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spidge · 09-11-2007, 05:32 AM

From: http://www.btinternet.com/~a.c.walton/navy/rn-cv1.html

Hermes Class

Fleet Carrier (CV)

3.jpg hermes1.jpg

Displacement: 11,024 tons standard ; 13,208 tons full load
Dimensions: 548 pp, 600 oa x 70.25 x 21.5 feet
Propulsion: Steam Turbines (6 Yarrow small-tube boilers, 2 shafts, Parsons geared turbines), 40,000 shp.
Speed: 25 knots
Compliment: 664 (including air group)
Aircraft: 20
Guns: 6 x 5.5 inch ; 3 x 4 inch ; 2 quad 0.5 inch (added 1934)

The first purpose built aircraft carrier in the world. The design was based on that of a cruiser and the ship was intended for a similar scouting role. Stability problems were caused by the large starboard island with fuel having to be carefully distributed to balance the ship.

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spidge Super Moderator Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Melbourne Australia Posts: 3,183 You're Top Poster: #3 Awards Showcase Total Awards: 5	British Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes From: http://www.btinternet.com/~a.c.walton/navy/rn-cv1.html Hermes Class Fleet Carrier (CV) 3.jpg hermes1.jpg Displacement: 11,024 tons standard ; 13,208 tons full load Dimensions: 548 pp, 600 oa x 70.25 x 21.5 feet Propulsion: Steam Turbines (6 Yarrow small-tube boilers, 2 shafts, Parsons geared turbines), 40,000 shp. Speed: 25 knots Compliment: 664 (including air group) Aircraft: 20 Guns: 6 x 5.5 inch ; 3 x 4 inch ; 2 quad 0.5 inch (added 1934) The first purpose built aircraft carrier in the world. The design was based on that of a cruiser and the ship was intended for a similar scouting role. Stability problems were caused by the large starboard island with fuel having to be carefully distributed to balance the ship. __________________ 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 05:50 AM.