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'''H.M.S. ''Hermes''''' was an aircraft carrier completed for the [[Royal Navy]] in 1924, being the first ship designed from the outset to operate aircraft in a proper manner – being able to recover aircraft while at sea.
'''H.M.S. ''Hermes''''' was an aircraft carrier completed for the [[Royal Navy]] in 1924, being the first ship designed from the outset to operate aircraft in a proper manner – being able to recover aircraft while at sea.


==History==
==Service==
The ship succumbed to Japanese air attack off Ceylon in World War II.
The ship succumbed to Japanese air attack off Ceylon in World War II.


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==See Also==
==See Also==
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==Footnotes==
==Footnotes==

Revision as of 15:14, 16 January 2014

H.M.S. Hermes (1919)
Pendant Number: 95 (Jun 1920)[1]
Builder: Armstrong[2]
Laid down: 15 Jan, 1918[3]
Launched: 11 Sep, 1919[4]
Commissioned: Feb, 1924[5]
Sunk: 9 Apr, 1942[6]
Fate: Air Attack

H.M.S. Hermes was an aircraft carrier completed for the Royal Navy in 1924, being the first ship designed from the outset to operate aircraft in a proper manner – being able to recover aircraft while at sea.

Service

The ship succumbed to Japanese air attack off Ceylon in World War II.

Captains

Dates of appointment given:

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 53.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 71.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 71.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 71.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 71.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 71.

Bibliography

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