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'''H.M.S. ''Argus''''' was an aircraft carrier completed for the [[Royal Navy]] in 1918, but which was originally designed to be the Italian ocean liner ''Conte Rosso''.  Despite her odd genesis, she boasted a continuous flight deck and more accurately reflected a mature aircraft carrier than any previous vessel.
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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Argus''''' was an aircraft carrier completed for the [[Royal Navy]] in 1918, but which was originally designed to be the Italian ocean liner ''Conte Rosso''.  Despite her odd genesis, she boasted a continuous flight deck and more accurately reflected a mature aircraft carrier than any previous vessel.
  
 
She was purchased for conversion in August, 1916.{{DittColl|p. 52}}
 
She was purchased for conversion in August, 1916.{{DittColl|p. 52}}

Revision as of 15:45, 14 January 2014

H.M.S. Argus (1917)
Pendant Number: N.96 (1919)
49 (Sep, 1919)[1]
Builder: Beardmore[2]
Launched: 2 Dec, 1917[3]
Commissioned: Sep, 1918[4]
Sold: 5 Dec, 1946[5]
H.M.S. Argus was an aircraft carrier completed for the Royal Navy in 1918, but which was originally designed to be the Italian ocean liner Conte Rosso. Despite her odd genesis, she boasted a continuous flight deck and more accurately reflected a mature aircraft carrier than any previous vessel.

She was purchased for conversion in August, 1916.[6]

Service

Captains

Dates of appointment given:

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 52.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 52.
  3. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 52.
  4. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 52.
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 52.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 52.
  7. ↑ The Monthly Navy List (September, 1919). p. 731.

Bibliography

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