HMS Argus

HMS Argus was a British aircraft carrier that served in the Royal Navy from 1918 to 1944. She was converted from an ocean liner that was under construction when the First World War began and became the first aircraft carrier with a full-length flight deck that allowed wheeled aircraft to take off and land. After commissioning, the ship was involved for several years in the development of the optimum design for other aircraft carriers. Argus also evaluated various types of arresting gear, general procedures needed to operate a number of aircraft in concert and fleet tactics. The ship was too top-heavy as originally built, and had to be modified to improve her stability in the mid-1920s. She spent one brief deployment on the China Station in the late 1920s before being placed in reserve for budgetary reasons.

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1918  Wikimedia, Wikidata
I49
mass 14500 tonne, length 172.2 metre, speed 20 knot, beam 20.72 metre, draft 6.4 metre, 
aircraft carrier, Royal Navy, William Beardmore and Company, 

• Dreadnought Project page^@
• Drachinifel page^@
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Location: KML, Cluster Map, Maps,

1918-09-16T00:00:00Z

1918-09-16T00:00:00Z

1918 HMS Argus

1914-07-28T00:00:00Z

1914-07-28T00:00:00Z

World War I

1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

World War II Q362

1938-07-30T00:00:00Z

1938-07-30T00:00:00Z

ship recommissioning

1918-09-16T00:00:00Z

1918-09-16T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

1938-07-30T00:00:00Z

1938-07-30T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

1914-01-01T00:00:00Z

1914-01-01T00:00:00Z

keel laying

1917-12-02T00:00:00Z

1917-12-02T00:00:00Z

ship launching

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Frameless

Pilots in the open bridge of the flight deck on board the aircraft carrier HMS ARGUS, in line astern with other ships of Force H in the Mediterranean, 1942. A7829

Aircraft in hangar of HMS Argus (I49) c1942

Barham Malaya and Argus from Rodney

Swordfish approaching HMS Argus WWII IWM A 8335

HMS Barham Malaya and Argus

HMS Argus, Port Broadside (4991-9)

L'Argus (porte-avions britannique) (CNews) - photographie de presse - (Agence Rol) ; (d'après la photographie originale de l'agence photographique Central News) - btv1b53204080f

Aircraft carrier HMS Argus in the later 1920s

H63030

The Royal Navy during the Second World War A8339

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
link	page		Dreadnought Project page@		Wikidata
link	page		Drachinifel page@		Wikidata
commons	image		Pilots in the open bridge of the flight deck on board the aircraft carrier HMS ARGUS, in line astern with other ships of Force H in the Mediterranean, 1942. A7829		Commons
commons	image		Aircraft in hangar of HMS Argus (I49) c1942		Commons
commons	image		Barham Malaya and Argus from Rodney		Commons
commons	image		Swordfish approaching HMS Argus WWII IWM A 8335		Commons
commons	image		HMS Barham Malaya and Argus		Commons
commons	image		HMS Argus, Port Broadside (4991-9)		Commons
commons	image		L'Argus (porte-avions britannique) (CNews) - photographie de presse - (Agence Rol) ; (d'après la photographie originale de l'agence photographique Central News) - btv1b53204080f		Commons
commons	image		Aircraft carrier HMS Argus in the later 1920s		Commons
commons	image		H63030		Commons
commons	image		The Royal Navy during the Second World War A8339		Commons