Furious 1917

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Name:	FURIOUS
Type:	Battlecruiser converted to Aircraft Carrier
Keel:	08/06/1915
Launched:	15/08/1916
Completed:	26/06/1917
Builder:	Armstrong, Whitworth & Co
Yard:	High Walker
Yard Number:	896
Dimensions:	18385disp - 22890disp, 735.3 x 88.1 x 24.0(draft)ft
Engines:	4 x Steam turbines, Brown-Curtis type, SR geared, 90000shp
Engines by:	Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion:	4 x Screws, 31.5knots
Construction:	Steel
Armament:	Original: 2 x 1 x 18.0ins, 11 x 1 x 5.5ins guns);
	(1917: 1 x 18.0ins, 9 x 1 x 5.5ins, 5 x 1 x 3.0ins HA guns; up to 8 aircraft);
	(1918: 10 x 1 x 5.5ins, 4 x 1 x 4.0ins AA guns; up to 20 aircraft);
	(1939: 6 x 2 x 4.0ins AA, 1 x 8 x 2pdr AA guns, up to 33 aircraft);
	(later additions: 1 x 8 x 2pdr AA, 22 x 1 x 20mm AA guns)
History:
26/06/1917	British Royal Navy
23/01/1948	Broken up

Comments:	She was a modified Courageous Class battlecruiser
	The 18.0ins guns were the largest guns ever fitted on a Royal Naval vessel
	They proved to be too powerful for the relatively light structure of the battlecruiser
	Almost complete as a battlecruiser, she was modified into an aircraft carrier
	Early 1917: Forward turret replaced with a hangar and a forward flight deck
	11/1917: Rear turret replaced with a hangar and flightdeck
	06/1921: Superstructure removed & flightdeck extended over 3/4 of her length
	23/01/1948: Initial breaking up at Dalmuir by Arnott Young
	22/06/1948: Final breaking at Troon by West of Scotland Shipbreaking Co

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Above photo showing FURIOUS being broken up at Dalmuir is copyright of Dan McDonald