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Argus 1919

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Argus (ex-Conte Rosso)	N96, 49, D49	611	Beardmore, Dalmuir	6.1914	2.12.1917	9.1918	hulk 8.1944

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	14550
Displacement full, t	15750
Length, m	172.5
Breadth, m	20.7
Draught, m	6.4
No of shafts	4
Machinery	4 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 12 cylindrical boilers
Power, h. p.	20000
Max speed, kts	20
Fuel, t	2000 oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	7000(15)
Armour, mm	magazines: 51
Armament	6 x 1 - 102/45 QF Mk V, 20 aircraft (Pup, Camel fighters, 11.2-strutter recon planes, Cuckoo torpedo bombers)
Complement	401

Air group

Year	Fighters	torpedo bombers	recon planes	Seaplanes
1/1920	4 Camel	---	8 11.2-Strutter, 2 Walrus	2 Fairey III
1921	---	---	10 Panther	3 Fairey IIIC
7.1938	---	14 Swordfish	---	---
8.1940	---	3 Swordfish	---	---
4.1941	---	12 Swordfish	---	---
5.1941	3 Fulmar	---	---	---
8.1941	2 Martlet	---	---	---
11.1941	4 Fulmar, 2 Sea Hurricane	4 Swordfish	---	---
1.1942	4 Fulmar	4 Swordfish	---	---
10.1942	18 Seafire IIC	---	---	---

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ARGUS aircraft carrier (1918)