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...

the Royal Fleet Auxiliary have been named Argus, after Argus, the hundred-eyed giant of mythology: HMS Argus (1799) was a 10-gun sloop, originally a French...

completion and conversion to an aircraft carrier, HMS Argus. 1917 February – Incomplete large light cruiser HMS Furious has its forward gun replaced with a...

HMS Argus was a steamship that was built in Scotland in 1904 as a cutter and fishery protection ship for the His Majesty's Coast Guard, and later served...

United Kingdom. There are two carriers, HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales, currently in service. HMS Unicorn was an aircraft repair ship and...

aircraft carriers. The first ship to have a full-length flat deck was HMS Argus, the conversion of which was completed in September 1918. The United States...

HMS Barham was one of five Queen Elizabeth-class battleships built for the Royal Navy during the early 1910s. Completed in 1915, she was often used as...

1917, Commodore Sueter proposed plans for an aerial torpedo attack on the German High Seas Fleet at its base in Germany. The carriers HMS Argus, HMS Furious...

HMS Highflyer was the lead ship of the Highflyer-class protected cruisers built for the Royal Navy in the 1890s. She spent her early career as flagship...

experience gained with the first two British carriers, Argus and Eagle, although this was very limited as Argus was less than three years old and Eagle had carried...

ship. He was killed five days later during another landing on Furious. HMS Argus was converted from an ocean liner and became the first example of what...

traditional land based aircraft. The first true aircraft carrier was HMS Argus, launched in late 1917 with a complement of 20 aircraft and a flight deck 550 ft (170 m)...

BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785. "Family Notices". The Argus. Melbourne. 26 June 1917. p. 1. Retrieved 9 May 2015 – via National Library of Australia...

8407; 144.9204 HMS Nairana (/naɪˈrɑːnə/) was a passenger ferry that was requisitioned by the Royal Navy (RN) as a seaplane carrier in 1917. She was laid...

"HMS Surprise (+1917)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 20 February 2013. "HMS Tornado (+1917)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 20 February 2013. "HMS Torrent (+1917)"....

HMS Victorious was the third Illustrious-class aircraft carrier after Illustrious and Formidable. Ordered under the 1936 Naval Programme, she was laid...

battleship HMS Collingwood in December 1916 and of the battlecruiser HMS Furious in March 1917. After the war Nicholson commanded the aircraft carrier HMS Eagle...

she captured numerous merchant ships and defeated five British warships: HMS Guerriere, Java, Pictou, Cyane, and Levant. The battle with Guerriere earned...

HMS Eagle (1918) Courageous-class aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal (91) Illustrious-class aircraft carrier Implacable-class aircraft carrier HMS Argus (I49)...

which had attacked the Allied drifter line on 14 May 1917. HMS Dartmouth was torpedoed on 15 May 1917 by the German submarine UC-25 after the engagement...

1922. Six Nightjars of 203 Squadron were deployed aboard HMS Argus in September 1922, when Argus sailed for the Dardanelles during the Chanak Crisis. The...

Trenchant class) was a class of 67 destroyers ordered for the Royal Navy in 1917 under the 11th and 12th Emergency War Programmes. They saw active service...

9,000 km/h (4,900 kn; 5,600 mph) to achieve motion dazzle. In August 1917, HMS Alsatian was painted in a dazzle pattern, perhaps the first Royal Navy...

akin to the configuration of the modern vessels, was the converted liner HMS Argus which entered service in 1918. The armoured flight deck was another innovation...

HMS Delhi was a Danae-class cruiser that served with the Royal Navy through the Second World War, from the Caribbean to eastern China. She was laid down...

HMS Ark Royal was the first ship designed and built as a seaplane carrier. She was purchased by the Royal Navy in 1914 shortly after her keel had been...

HMS Hermes was a British aircraft carrier built for the Royal Navy and was the world's first ship to be designed as an aircraft carrier, although the...

Privateer Decatur captures HMS Dominica 1813, August 14 – HMS Pelican captures USS Argus 1813, September 5 – USS Enterprise captures HMS Boxer 1813, September...

torpedo boat depot ship, HMS Vulcan, in the Mediterranean. Later he commanded the battleship, HMS Repulse, and the cruiser, HMS Lancaster. In 1908 he became...

The Argus. 28 April 1893. p. 5. Retrieved 12 January 2022. "Victorian Artillery". The Tasmanian. 29 April 1893. p. 31. Retrieved 12 January 2022. "HMS Himalaya...