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|launch=5 Feb, 1916{{Conways1906|p. 39}}
 
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|builder=[[Armstrong]], Elswick{{Conways1906|p. 39}}
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|builder=[[Armstrong, Whitworth & Company]], Elswick{{Conways1906|p. 39}}
 
|laid=28 Mar, 1915{{Conways1906|p. 39}}
 
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Stiffening was worked into both ''Courageous'' and her sister ship ''Glorious'' at the first opportunity.<ref>''Records of Warship Construction during the War.  1914&mdash;1918''.  '''Volume I.'''  ADM 1/8547/430.  f. 102.</ref>
 
Stiffening was worked into both ''Courageous'' and her sister ship ''Glorious'' at the first opportunity.<ref>''Records of Warship Construction during the War.  1914&mdash;1918''.  '''Volume I.'''  ADM 1/8547/430.  f. 102.</ref>
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She recommissioned at Rosyth on 4 December, 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 752}}
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She paid off into Dockyard Control in Devonport on 27 June, 1924.{{NLJul27|p. 228}}
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''Courageous'' commissioned at Devonport on 21 February, 1928 for service in the Mediterranean.  She embarked a Headquarters Flight under Wing Commander R. Leckie in addition to Flights 404, 407, 445, 446, 463 and 464.{{NLFeb29|p. 228}}
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She re-commissioned at Devonport on 12 August, 1930.{{NLJan33|p. 225}}
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She was involved in a collision with the {{UK-Winchester|f=t}} in 1931.<ref>Coombs Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/213.|D7604625}} f. ?.</ref>
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Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 2 May, 1933.  By mid-1934, she had Fighter Squadrons 800 and 802, Torpedo Bomber Squadrons 810 and 811, and Search/Reconnaissance Squadrons 820, 821 and 823 embarked.{{NLJul34|pp. 225-6}}
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She completed to Full Complement on 2 June 1936 for service in the Home Fleet.{{NLJul37|pp. 225-6}}
  
 
==Alterations==
 
==Alterations==
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==Captains==
 
==Captains==
Dates of appointment given:
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Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
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<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Courageous''">
*{{CaptRN}} [[Arthur Bromley, Eighth Baronet|Arthur Bromley]], 8 September, 1916.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1918)p. 767.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Bromley, Eighth Baronet|nick=Arthur Bromley|appt=8 September, 1916{{NLFeb19|p. 767}}|end=8 February, 1919<ref>Bromley Service record{{TNA|196/44.}} f. 239.</ref>|precBy=New Command|note=and as Flag Captain}}
*Captain [[Charles Blois Miller]], in command at end of war.{{CN}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Guy Dalrymple Fanshawe|nick=Guy D. Fanshawe|appt=19 March, 1919|end=17 April, 1919|note=temporary}}
*Captain [[Harold Douglas Briggs]], November 1919.{{MackieRNW}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Arthur Hugh Oldham|nick=Arthur H. Oldham|appt=17 April, 1919<ref>Oldham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/187.|D7602526}} f. 201.</ref>{{NLJun19|p. 767}}|end=9 July, 1919<ref>Oldham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/187.|D7602526}} f. 201.</ref>}}
*Captain [[Sidney Julius Meyrick]], 6 January 1920.<ref>''The Monthly Navy List'', (December 1920)p. 752.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frederick Cathcart Guy St. Clair|nick=Frederick C. G. St. Clair|appt=9 July, 1919|end=December, 1919}}
*Captain [[John Moore Casement]], August 1921.{{MackieRNW}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Harold Douglas Briggs|nick=Harold D. Briggs|appt=December, 1919<ref>Briggs Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/421.|}} f. 427.</ref>|end=7 January, 1920<ref>Briggs Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/421.|}} f. 427.</ref>}}
*Captain [[Thomas Norman James]], October 1923.{{MackieRNW}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Sidney Julius Meyrick|nick=Sidney J. Meyrick|appt=6 January, 1920{{NLDec20|p. 752}}{{NavAppts|Monday, January 5, 1920, Issue 42299, p.21}}|end=4 May, 1921|note=and as Flag Captain to R/A/ Fowler}}
*Captain [[Aubrey Lambert]], March 1927.{{MackieRNW}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Cloudesly Shovel Hughes D'Aeth|nick=Arthur C. S. H. D'Aeth|appt=4 May, 1921<ref>D'Aeth Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}}  f. 49.</ref>|end=2 August, 1921<ref>D'Aeth Service Record{{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}}  f. 49.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain to R/A Greatorex}}
*Captain [[Henry John Studholme Brownrigg]], April 1929.{{MackieRNW}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Moore Casement|nick=John M. Casement|appt=2 August, 1921{{NLJan23|p. 743}}|end=|note=and as Flag Captain to V/A Nicholson}}
 
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Thomas Norman James|nick=Thomas N. James|appt=3 October, 1923<ref>James Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603284}} f. 32.</ref>|end=24 April, 1924<ref>James Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603284}} f. 32.</ref>}}
More data at Colin Mackie's website.{{MackieRNW}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Thomas Norman James|nick=Thomas N. James|appt=29 April, 1924<ref>James Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603284}} f. 32.</ref>|end=29 April, 1924<ref>James Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603284}} f. 32.</ref>|note=loaned from {{UK-Centurion}} for a single day for passage to Devonport!}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Aubrey Lambert|nick=Aubrey Lambert|appt=15 March, 1927{{NLFeb29|p. 228}}|end=May, 1929|note=and for duty with {{UK-Glorious}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry John Studholme Brownrigg|nick=Henry J. S. Brownrigg|appt=May, 1929<ref>Brownrigg Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47.}}  f. 231.</ref>|end=9 May, 1930<ref>Brownrigg Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.}}  f. 231.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Alfred Headley Norman|nick=Alfred H. Norman|appt=9 May, 1930|end=12 August, 1930|note=temporary}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Everard John Hardman-Jones|nick=Everard J. Hardman-Jones|appt=12 August, 1930<ref>Hardman-Jones Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|D7603658}} f. 152.</ref>|end=17 December, 1930<ref>Hardman-Jones Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|D7603658}} f. 152.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Cloudesley Varyl Robinson|nick=Cloudesley V. Robinson|appt=17 December, 1930{{NLJul31|p. 226}}|end=16 August, 1932|note=and Flag Captain and C.S.O. to R/A Henderson from 21 September, 1931}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frank Elliott|nick=Frank Elliott|appt=16 August, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 225}}<ref>Elliott Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/30.}} f. 186.</ref>|end=15 May, 1933<ref>Elliott Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/30.}} f. 186.</ref>|note=and Flag Captain and C.S.O. to R/A Henderson}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Brian Egerton|nick=Brian Egerton|appt=2 May, 1933{{NLJul34|p. 225}}<ref>Egerton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/46.|D7604458}} f. 194.</ref>|end=May, 1934|note=and as Chief Staff Officer}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Maitland Walter Sabine Boucher|nick=Maitland W. S. Boucher|appt=4 May, 1935{{NLJul37|p. 225}}<ref>Boucher Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/63.|D7605150}} f. 421.</ref>|end=31 July, 1937<ref>Boucher Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/63.|D7605150}} f. 421.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Arthur Aiskew Larcom|nick=Charles A. A. Larcom|appt=31 July, 1937|end=1 February, 1939|note=and Flag Captain and C.S.O. to R/A Aircraft Carriers}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Marshal Llewelyn Clarke|nick=Marshal L. Clarke|appt=25 January, 1939{{NLMay39|p. 269}}|end=mid May, 1939}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Stanley Edward Norfolk|nick=Stanley E. Norfolk|appt=16 May, 1939<ref>Norfolk Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/120/164.|}} f. 164.</ref>|end=22 July, 1939<ref>Norfolk Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/120/164.|}} f. 164.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Tofield Makeig-Jones|nick=William T. Makeig-Jones|appt=24 July, 1939|end=17 September, 1939{{MackieRNW}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=died when ship lost}}
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Latest revision as of 20:46, 23 June 2021

H.M.S. Courageous (1916)
Pendant Number: 51 (Jan 1918)
94 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Armstrong, Whitworth & Company, Elswick[2]
Laid down: 28 Mar, 1915[3]
Launched: 5 Feb, 1916[4]
Commissioned: Jan, 1917[5]
Torpedoed: 17 Sep, 1939[6]
Fate: by U 29[7]

Service

While working up for full-power trials off May Island on the night of 8 January, 1917, was damaged while being driven at 30 knots when the wind force was 6-8 (Strong Breeze to a Gale). The damage was:

The forecastle deck between the breakwater and "A" turret was severely buckled, and the side plating buckled between upper and forecastle deck; also the oil-fuel tanks and reserve feed tanks and reserve feed tanks were reported to be leaking.

Stiffening was worked into both Courageous and her sister ship Glorious at the first opportunity.[8]

She recommissioned at Rosyth on 4 December, 1919.[9]

She paid off into Dockyard Control in Devonport on 27 June, 1924.[10]

Courageous commissioned at Devonport on 21 February, 1928 for service in the Mediterranean. She embarked a Headquarters Flight under Wing Commander R. Leckie in addition to Flights 404, 407, 445, 446, 463 and 464.[11]

She re-commissioned at Devonport on 12 August, 1930.[12]

She was involved in a collision with the destroyer Winchester in 1931.[13]

Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 2 May, 1933. By mid-1934, she had Fighter Squadrons 800 and 802, Torpedo Bomber Squadrons 810 and 811, and Search/Reconnaissance Squadrons 820, 821 and 823 embarked.[14]

She completed to Full Complement on 2 June 1936 for service in the Home Fleet.[15]

Alterations

Her secondary battery directors were installed in November, 1916, prior to her commissioning.[16]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 37.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 39.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 39.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 39.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 39.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 39.
  7. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 37.
  8. Records of Warship Construction during the War. 1914—1918. Volume I. ADM 1/8547/430. f. 102.
  9. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 752.
  10. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 228.
  11. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 228.
  12. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 225.
  13. Coombs Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/213. f. ?.
  14. The Navy List. (July, 1934). pp. 225-6.
  15. The Navy List. (July, 1937). pp. 225-6.
  16. The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in H.M. Ships. p. 16.
  17. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 767.
  18. Bromley Service record. The National Archives. 196/44. f. 239.
  19. Oldham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/187. f. 201.
  20. The Navy List. (June, 1919). p. 767.
  21. Oldham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/187. f. 201.
  22. Briggs Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/421. f. 427.
  23. Briggs Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/421. f. 427.
  24. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 752.
  25. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Monday, January 5, 1920, Issue 42299, p.21.
  26. D'Aeth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 49.
  27. D'Aeth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 49.
  28. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 743.
  29. James Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 32.
  30. James Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 32.
  31. James Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 32.
  32. James Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 32.
  33. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 228.
  34. Brownrigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 231.
  35. Brownrigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 231.
  36. Hardman-Jones Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 152.
  37. Hardman-Jones Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 152.
  38. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 226.
  39. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 225.
  40. Elliott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/30. f. 186.
  41. Elliott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/30. f. 186.
  42. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 225.
  43. Egerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/46. f. 194.
  44. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 225.
  45. Boucher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/63. f. 421.
  46. Boucher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/63. f. 421.
  47. The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 269.
  48. Norfolk Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/120/164. f. 164.
  49. Norfolk Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/120/164. f. 164.
  50. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

Bibliography

See Also


Courageous Class Battlecruiser
  Courageous Glorious  
<– Renown Class Major Cruisers (UK) H.M.S. Furious –>