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[Kopfdorfer]

Here they are. They lived hard and fast and died young, showing the way forward for future  RN aircraft carriers :

HMS Courageous


HMS Glorious


Courageous Class    :  HMS  Courageous and Glorious (two of the finest names , too!)

HMS Courageous sunk Sept 17, 1939 by U29



HMS Glorious sunk by Gneisenau and Scharnhorst 8 June 1940


Aren't they beautiful in their homeliness?!

Torpedo Swordy

Recon Swordy



Specifications :
General characteristics (Glorious and Courageous as completed)

Type:    Aircraft carrier
Displacement:    24,210 long tons (24,600 t) (normal)
26,990 long tons (27,420 t) (deep load)
Length:    735 ft 1.5 in (224.1 m) (p/p)
786 ft 9 in (239.8 m) (o/a)
Beam:    90 ft 6 in (27.6 m) (at waterline)
Draught:    27.75 ft (8.5 m)
Installed power:    90,000 shp (67,000 kW)
Propulsion:    4 shafts, 4 Parsons geared steam turbines
18 Yarrow boilers
Speed:    30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range:    5,860 nmi (10,850 km; 6,740 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement:    814 + 403 air group (1938)
Armament:    16 × 1 – QF 4.7-inch (120-mm) Mark VIII anti-aircraft (AA) guns
Armour:    Belt: 2–3 in (51–76 mm)
Decks: .75–1 in (19–25 mm)
Bulkhead: 2–3 in (51–76 mm)
Torpedo bulkheads: 1–1.5 in (25–38 mm)
Aircraft carried:    48

In "Glorious" Colour





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Hope you like 'em a bit homely like me!



Kopfdorfer

[Pursuivant]

Critical to ship modeling, but very hard to find online, are hull cross sectional views. Those are necessary for getting the ship's hull shape correct. You can't make a good ship model without them.

[asheshouse]

I have been trying to find good modelling plans for Glorious, Courageous, or Furious (the third of the class) but so far I've not found any good enough. 

[Kopfdorfer]

Just updated a few images and added a cross sectional cutaway - I know it's not enough to base a mod on , but hey it's a bit of progress.


Kopfdorfer

[Joberg]

I would also love to see these in-game

[asheshouse]

Just updated a few images and added a cross sectional cutaway - I know it's not enough to base a mod on , but hey it's a bit of progress.
Kopfdorfer

It all helps. Those elevation drawings look useful. I will be saving those. I would like to do one of these, probably starting with HMS Furious since she had longer service, but I have no idea when I will get time. Too many other distractions, and part complete projects, .

The cross section is of no value for WWII version. Large bulges were added to improve stability when converted to a carrier.

[GerritJ9]

Ah, Fisher's Follies, known as "Spurious", "Outrageous", "Uproarious" when they entered service