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|builder=[[Armstrong]], Elswick{{Conways1906|p. 39}}
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|builder=[[Armstrong, Whitworth & Company]], Elswick{{Conways1906|p. 39}}
 
|laid=28 Mar, 1915{{Conways1906|p. 39}}
 
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She recommissioned at Rosyth on 4 December, 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 752}}
 
She recommissioned at Rosyth on 4 December, 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 752}}
  
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She paid off into Dockyard Control in Devonport on 27 June, 1924.{{NLApr25|p. 228}}
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She paid off into Dockyard Control in Devonport on 27 June, 1924.{{NLJul27|p. 228}}
  
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She re-commissioned at Devonport on 12 August, 1930.{{NLJul31|p. 227}}
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''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}}
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She re-commissioned at Devonport on 12 August, 1930.{{NLJan33|p. 225}}
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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>
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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}}
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She completed to Full Complement on 2 June 1936 for service in the Home Fleet.{{NLJul37|pp. 225-6}}
  
 
==Alterations==
 
==Alterations==
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{{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=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=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>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Harold Douglas Briggs|nick=Harold D. Briggs|appt=November, 1919{{NLJan20|p. 752}}|end=7 January, 1920}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frederick Cathcart Guy St. Clair|nick=Frederick C. G. St. Clair|appt=9 July, 1919|end=December, 1919}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Sidney Julius Meyrick|nick=Sidney J. Meyrick|appt=6 January, 1920{{NLDec20|p. 752}}|end=4 May, 1921|note=and as Flag Captain to R/A/ Fowler}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Harold Douglas Briggs|nick=Harold D. Briggs|appt=December, 1919<ref>Briggs Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/421.|}} f. 427.</ref>|end=7 January, 1920<ref>Briggs Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/421.|}} f. 427.</ref>}}
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{{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}}
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{{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=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=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=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!}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Aubrey Lambert|nick=Aubrey Lambert|appt=15 March, 1927|end=May, 1929|note=and for duty with {{UK-Glorious}}}}
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{{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=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=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=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>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Cloudesley Varyl Robinson|nick=Cloudesley V. Robinson|appt=17 December, 1930{{NLJul31|p. 226}}|end=}}
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{{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}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frank Elliott|nick=Frank Elliott|appt=16 August, 1932<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}}
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{{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}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Brian Egerton|nick=Brian Egerton|appt=2 May, 1933<ref>Egerton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/46.|D7604458}} f. 194.</ref>|end=May, 1934}}
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{{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}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Maitland Walter Sabine Boucher|nick=Maitland W. S. Boucher|appt=4 May, 1935<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>}}
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{{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=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}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Marshal Llewelyn Clarke|nick=Marshal L. Clarke|appt=25 January, 1939{{NLMay39|p. 269}}|end=July, 1939{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Marshal Llewelyn Clarke|nick=Marshal L. Clarke|appt=25 January, 1939{{NLMay39|p. 269}}|end=mid May, 1939}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Stanley Edward Norfolk|nick=Stanley E. Norfolk|appt=16 May, 1939<ref>Norfolk Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/120/164.|}} f. 164.</ref>|end=22 July, 1939<ref>Norfolk Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/120/164.|}} f. 164.</ref>}}
 
{{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}}
 
{{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}}
 
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Latest revision as of 00:46, 24 June 2021

H.M.S. Courageous (1916)
Pendant Number: 51 (Jan 1918)
94 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Armstrong, Whitworth & Company, Elswick[2]
Laid down: 28 Mar, 1915[3]
Launched: 5 Feb, 1916[4]
Commissioned: Jan, 1917[5]
Torpedoed: 17 Sep, 1939[6]
Fate: by U 29[7]

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:

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.

Stiffening was worked into both Courageous and her sister ship Glorious at the first opportunity.[8]

She recommissioned at Rosyth on 4 December, 1919.[9]

She paid off into Dockyard Control in Devonport on 27 June, 1924.[10]

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.[11]

She re-commissioned at Devonport on 12 August, 1930.[12]

She was involved in a collision with the destroyer Winchester in 1931.[13]

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.[14]

She completed to Full Complement on 2 June 1936 for service in the Home Fleet.[15]

Alterations

Her secondary battery directors were installed in November, 1916, prior to her commissioning.[16]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 37.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 39.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 39.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 39.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 39.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 39.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 37.
  8. ↑ Records of Warship Construction during the War. 1914—1918. Volume I. ADM 1/8547/430. f. 102.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 752.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 228.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 228.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 225.
  13. ↑ Coombs Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/213. f. ?.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). pp. 225-6.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). pp. 225-6.
  16. ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in H.M. Ships. p. 16.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 767.
  18. ↑ Bromley Service record. The National Archives. 196/44. f. 239.
  19. ↑ Oldham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/187. f. 201.
  20. ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1919). p. 767.
  21. ↑ Oldham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/187. f. 201.
  22. ↑ Briggs Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/421. f. 427.
  23. ↑ Briggs Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/421. f. 427.
  24. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 752.
  25. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Monday, January 5, 1920, Issue 42299, p.21.
  26. ↑ D'Aeth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 49.
  27. ↑ D'Aeth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 49.
  28. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 743.
  29. ↑ James Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 32.
  30. ↑ James Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 32.
  31. ↑ James Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 32.
  32. ↑ James Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 32.
  33. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 228.
  34. ↑ Brownrigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 231.
  35. ↑ Brownrigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 231.
  36. ↑ Hardman-Jones Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 152.
  37. ↑ Hardman-Jones Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 152.
  38. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 226.
  39. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 225.
  40. ↑ Elliott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/30. f. 186.
  41. ↑ Elliott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/30. f. 186.
  42. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 225.
  43. ↑ Egerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/46. f. 194.
  44. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 225.
  45. ↑ Boucher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/63. f. 421.
  46. ↑ Boucher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/63. f. 421.
  47. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 269.
  48. ↑ Norfolk Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/120/164. f. 164.
  49. ↑ Norfolk Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/120/164. f. 164.
  50. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

Bibliography

See Also


Courageous Class Battlecruiser
  Courageous Glorious  
<– Renown Class Major Cruisers (UK) H.M.S. Furious –>


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