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| H.M.S. Hermes (1919) | |
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| Pendant Number: | 95 (Jun 1920)[1] |
| Builder: | Armstrong[2] |
| Laid down: | 15 Jan, 1918[3] |
| Launched: | 11 Sep, 1919[4] |
| Commissioned: | Feb, 1924[5] |
| Sunk: | 9 Apr, 1942[6] |
| Fate: | Air Attack |
H.M.S. Hermes was an aircraft carrier completed for the Royal Navy in 1924, being the first ship designed from the outset to operate aircraft in a proper manner – being able to recover aircraft while at sea.
Service
The ship succumbed to Japanese air attack off Ceylon in World War II.
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 53.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 71.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 71.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 71.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 71.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 71.
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