Ships of the Royal Navy . fall flush with the deck. Twenty aeroplanes can be stowed in the hangar which isdivided into four sections by fire-proof screens, and communicates with the flying deck by means of twolifts. Amidships are wind-breaking pallisades which can be raised to protect machines on deck, and twoderricks are fitted amidships and two cranes aft for lifting aircraft from the water. The hull containslarge carpenters and engineers workships, fully equipped for the maintenance and repair of aircraft;torpedoes and bombs for the aeroplanes are stored so that she is fitted in every way a
Ships of the Royal Navy . fall flush with the deck. Twenty aeroplanes can be stowed in the hangar which isdivided into four sections by fire-proof screens, and communicates with the flying deck by means of twolifts. Amidships are wind-breaking pallisades which can be raised to protect machines on deck, and twoderricks are fitted amidships and two cranes aft for lifting aircraft from the water. The hull containslarge carpenters and engineers workships, fully equipped for the maintenance and repair of aircraft;torpedoes and bombs for the aeroplanes are stored so that she is fitted in every way as a floating hangarand aerodrome, and as such has proved very successful. Dimensions.—565 x 68 x 21 feet (mean) = 14,450 tons displacement. Armament.—Two 4-inch ; four 4-inch No torpedo tubes. Machinery.—Turbines of 22,000 driving four screws = 20J knots. Twelve boilers. Fuel =2,000 tons oil. Complement 360 plus Appearance.—Differs from all the other carriers in having no funnels or mast. no. Argus. in
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