#hms courageous

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HMS Courageous, the "Large Light Cruiser" designed after Parliament told Jackie Fisher to stop building battle cruisers.

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A British Blackburn Skua fighter takes off from the deck of the aircraft carrier HMS Courageous. 1939

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A British Fairey torpedo aircraft is launched from the deck of the HMS Courageous - Mediterranean 1941

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A Hawker Nimrod fighter on the deck of the British aircraft carrier HMS Courageous. 1939

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A stirring depiction of the Royal Navy aircraft carrier, HMS Courageous (50), after being torpedoed by German submarine KMS U-29 under Kptlt. Otto Schuhart, on 17 September 1939, some 84 years ago today.

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HMS Courageous began life as a light battlecruiser for WW1 and was converted to an aircraft carrier before WW2 - she was sunk by U-29 in September 1939.

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hms Courageous seen with Blackburn Shark torpedo bombers

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HMS Furious with half-sisters, Glorious & Courageous