Description: British Aircraft Carrier Hms Furious, Paperback by Koszela, Witold, ISBN 836667388X, ISBN-13 9788366673885, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US The British Airship Carrier HMS Furious is one of the most unusual units of the Second World War. The ship was designed during the previous conflict as a "great light cruiser" with 457mm guns, but far-reaching changes were made during construction. Furious entered service in June 1917 as aircraft cruiser with a large aircraft deck in the bow and a single turret with a gun of the mentioned caliber in the stern. Thus, Furious made history as one of the precursors of British on-board aviation, becoming a floating platform for various types of trials and tests with airplanes. It quickly turned out that aircraft deck took up the entire bow part and is insufficient to meet the needs of the day-to-day expanding on-board aviation. Therefore, after carrying out only a few patrols on the waters of the North Sea, the ship was returned to the shipyard in the same year, where it underwent further reconstruction. This time, the aft tower and mast were removed and in their place was built another hangar with an aircraft deck, which was connected to the bow with special platforms running on the sides of the preserved superstructures. Since then, Furious was already a powerful aircraft, unfortunately not very successful considering the superstructure with a chimney that occupies the entire amidships, which apart from obviously taking up space, caused air turbulences induced by the huge dimensions and warm exhaust gases coming from the chimney. However, this did not prevent Furious from becoming the hero of the historical event, which was on-board aviation first strike on land targets, which took place on July 19, 1918. The target of the attack was the German Zeppelin base in Tondern, and it was carried out using Sopwith Camel planes taking off from the deck of Furious.
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Book Title: British Aircraft Carrier Hms Furious
Number of Pages: 24 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Kangero, Oficyna Wydawnicza
Topic: Military / Naval, Military / World War I, Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century
Publication Year: 2022
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: History
Item Length: 11.7 in
Author: Witold Koszela
Item Width: 8.3 in
Book Series: Topdrawings Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
