1917 to 1948    

47 HMS Furious

UK Royal Navy





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Shipyard: Vickers-Armstrong





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History of UK HMS Furious 47

1915-jun-08Laid downLaid down as a Light Battlecruiser but design altered during build.
1916-aug-15LaunchedLaunched with forward gun turret removed and replaced by a hangar and flight deck, sloping towards the prow.
1917CommissionedCommissioned work completed on 4 Jul 1917.
1917-aug-02TrialsTrials first ever deck landing on a carrier.
1919-nov-21RefitRefit 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-06DeploymentDeployment performed first ever deck landing at night of a 462 Flt Blackburn Dart.
1935-sep-09TrialsTrials first rotary wing landing on a British carrier underway, conducted by Avro Rota K4230.
1948DecommissionedDecommissioned



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