Courageous Class Battlecruisers Class Overview |
Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Armstrong Whitworth & Co. Ltd. Newcastle-on-Tyne, England |
Feb. 5, 1916 |
Nov. 4, 1916 |
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Fate |
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Sunk Sept. 17, 1939 by U-29 (torpedo).
Location: North Atlantic, 350 miles west of Land's End, England. (50.10N - 14.45W) 518 crewmen were killed, 741 survivors picked up by SS Veendam and SS Collingsworth. *Converted into an aircraft carrier 1924-1928. |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Harland & Wolff Ltd. Belfast, Ireland |
Apr. 20, 1916 |
Oct. 14, 1917 |
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Fate |
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Sunk June 8, 1940 by the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau.
Location: Norwegian Sea, 324 miles west of Narvik, Norway. (68.45N - 04.30E) 1,523 crewmen and Fleet Air Arm men killed, 43 survivors. *Converted into an aircraft carrier 1924-1930. Note: HMS Ardent and HMS Acasta were also lost in this action. |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Armstrong Whitworth & Co. Ltd. Newcastle-on-Tyne, England |
Aug. 15, 1916 |
Oct. 14, 1917 |
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Fate |
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Sold to Arnott Young on Jan. 23, 1948. Stripped at Dalmuir, Scotland and hull
scrapped at Troon, Scotland in 1948-49. *Laid down as a battlecruiser but completed as an aircraft carrier. |
Class Notes: |
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The main turrets and guns from Courageous and Glorious were installed on HMS Vanguard. |