A newly-landed Ripon awaits striking-down

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Blackburn Ripon / T.5 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1926

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Blackburn Shark / B-6 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1933

Sister ship to Glorious, Courageous was built as a large cruiser for operations in the Baltic and saw limited action in the North Sea during World War One. With the end of the war, little use could be found for its eccentric design and it was earmarked for conversion to an aircraft carrier on similar lines to Furious which was already in service in this role.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Fairey Gordon / Seal - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1931

A Blackburn Dart drops its torpedo

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Blackburn Swift T.1 / Dart T.2 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1920

A slip flight Flycatcher takes off from the hangar deck

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Fairey Flycatcher - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1922

Three Fairey III F's and three Fairey Flycatchers lined up on the top flying deck. Here again one can get a good idea of the size of this deck, and can see that the landing and taking-off space available is considerably larger than many of the landing fields used by some of our joyriding firms who operate without a constant wind speed over their fields such as can be provided here at will.
Flycatcher S1287, upon which the author's reproduction is based, on HMS Glorious in January 1930.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Fairey Fairey IIIF - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1926Fairey Flycatcher - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1922

A trio of No.800 Squadron's Nimrods, K2840(103), S1582(102) and K2826(106) over Courageous

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Hawker Nimrod - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1931