AJAX VINTAGE PICTURE LIBRARY. MAY, 1937. SPITHEAD, ENGLAND. - HMS COURAGEOUS, ORIGINALLY LAUNCHED AS A BATTLE-CRUISER IN 1916, CONVERTED TO AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER IN 1924, BECAME TRAINING CARRIER IN 1938, WAS PRESENT AT THE CORONATION FLEET REVIEW AT SPITHEAD ON 20TH MAY, 1937 FOR KING GEORGE VI. FIRST BRITISH WARSHIP TO BE SUNK BY GERMAN SUBMARINE U-29 IN SEPTEMBER 1939 WHILE ON ANTI-SUBMARINE PATROL OFF IRELAND.
PHOTO:AJAX VINTAGE PICTURE LIBRARY
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