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HMS Hermes was a conventional British light aircraft carrier and the last of the Centaur class. Hermes was in service with the Royal Navy from 1959 until 1984, and she served as the flagship of the British forces during the 1982 Falklands War .
HMS Broadsword - hit by IAI Dagger cannon fire, later damaged by bomb from Douglas A-4B Skyhawk - Moderate Damage. Captain W.R. Canning; Type 21 frigates HMS Antelope returning to San Carlos, 23 May 1982. HMS Active. Commander P.C.B. Canter; HMS Alacrity - sank Argentine transport ship ARA Isla de los Estados. Slightly damaged by bomb.
HMS Hermes: 829 NAS: Wasp HAS.1: 9 (HMS Endurance, HMS Bristol, Leander-class & Type 12 frigates) 845 NAS: Wessex HU.5 15 2 RFA Tidespring, Tidepool, Fort Austin & Port San Carlos: 846 NAS: Sea King HC.4 15 3 HMS Hermes, Fearless class, SS Canberra, Elk & Norland: 847 NAS: Wessex HU.5 24 SS Atlantic Causeway, RFA Engadine & Port San Carlos: 848 ...
HMS Hermes (R12) ex-Elephant: 42 27,800 long tons (28,246 t) 4 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, Parsons geared turbines 21 June 1944 November 1959 Sold to India April 1986, as INS Viraat, decommissioned. [1] HMS Hermes: 42 27,800 long tons (28,246 t) 4 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, Parsons geared turbines 21 June 1944
Hermes was fitted with longitudinal arresting gear. [6] A large crane was positioned behind the island. Because of her size, the ship was able to carry only about 20 aircraft. Bulk petrol storage consisted of 7,000 imperial gallons (32,000 L; 8,400 US gal). The ship's crew totalled 33 officers and 533 men, exclusive of the air group, in 1939. [13]
INS Viraat was originally commissioned by the British Royal Navy as HMS Hermes on 18 November 1959, 15 years after she was laid down in June 1944. She served as the flagship of the Royal Navy's task force during the Falklands War in 1982 and was decommissioned from active duty in 1985.
She was the fifth warship and second aircraft carrier to bear the name Illustrious, and was affectionately known to her crew as "Lusty". In 1982, the conflict in the Falklands necessitated that Illustrious be completed and rushed south to join her sister ship HMS Invincible and the veteran carrier HMS Hermes. To this end, she was brought ...
David Henry Spencer Morgan DSC (born 29 December 1947) is a former British Royal Navy and Royal Air Force (RAF) pilot who flew on attachment to the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm during the Falklands War in 1982 where he became the most successful British fighter pilot of the conflict and was also involved in the last dogfight by British fighter pilots in which enemy aircraft were destroyed.