Class | Courageous |
Type | Fleet Carrier |
Year | 1928 |
Crew | 1216 |
Dimensions | |
Length | 224.0 m (pp) 239.8 m |
Beam | 27.6 m |
Draught | 8.5 m - 8.5 m |
Displacement | |
Empty | 22,500 t |
Loaded | 27,400-27,560 t |
Performance | |
Speed | 56 km/h |
Range | 13,853 km @ 19 km/h |
Machinery | |
Shafts | 4 |
Turbines | 4 x Geared steam 72,500 hp Parsons |
Boilers | 18 x Yarrow |
Fuel | Oil: 3,450-3,685 t |
Armament | |
Main | 16 x 119-mm/43 (16 x 1) QF 4.7"/43 Mk. VIII -5° / +50° |
Anti-Aircraft | 4 x 40-mm (4 x 1) QF 2-pdr Mk. II |
Armor | |
Belt | 76 mm |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft | 48 |
Production | |
Built | 1 |
Total | 2 |
Ship | Code | Builder | Laid | Launch | Comm | Decomm | Fate | ||
Courageous † | 50 | Armstrong | 28/03/1915 | 05/02/1916 | 05/05/1928 | 17/09/1939 | † | Loss by submarine | |
Glorious † | 77 | Harland & Wolff | 01/05/1915 | 20/04/1916 | 10/03/1930 | 08/06/1940 | † | Loss by surface ship |