HMS Eagle
HMS Hermes
HMS Furious
n item referred to the magazine R.U.S.I. dated November 1934 reporting that the British aircraft carrier HMS Eagle (1) was to be replaced in the Far East by the HMS Hermes (2) and would replace on her turn the HMS Furious (3) in the Mediterranean.
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1. Originally designed as the Almirante Cochrane of the Chilean Almirante Latorre-class of super dreadnoughts. Her building was ordered on 29 July 1912, laid down by Armstrong Whitworth &Company Limited, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England with yard number on 20 February 1913, building suspended caused by the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, redesigning started already for the purchase resulting in a preliminary design dated 8 February 1918 but which was considerable changed, purchased by the Royal British Navy on 28 February 1918, launched on 8 June 1918, converted into an aircraft carrier, transported to High Walker yard to be fitted out on 18 June 1918, conversion suspended when Chile wanted to buy her back after recon version in a battleship on 21 October 1919, this was however regarded the costs refused, commissioned on 20 February 1924, refitted at Portsmouth, England between August 1931-28 November 1932, refitted at Devonport, England in 1936-1937 and sunk by the German submarine U-73 70 nautical miles way from Cape Salinas, Majorca on 11 August 1942. Pennant number 94.
2. Building ordered in April 1917, laid down by Armstrong Whitworth, Elswick, Newcastle on Tyne, England on 15 January 1918, launched on 11 September 1919, commissioned on 18 February 1924, training ship since 16 July 1938, again aircraft carrier since 24 August 1939 and sunk by Japanese aircraft off Batticaloa, Ceylon underway to the Maledives on 9 April 1942.
3. Originally a very lightly armoured and armed battle cruiser of a modified Courageous-design especially built to support the so-called Baltic Project of admiral Lord Fisher which was an invasion on the German coast of Pomerania, She was to support the landing. Laid down at the shipyard of Armstrong Whitworth, Wallsend, England on 8 June 1915, launched on 15 August 1916, commissioned on 26 June 1917, trials on 2 August 1917, first landing of an aircraft on a moving ship on 2 August 1917, returned to the dockyard for removal of her aft turret and instead fitting her out with a landing deck and 2 lifts for the hangars, decommissioned on 15 March 1918, laid up, converted into an aircraft carrier fitted out with a continuous flight deck of 175,6 x 28 metres between June 1921-September 1925, between 1 July 1930 and February 1932 again modernized, decommissioned in May 1932, deck landing training carrier since 1937, reserve since 15 September 1944, paid off and berthed at Loch Striven in April 1945 and finally sold to be broken up in 1948, which was completed at Troon, Scotland in 1954. Pennant number 47. Nicknamed Spurious.
