1917 to 1948
47 HMS Furious
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1915-jun-08 | Laid down | Laid down as a Light Battlecruiser but design altered during build. | | 1916-aug-15 | Launched | Launched with forward gun turret removed and replaced by a hangar and flight deck, sloping towards the prow. | | 1917 | Commissioned | Commissioned work completed on 4 Jul 1917. | | 1917-aug-02 | Trials | Trials first ever deck landing on a carrier. | | 1919-nov-21 | Refit | Refit HMD Rosyth entered Rosyth for a period in reserve, before a refit essentially stripped her back and rebuilt her asa flush-deck carrier. | | 1926-may-06 | Deployment | Deployment performed first ever deck landing at night of a 462 Flt Blackburn Dart. | | 1935-sep-09 | Trials | Trials first rotary wing landing on a British carrier underway, conducted by Avro Rota K4230. | | 1948 | Decommissioned | Decommissioned | |
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