Courageous (Courageous Class)
 |
| Laid down | 29th March 1915 |
| Launched | 5th February 1916 |
| Completed | N/A |
| Commissioned | 4th November 1916 |
| Fate | Sunk: 17th September 1939 |
| Builders | Armstrong, Elswick United Kingdom |
| Complement | As battlecruiser: 856 As carrier: 1200 |
| Dimensions | |
|---|---|
| Displacement | As battlecruiser: 19230 tons std 22690 tons max As carrier: 22352 tons std 26518 tons max |
| Dimensions | As battlecruiser: 786' 6" x 80' As carrier: 786' 6" x 90' 6" |
| Draught | 27' 3" |
| Armament | |
| Main guns | As battlecruiser: 4 x 15" (2 x 2) As carrier: 16 x 4.7" |
| Secondary guns | As battlecruiser: 18 x 4" (6 x 3) As carrier: 2 x 4" |
| Torpedo tubes | As battlecruiser: 2 x 21" As carrier: None |
| Other weapons | As battlecruiser: 2 x 3" As carrier: 4 x 2pdr 18 x 2pdr (3 x 6) |
| Countermeasures | None |
| Armour | Belt: 2" - 3" Deck: 0.75" - 1.5" Barbettes: 3" - 7" Turrets: 13" |
| Aircraft Facilities | |
| Aircraft | As battlecruiser: None As carrier: 48 various 16 x Fairey Flycatcher 16 x Blackburn IIIF 16 x Ripon |
| Flightdeck | As battlecruiser: None As carrier: 530' x 84' 6" |
| Hangar | As battlecruiser: None As carrier: 2 x 550' x 72' |
| Catapults | As battlecruiser: None As carrier: None |
| Arrestor system | As battlecruiser: None As carrier: Cross deck wires |
| Aviation fuel | As battlecruiser: None As carrier: 34500 gallons |
| Electronics Fit | |
| Radar | None |
| Sonar | None |
| ECM | None |
| Other | N/A |
| Machinery | |
| Engines | 18 x Yarrow boilers 4 x Parsons steam turbines |
| Power output | 90000shp |
| Speed | 30.5kts |
| Shafts | 4 |
| Range | 5860NM @ 16kts |
| Fuel | 3861 tons oil |
