HMS Furious

HMS Furious was a modified Courageous-class battlecruiser built for the Royal Navy (RN) during the First World War. Designed to support the Baltic Project championed by the First Sea Lord, Lord Fisher, the ship was very lightly armoured and designed with a main battery of only two 18-inch guns. Furious was modified as an aircraft carrier while under construction. Her forward turret was removed and a flight deck was added in its place, such that aircraft had to manoeuvre around the superstructure to land. Later in the war, the ship had her rear turret removed and a second flight deck installed aft of the superstructure, but this was less than satisfactory due to air turbulence. Furious was briefly laid up after the war before she was reconstructed with a full-length flight deck in the early 1920s. Her half-sisters Courageous and Glorious were also rebuilt as aircraft carriers around that time.

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1917  Wikimedia, Wikidata
47; Spurious
mass 22450 tonne, speed 31 knot, speed 30 knot, 
aircraft carrier, Courageous-class battlecruiser, Courageous-class aircraft carrier, Royal Navy, Armstrong Whitworth, 

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1917 HMS Furious

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ship launching

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keel laying

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ship commissioning

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World War I

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Battle of the Atlantic

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Frameless

HMS Furious-19

Le Furious (HMS, croiseur anglais) (CNews) - btv1b53144378q

CamelLandingAircraftCarrierWWI

HMS Furious Tondern Raid 1918 IWM SP 1156

HMS Furious as completed

Aérodrome naval flottant (CNews), le HMS Furious - btv1b53156911c

HMSFurious-SopwithCamels-WWI-IWM SP1159

The Royal Navy during the Second World War A22693

HMS Furious 3394241

Fleet Air Arm Attacks the German Battleship Tirpitz. 3 April 1944, on Board HMS Furious. Some of the Men and Machines Which Took Part in the Fleet Air Arm Attack on the Tirpitz in Alten Fjord, Norway. A22642

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
link	page		Dreadnought Project page@		Wikidata
link	page		Ship Design Drawings archive page@		Wikidata
link	page		Ship Design Drawings archive page@		Wikidata
commons	image		HMS Furious-19		Commons
commons	image		Le Furious (HMS, croiseur anglais) (CNews) - btv1b53144378q		Commons
commons	image		CamelLandingAircraftCarrierWWI		Commons
commons	image		HMS Furious Tondern Raid 1918 IWM SP 1156		Commons
commons	image		HMS Furious as completed		Commons
commons	image		Aérodrome naval flottant (CNews), le HMS Furious - btv1b53156911c		Commons
commons	image		HMSFurious-SopwithCamels-WWI-IWM SP1159		Commons
commons	image		The Royal Navy during the Second World War A22693		Commons
commons	image		HMS Furious 3394241		Commons
commons	image		Fleet Air Arm Attacks the German Battleship Tirpitz. 3 April 1944, on Board HMS Furious. Some of the Men and Machines Which Took Part in the Fleet Air Arm Attack on the Tirpitz in Alten Fjord, Norway. A22642		Commons