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Photo # NH 77035:  British aircraft carrier Furious, photographed circa 1925

Online Library of Selected Images:
-- SHIPS of the BRITISH NAVY --

HMS Furious (Aircraft Carrier, 1917-1948) --
After Reconstruction


This page features all our 1921-48 views of the British aircraft carrier Furious, and provides links to those taken earlier.

For images of HMS Furious taken in 1917-20, see:

  • HMS Furious (1917-1948).

    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: NH 60971

    HMS Furious
    (British Aircraft Carrier, 1917-1948)

    Photographed soon after completion of her 1921-1925 reconstruction.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 82KB; 740 x 600 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 77035

    HMS Furious
    (British Aircraft Carrier, 1917-1948)

    Photographed after completion of her reconstruction, circa 1925.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 79KB; 740 x 470 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 60976

    HMS Furious
    (British Aircraft Carrier, 1917-1948)

    Photographed after reconstruction, circa 1925.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 64KB; 740 x 450 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 60973

    HMS Furious
    (British Aircraft Carrier, 1917-1948)

    Photographed from astern on 23 November 1925, following reconstruction.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 87KB; 740 x 490 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 69019

    HMS Furious
    (British Aircraft Carrier, 1917-1948)

    Photographed after reconstruction, circa 1926.

    Courtesy of the San Francisco Maritime Museum, San Francisco, California, 1969.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 60KB; 740 x 615 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 85717

    HMS Furious
    (British Aircraft Carrier, 1917-1948)

    At sea, circa 1935-36, with a flight of Blackburn "Baffin" torpedo planes overhead.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 122KB; 740 x 420 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 97641

    HMS Furious
    (British Aircraft Carrier, 1917-1948)

    Office of Naval Intelligence ship recognition drawing, depicting Furious as she appeared during World War II.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 23KB; 740 x 165 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 60974

    HMS Furious
    (British Aircraft Carrier, 1917-1948)

    Sketch, possibly prepared by the Office of Naval Intelligence, showing her anticipated appearance after reconstruction, as understood in May 1923.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 68KB; 740 x 500 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 60975

    HMS Furious
    (British Aircraft Carrier, 1917-1948)

    Fairey III-F aircraft on the flight deck, with Royal Navy and Royal Air Force personnel standing by, circa the late 1920s or early 1930s. Gibraltar is visible in the right background.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 64KB; 740 x 570 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 60977

    HMS Furious
    (British Aircraft Carrier, 1917-1948)

    Fairey III-F aircraft landing on board, circa the early 1930s.
    Note arresting gear wires, elevated rather high above the flight deck.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 74KB; 740 x 570 pixels

     


    In addition to the images presented above, the National Archives appears to hold at least one other view of HMS Furious, taken during World War II. The following list features that image:

    The image listed below is NOT in the Naval Historical Center's collections.
    DO NOT try to obtain it using the procedures described in our page "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions".



  • Photo #: 80-G-15789
    Starboard side surface view of HMS Furious, probably taken while she was under repair at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, circa early 1942. The ship is painted in pattern camouflage.

    Reproductions of this image should be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system for pictures not held by the Naval Historical Center.

    The image listed in this box is NOT in the Naval Historical Center's collections. DO NOT try to obtain it using the procedures described in our page "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions".


  • For images of HMS Furious taken in 1917-20, see:

  • HMS Furious (1917-1948).


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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