Sea Weapons

Fleet Carrier (1928)

Courageous class

HMS Courageous (50)
HMS Courageous (1939)

Preceded by:

Eagle (1924)

Succeeded by:

Ark Royal (1938)

Datafile

ClassCourageous
TypeFleet Carrier
Year1928
Crew1216
Dimensions
Length224.0 m (pp)
239.8 m
Beam27.6 m
Draught8.5 m - 8.5 m
Displacement
Empty22,500 t
Loaded27,400-27,560 t
Performance
Speed56 km/h
Range13,853 km @ 19 km/h
Machinery
Shafts4
Turbines4 x Geared steam
72,500 hp
Parsons
Boilers18 x Yarrow
FuelOil: 3,450-3,685 t
Armament
Main16 x 119-mm/43 (16 x 1)
QF 4.7"/43 Mk. VIII
-5° / +50°

Anti-Aircraft4 x 40-mm (4 x 1)
QF 2-pdr Mk. II
Armor
Belt76 mm
Aircraft
Aircraft48
Production
Built1
Total2

Registry

Ship Code Builder Laid Launch Comm Decomm Fate
Courageous 50 Armstrong28/03/191505/02/191605/05/192817/09/1939 Loss by submarine
Glorious 77 Harland & Wolff01/05/191520/04/191610/03/193008/06/1940 Loss by surface ship

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