HMS Courageous (50)
| Career | 
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|---|---|
| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | 18 March 1915 |
| Launched: | 5 February 1916 |
| Commissioned: | January 1917 |
| Converted to aircraft carrier: | June 1924ÃÂÃÂMay 1928 |
| Fate: | Sunk by U Boat on 17 September 1939 |
| Struck: | |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 26,518 tons full load |
| Length: | 786.5 feet |
| Beam: | 27.75 feet |
| Draught: | |
| Propulsion: | 18 Yarrow small tube boilers, Parson geared turbines producing 90,000 shp driving four shafts |
| Speed: | 30.5 knots |
| Range: | 5,860 miles at 16 knots |
| Complement: | 1200 |
| Armament: | 16 4.7-inch Four single 4-pdrs |
| Aircraft: | 48 |
| Motto: | |
HMS Courageous was an aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy. It was converted from an unsuccessful design officially described as a "large light cruiser". It was the first major warship of the RN to be lost during World War II, being sunk by a U Boat on 17 September 1939 in the western approaches.
| Glorious class aircraft carrier |
| Glorious | Courageous |
| List of aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy |
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