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spidge · 09-11-2007, 05:17 AM

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HMS Furious

Furious_prewar.jpg cv_hms_furious.jpg
Furious Class

Fleet Carrier (CV) (ex Large Light Cruiser)

Final design:-
Displacement: 22,450 tons standard ; 28,500 tons full load
Dimensions: 735 pp, 786.25 oa x 88 x 27.75 feet
Propulsion: Steam Turbines (18 Yarrow small-tube boilers, 4 shafts, Brown-Curtis geared turbines), 90,000 shp.
Speed: 29.5 knots
Range: 6,000 nmiles at 20 knots
Compliment: 880 (including air group)
Aircraft: 36
Guns: 6 x twin 4 inch ; 4 octuple 2 pdr ; 22 x 20 mm AA

Furious, along with her half-sister ships Courageous and Glorious, was laid down was a large light cruiser mounting 2 18-inch guns on a shallow draught for gunfire support of amphibious operations in the Baltic. Before completion the design was changed to only 1 18-inch gun and a flying-off deck for sea planes at the bow. After completion the remaining 18-inch gun was removed and a landing-on deck added for half the length of the ship.
This short flight deck caused problems with landing and was later extended to the full length of the ship, stopping just short of the forward flying-off deck one level below. Finally a small starboard island was added in 1939.

09-11-2007, 05:17 AM	#2 (permalink)
spidge Super Moderator Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Melbourne Australia Posts: 3,183 You're Top Poster: #3 Awards Showcase Total Awards: 5	Aircraft Carrier HMS Furious From: http://www.btinternet.com/~a.c.walton/navy/rn-cv1.html HMS Furious Furious_prewar.jpg cv_hms_furious.jpg Furious Class Fleet Carrier (CV) (ex Large Light Cruiser) Final design:- Displacement: 22,450 tons standard ; 28,500 tons full load Dimensions: 735 pp, 786.25 oa x 88 x 27.75 feet Propulsion: Steam Turbines (18 Yarrow small-tube boilers, 4 shafts, Brown-Curtis geared turbines), 90,000 shp. Speed: 29.5 knots Range: 6,000 nmiles at 20 knots Compliment: 880 (including air group) Aircraft: 36 Guns: 6 x twin 4 inch ; 4 octuple 2 pdr ; 22 x 20 mm AA Furious, along with her half-sister ships Courageous and Glorious, was laid down was a large light cruiser mounting 2 18-inch guns on a shallow draught for gunfire support of amphibious operations in the Baltic. Before completion the design was changed to only 1 18-inch gun and a flying-off deck for sea planes at the bow. After completion the remaining 18-inch gun was removed and a landing-on deck added for half the length of the ship. This short flight deck caused problems with landing and was later extended to the full length of the ship, stopping just short of the forward flying-off deck one level below. Finally a small starboard island was added in 1939. __________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm Last edited by spidge; 09-11-2007 at 05:38 AM.