The Courageous class consisted of three battlecruisers known as "large light cruisers" built for the Royal Navy during the First World War. The class was nominally designed to support the Baltic Proje
Courageous as a battlecruiser during the First World War
Right elevation and plan view of the Courageous class from Brassey's Naval Annual 1923
Furious had a single 18-inch gun fitted
Furious as originally completed
HMS Furious (47)
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HMS Furious was a modified Courageous-class battlecruiser built for the Royal Navy during the First World War. Designed to support the Baltic Project championed by the First Sea Lord, Lord Fisher, the
Courageous-class battlecruiser
…in the Second Battle of Heligoland Bight in November 1917 and were present when the High Seas Fleet surrendered a year later. Their half-sister Furious was designed with a pair of 18-inch (457 mm) guns, the largest guns ever fitted on a ship of the Royal Navy, but was modified during construction to…
Furious circa 1935–1936
Furious seen in 1918, after being fitted with an aft landing deck