HMS Hermes |
Type: |
Aircraft Carrier |
Class: |
Hermes |
Builder: |
Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Company Ltd. Newcastle-on-Tyne, England |
Pennant Number: |
I-95 |
Ordered: |
July 1917 |
Launched: |
September 11, 1919 |
Keel Laid: |
January 15, 1918 |
Completed: |
February 19, 1924 |
Fate: |
Sunk Apr. 9, 1942 by Japanese carrier based aircraft from Akagi, Hiryu and Soryu. Location: Indian Ocean, 45 miles northeast of Batticaloa, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). (07.50N - 81.49E) 307 crewmen killed, unknown number of survivors. |
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Page published Jan. 29, 2007 |