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<div name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Courageous'' (1916)|fate2=by U 29{{DittColl|p. 37}} |comm=Jan, 1917{{Conways1906|p. 39}} |fatedate=17 Sep, 1939{{Conways1906|p. 39}} |order= |name=Courageous |launch=5 Feb, 1916{{Conways1906|p. 39}} |builder=[[Armstrong, Whitworth & Company]], Elswick{{Conways1906|p. 39}} |laid=28 Mar, 1915{{Conways1906|p. 39}} |fate=Torpedoed |pend=51 (Jan 1918)<br>94 (Apr 1918){{DittColl|p. 37}} |fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career> ==Service== While working up for full-power trials off May Island on the night of 8 January, 1917, was damaged while being driven at 30 knots when the wind force was 6-8 (Strong Breeze to a Gale). The damage was: <blockquote>The forecastle deck between the breakwater and "A" turret was severely buckled, and the side plating buckled between upper and forecastle deck; also the oil-fuel tanks and reserve feed tanks and reserve feed tanks were reported to be leaking.</blockquote> Stiffening was worked into both ''Courageous'' and her sister ship ''Glorious'' at the first opportunity.<ref>''Records of Warship Construction during the War. 1914&mdash;1918''. '''Volume I.''' ADM 1/8547/430. f. 102.</ref> She recommissioned at Rosyth on 4 December, 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 752}} She paid off into Dockyard Control in Devonport on 27 June, 1924.{{NLJul27|p. 228}} ''Courageous'' commissioned at Devonport on 21 February, 1928 for service in the Mediterranean. She embarked a Headquarters Flight under Wing Commander R. Leckie in addition to Flights 404, 407, 445, 446, 463 and 464.{{NLFeb29|p. 228}} She re-commissioned at Devonport on 12 August, 1930.{{NLJan33|p. 225}} She was involved in a collision with the {{UK-Winchester|f=t}} in 1931.<ref>Coombs Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/213.|D7604625}} f. ?.</ref> Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 2 May, 1933. By mid-1934, she had Fighter Squadrons 800 and 802, Torpedo Bomber Squadrons 810 and 811, and Search/Reconnaissance Squadrons 820, 821 and 823 embarked.{{NLJul34|pp. 225-6}} She completed to Full Complement on 2 June 1936 for service in the Home Fleet.{{NLJul37|pp. 225-6}} ==Alterations== Her secondary battery directors were installed in November, 1916, prior to her commissioning.<ref>''The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in H.M. Ships''. p. 16.</ref> ==Captains== Dates of appointment are provided when known. <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Courageous''"> {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Bromley, Eighth Baronet|nick=Arthur Bromley|appt=8 September, 1916{{NLFeb19|p. 767}}|end=8 February, 1919<ref>Bromley Service record. {{TNA|196/44.}} f. 239.</ref>|precBy=New Command|note=and as Flag Captain}} {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Guy Dalrymple Fanshawe|nick=Guy D. Fanshawe|appt=19 March, 1919|end=17 April, 1919|note=temporary}} {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Arthur Hugh Oldham|nick=Arthur H. Oldham|appt=17 April, 1919<ref>Oldham Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/187.|D7602526}} f. 201.</ref>{{NLJun19|p. 767}}|end=9 July, 1919<ref>Oldham Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/187.|D7602526}} f. 201.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frederick Cathcart Guy St. Clair|nick=Frederick C. G. St. Clair|appt=9 July, 1919|end=December, 1919}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Harold Douglas Briggs|nick=Harold D. Briggs|appt=November, 1919{{NLJan20|p. 752}}|end=7 January, 1920}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Sidney Julius Meyrick|nick=Sidney J. Meyrick|appt=6 January, 1920{{NLDec20|p. 752}}{{NavAppts|Monday, January 5, 1920, Issue 42299, p.21}}|end=4 May, 1921|note=and as Flag Captain to R/A/ Fowler}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Cloudesly Shovel Hughes D'Aeth|nick=Arthur C. S. H. D'Aeth|appt=4 May, 1921<ref>D'Aeth Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 49.</ref>|end=2 August, 1921<ref>D'Aeth Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 49.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain to R/A Greatorex}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Moore Casement|nick=John M. Casement|appt=2 August, 1921{{NLJan23|p. 743}}|end=|note=and as Flag Captain to V/A Nicholson}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Thomas Norman James|nick=Thomas N. James|appt=3 October, 1923<ref>James Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603284}} f. 32.</ref>|end=24 April, 1924<ref>James Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603284}} f. 32.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Thomas Norman James|nick=Thomas N. James|appt=29 April, 1924<ref>James Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603284}} f. 32.</ref>|end=29 April, 1924<ref>James Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603284}} f. 32.</ref>|note=loaned from {{UK-Centurion}} for a single day for passage to Devonport!}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Aubrey Lambert|nick=Aubrey Lambert|appt=15 March, 1927{{NLFeb29|p. 228}}|end=May, 1929|note=and for duty with {{UK-Glorious}}}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry John Studholme Brownrigg|nick=Henry J. S. Brownrigg|appt=May, 1929<ref>Brownrigg Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47.}} f. 231.</ref>|end=9 May, 1930<ref>Brownrigg Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47.}} f. 231.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Alfred Headley Norman|nick=Alfred H. Norman|appt=9 May, 1930|end=12 August, 1930|note=temporary}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Everard John Hardman-Jones|nick=Everard J. Hardman-Jones|appt=12 August, 1930<ref>Hardman-Jones Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|D7603658}} f. 152.</ref>|end=17 December, 1930<ref>Hardman-Jones Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|D7603658}} f. 152.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Cloudesley Varyl Robinson|nick=Cloudesley V. Robinson|appt=17 December, 1930{{NLJul31|p. 226}}|end=16 August, 1932|note=and Flag Captain and C.S.O. to R/A Henderson from 21 September, 1931}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frank Elliott|nick=Frank Elliott|appt=16 August, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 225}}<ref>Elliott Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/30.}} f. 186.</ref>|end=15 May, 1933<ref>Elliott Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/30.}} f. 186.</ref>|note=and Flag Captain and C.S.O. to R/A Henderson}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Brian Egerton|nick=Brian Egerton|appt=2 May, 1933{{NLJul34|p. 225}}<ref>Egerton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/46.|D7604458}} f. 194.</ref>|end=May, 1934|note=and as Chief Staff Officer}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Maitland Walter Sabine Boucher|nick=Maitland W. S. Boucher|appt=4 May, 1935{{NLJul37|p. 225}}<ref>Boucher Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/63.|D7605150}} f. 421.</ref>|end=31 July, 1937<ref>Boucher Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/63.|D7605150}} f. 421.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Arthur Aiskew Larcom|nick=Charles A. A. Larcom|appt=31 July, 1937|end=1 February, 1939|note=and Flag Captain and C.S.O. to R/A Aircraft Carriers}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Marshal Llewelyn Clarke|nick=Marshal L. Clarke|appt=25 January, 1939{{NLMay39|p. 269}}|end=July, 1939{{MackieRNW}}}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Tofield Makeig-Jones|nick=William T. Makeig-Jones|appt=24 July, 1939|end=17 September, 1939{{MackieRNW}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=died when ship lost}} </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> ==Footnotes== {{reflist}} ==Bibliography== {{refbegin}} *{{DittColl}} *{{FCHMShips}} *{{ParkesBritishBattleships}} *{{RobertsBattlecruisers}} {{refend}} ==See Also== {{refbegin}} {{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Courageous_(1916)}} {{refend}} {{Footer Courageous Class Battlecruiser (1916)}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Courageous}} {{CatShipBattlecruiser|UK}}

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