HMS Hermes
An item referred to the magazine R.U.S.I. dated November 1934 reporting that the British aircraft carrier HMS Hermes was finally recommissioned after intensive repairs and departed on 18 November towards the Far East.(1)
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1. 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.
