Courageous Class Battlecruisers Class Overview


Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Armstrong Whitworth & Co. Ltd.
Newcastle-on-Tyne, England

Feb. 5, 1916
Nov. 4, 1916
Fate
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.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Harland & Wolff Ltd.
Belfast, Ireland

Apr. 20, 1916
Oct. 14, 1917
Fate
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.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Armstrong Whitworth & Co. Ltd.
Newcastle-on-Tyne, England

Aug. 15, 1916
Oct. 14, 1917
Fate
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:
The main turrets and guns from Courageous and Glorious were installed on HMS Vanguard.