FURIOUS [ video
](15 August, 1916) Late Cruiser
Displacement: 22,500 tons (about 28,450 tons full load)
Complement: 1,100
Length: (p.p.) 735 ft, (o.a.) 786.3
ft
Beam: 89.7 ft
Draught: 21.6 ft (mean), 25 ft (max.)
Aircraft: 33
Guns:
10 - 5.5 inch AA
6 - 4 inch AA
50 smaller
Armour:
3" belt (amidships)
2" belt (bow)
3" - 2" bulkheads F. & A.
1" decks (H.T. at stern)
3" - 1.5" decks (H.T. at stern)
Anti-Torp protection:
shallow bulges
1" H.T. vertical
Machinery: (by Wallsend Co.) Brown-Curtis (all geared) turbines.
4 shafts. Designed H.P.: 90,000 = about 31 kts. Boilers: 18 Yarrow
Fuel: (oil only): 4010 tons. Trials: 90,820. |
Armour notes: 3" belt consists of 2" plating
over 1" shell plating, as in Light Cruisers.
General notes: Built under Emergency War Programme, by
Armstrong Whitworth. Begun June, 1915; completed July, 1917:
re-built November, 1917, March, 1918. Designed as a modified
Courageous but altered to Aircraft Carrier. Since conversion,
she is said to be rather light, and is good now for 32-33 kts.
Including cost of alterations, this ship is said to have absorbed
over six million pounds. Underwent re-fit and alteration at H.M.
Dockyards, Rosyth and Devonport, 1921-25, after which her appearance
was completely altered, the funnel and mast being removed and
a new hangar built forward. Smoke is discharged from vents at
after end of hangar, or alternatively through flight deck, which
measures 700 x 80 feet. Height of flight deck from water line
is 75 feet. There are 2 hydraulic lifts from hangars to flight
deck. |
