet. She was relieved of that duty by her half-sister
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on the upper deck and two mounts on each side of the rear turret on the
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Fisher was prevented from ordering an improved version of the preceding
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2249:(New & rev. ed.). Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press.
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McBride, Keith (1990). "The Weird Sisters". In Gardiner, Robert (ed.).
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British Carrier Aviation: The Evolution of the Ships and Their Aircraft
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received three quadruple Mk VII mounts for 40-millimetre (1.6 in)
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by a wartime restriction that banned construction of ships larger than
679:, but reverted to her normal role a few months before the start of the
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307:(11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
2290:(Third revised ed.). Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press.
2156:. Warship Special. Vol. 1. Greenwich, UK: Conway Maritime Press.
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served with the Home Fleet at the start of World War II with 811 and
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as "a wonderful success" and it led to widespread jubilation in the
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intended to restrict the actions of the High Seas Fleet and German
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752:. To save design time, the installation used in the light cruiser
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rescued survivors. The two escorting destroyers counterattacked
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The ship's normal design load was 750 long tons (762 t) of
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2197:. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. pp. 93–101.
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and refitted from June to August 1930. She was assigned to the
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in 1920. He was relieved by Capt John Casement in August 1921.
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1027:. One fifteen-inch shell hit a gun shield of the light cruiser
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mounted in six manually powered mounts. The mount placed three
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1870:. No. 48414. London. 19 September 1939. col C, p. 8.
1866:"An Over-Age Ship More Vulnerable Than Latest Designs". News.
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under attack and all her aircraft had returned from patrols.
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departed Plymouth on the evening of 3 September 1939 for an
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was completed in late 1916 and spent the war patrolling the
2308:(September–December 1988). "Fairey's First Fleet Fighter".
1218:. The ship became a training carrier in December 1938 when
1506:.) The commander of the German submarine force, Commodore
139:
Converted to aircraft carrier, June 1924 – February 1928
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The ship's new design improved on her half-sister HMS
884:
was assigned to the 3rd Light Cruiser Squadron of the
2247:
1950: A History of Design, Construction, and Armament
3012:
World War II aircraft carriers of the United Kingdom
1157:, two of which were transferred from the battleship
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Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in September 1939
770:. They were designed to produce a total of 90,000
16:World War One & Two British warship, sunk 1939
2331:. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians).
1818:"Meyrick, Sir Sidney Julius (1879–1973), Admiral"
732:of 786 feet 9 inches (239.8 m), a
722:, a plan to invade Germany via its Baltic coast.
648:in November 1917 and was present when the German
3007:World War I battlecruisers of the United Kingdom
2968:
2997:Ships sunk by German submarines in World War II
1356:
931:to sea in an effort to locate the enemy ships.
774:(67 MW) at a working pressure of 235
740:of 25 feet 10 inches (7.9 m) at
2268:. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press.
2178:. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press.
2118:. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press.
2099:. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press.
3017:World War II shipwrecks in the Atlantic Ocean
2518:
2400:
900:in May. The ship was temporarily fitted as a
1980:Sturtivant, pp. 197, 200, 243, 247, 250, 252
1552:, 30 cwt referring to the weight of the gun.
1482:on 14 September, followed by the sinking of
1202:on the upper flight deck before March 1934.
448:26,990 long tons (27,420 t) (deep load)
2492:List of aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy
1820:. Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
1456:for four hours, but the submarine escaped.
419:General characteristics as aircraft carrier
2525:
2511:
2407:
2393:
2380:IWM Interview with survivor Patrick Cannon
2375:IWM Interview with survivor Gordon Smerdon
2326:
2304:
2052:Hitler's U-Boat War: The Hunters 1939–1942
1859:
694:
445:24,210 long tons (24,600 t) (normal)
2487:List of battlecruisers of the Royal Navy
2370:IWM Interview with survivor Walter Young
2170:
2151:
1922:
1724:"Private papers of Sir Trevylyan Napier"
1528:, directed that Schuhart be awarded the
1458:
1360:
1251:
1243:
460:735 ft 1.5 in (224.1 m) (
179:General characteristics as battlecruiser
19:For other ships with the same name, see
2263:
2211:
2192:
1038:After the battle, the mine fittings on
811:guns in two hydraulically powered twin
481:90 ft 6 in (27.6 m) (at
2969:
2365:Data on as-fitted design and equipment
2282:
2233:
1915:
1913:
1718:
1716:
1706:
1704:
1569:, which is often used in German works.
1561:The times used in this article are in
786:). The ship reached an estimated 30.8
467:786 ft 9 in (239.8 m) (
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2080:. New York: Arco Publishing Company.
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1938:
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1349:and the Swordfish torpedo bombers of
1267:on 14 May 1928. The following day, a
50:
2992:Maritime incidents in September 1939
2132:
2116:British Battleships of World War One
2113:
524:30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
230:786 ft 9 in (239.8 m)
1989:Sturtivant, pp. 161, 164–65, 203–04
1910:
1713:
1701:
1683:
1073:
943:patrolling the central part of the
846:and carried 10 torpedoes for them.
790:(57.0 km/h; 35.4 mph) on
13:
2987:Courageous-class aircraft carriers
2982:Ships built by Armstrong Whitworth
2329:The Squadrons of the Fleet Air Arm
2097:Carrier Operations in World War II
1935:
1644:
1621:
1603:
1582:
1472:An earlier unsuccessful attack on
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762:turbines were powered by eighteen
662:after the war, then rebuilt as an
246:25 ft 10 in (7.9 m)
216:22,560 long tons (22,920 t) (
14:
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2346:
2137:. London: Arms and Armour Press.
2019:
1368:sinking after being torpedoed by
996:and their light cruiser escorts.
968:Second Battle of Heligoland Bight
962:Second Battle of Heligoland Bight
646:Second Battle of Heligoland Bight
516:4 shafts, 4 geared steam turbines
493:27 ft 9 in (8.5 m)
2918:
2913:
2901:
2893:
1496:had been sunk a week earlier by
916:. On 30 July 1917, Rear-Admiral
736:of 81 feet (24.7 m), and a
506:90,000 shp (67,000 kW)
404:
373:: 0.75–3 in (19–76 mm)
52:
40:shortly after completion in 1916
31:
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2010:
2001:
1992:
1983:
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1965:
1932:September–December 1988, p. 13.
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1290:, which flew a mixture of nine
1236:Fleet Review on 9 August 1939.
583:: 1–1.5 in (25–38 mm)
571:: .75–1 in (19–25 mm)
397:: 1–1.5 in (25–38 mm)
385:: 7–9 in (178–229 mm)
2314:. No. 37. pp. 1–14.
2135:British Battleships, 1919–1939
1656:
1635:
1612:
1594:
1548:"cwt" is the abbreviation for
1542:
718:shallow-draught ships for his
413:as an aircraft carrier in 1935
379:: 3–7 in (76–178 mm)
1:
3002:Ships built on the River Tyne
2040:
1520:(German navy). Grand Admiral
1282:From 1933 to the end of 1938
1078:
830:guns were fitted abreast the
577:: 2–3 in (51–76 mm)
565:: 2–3 in (51–76 mm)
367:: 2–3 in (51–76 mm)
1949:(3). Shepperton, Middlesex:
1907:Burt 1993, pp. 165, 278, 281
1576:
1357:Second World War and sinking
1275:of 404 and 407 Flights, the
1239:
838:. She mounted two submerged
683:in September 1939. A German
7:
2152:Campbell, N. J. M. (1978).
1971:Sturtivant, pp. 155, 157–58
1565:, which is one hour behind
1500:from the British submarine
947:later that day. Two German
295:(59 km/h; 37 mph)
10:
3033:
1510:, regarded the sinking of
982:1st Battlecruiser Squadron
965:
941:2nd Light Cruiser Squadron
652:surrendered a year later.
644:. She participated in the
625:. Designed to support the
540:814 + 403 air group (1938)
391:: 10 in (254 mm)
18:
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2771:
2538:
2482:
2460:
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1889:Friedman, pp. 103, 105–06
1124:launch and recovery cycle
1054:was placed in reserve at
984:and distant cover by the
418:
403:
178:
45:
30:
2426:-class aircraft carriers
2327:Sturtivant, Ray (1984).
1947:Air-Britain Aeromiltaria
1535:
1214:on 20 May 1937 for King
699:In the First World War,
348:21 in (533 mm)
327:15 in (381 mm) guns
238:81 ft (24.7 m)
1919:Burt 1993, pp. 281, 285
1847:Burt 1993, pp. 273, 285
1671:Burt 1986, pp. 309, 313
1618:Roberts, pp. 71, 76, 79
1085:Washington Naval Treaty
695:Origin and construction
333:4 in (102 mm guns)
2264:Roberts, John (1997).
1530:Iron Cross First Class
1469:
1372:
1257:
1249:
1171:on the port side aft.
1009:and the light cruiser
2803:Christian Van Doornum
2419:-class battlecruisers
2239:British Battleships,
2095:Brown, J. D. (2009).
2007:Burt 1993, pp. 286–88
1898:Burt 1993, pp. 274–78
1726:. Imperial War Museum
1462:
1364:
1343:Gloster Sea Gladiator
1255:
1247:
2133:Burt, R. A. (1993).
2114:Burt, R. A. (1986).
1384:hunter-killer groups
1232:participated in the
1180:1929 Palestine riots
1141:armament of sixteen
894:1st Cruiser Squadron
880:Upon commissioning,
817:BL 4-inch Mk IX guns
550:4.7 in (120 mm)
2949: /
2751:Komendant Piłsudski
1789:McBride, pp. 110–12
1762:Newbolt, pp. 164–65
1753:Newbolt, pp. 156–57
1744:Newbolt, pp. 150–51
1524:, commander of the
1176:Mediterranean Fleet
1152:2-pounder "pom-pom"
1143:QF 4.7-inch Mk VIII
1114:and a conventional
1048:Sopwith 1½ Strutter
990:1st Battle Squadron
280:4 shafts; 4 geared
174:, 17 September 1939
87:Armstrong Whitworth
1998:Brown, J.D., p. 12
1945:"HMS Courageous".
1609:Roberts, pp. 64–65
1600:Roberts, pp. 50–51
1470:
1410:Captain-Lieutenant
1396:Western Approaches
1373:
1273:Fairey Flycatchers
1258:
1250:
1200:aircraft catapults
1165:.50-calibre Mk III
1155:anti-aircraft guns
1110:, which lacked an
2953:50.167°N 14.750°W
2930:
2929:
2611:Willem van Ewijck
2500:
2499:
2353:Photo gallery of
2106:978-1-59114-108-2
2078:Aircraft Carriers
1807:Burt 1986, p. 315
1710:Burt 1986, p. 314
1680:Burt 1986, p. 307
1662:Burt 1986, p. 309
1641:Burt 1986, p. 294
1632:Burt 1986, p. 306
1591:Burt 1986, p. 303
1248:Fairey Flycatcher
992:, to destroy the
898:Battle of Jutland
844:21-inch torpedoes
597:
596:
581:Torpedo bulkheads
503:18 Yarrow boilers
395:Torpedo bulkheads
339:3 in (76 mm)
3024:
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634:John Fisher
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337:2 × single
331:6 × triple
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2656:Jaskółka
2646:14 Sep:
2636:12 Sep:
2622:Magdapur
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75:Ordered
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529:Range
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