The first Carrier, HMS Argus

Funny. I just shut down the sim after a couple hours of bouncing Swordfishes, Seafires and Martlets off of Argus. A bit harder to get the cut right with no island for a vertical reference. I've found lots of shots of the port side in her 1918 dazzle paint, but none of the starboard side, and none at all of her in '39-44. The paint she's in as released is from the 1922-23 period. Off to the paint shop shortly.
The Argus was really a very interesting ship, as I read further. Many innovative features, and she was the only British carrier in WW.II that could strike any aircraft in inventory, and her complete air wing below decks, even if the air group was only 10 or 11 aircraft. She could also make 20kts, fairly decent for a WW.I vintage ship. Nice model, great fun.
 
Perhaps a bit more sophisticated than the USN "Covered Wagon"... Langley, our first carrier and first carrier (Ok demoted) war loss.

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Poor old Langley. She gave sterling service. The collier Jupiter was picked mostly as she was redundant, cheap and big. Still fairly advanced fot the day, she featured turbo-electric propusion, I thought I remembered reading that the Proteus class were the first large class of ships fitted with turbo electric machinery. Also interesting, of the 4 proteus class colliers Proteus, Cyclops and Nereus were lost with all hands without a trace in the same area- the putative 'bermuda Triangle'. Cyclops in the First World War, Nereus and Proteus(then a Canadian flagged merchantman) in the Second. No claims were made by U-boats that could correspond to the loss of the ships.
One of Langleys odd features was a homing pigeon loft astern between the 5inch guns, later converted to officers quarters. The original bird farm.
 
lazarus said:
Funny. I just shut down the sim after a couple hours of bouncing Swordfishes, Seafires and Martlets off of Argus. A bit harder to get the cut right with no island for a vertical reference. I've found lots of shots of the port side in her 1918 dazzle paint, but none of the starboard side, and none at all of her in '39-44. The paint she's in as released is from the 1922-23 period. Off to the paint shop shortly.
The Argus was really a very interesting ship, as I read further. Many innovative features, and she was the only British carrier in WW.II that could strike any aircraft in inventory, and her complete air wing below decks, even if the air group was only 10 or 11 aircraft. She could also make 20kts, fairly decent for a WW.I vintage ship. Nice model, great fun.
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I don't think she was repainted during WWII still similar pattern as pre-war - 1943 photo of starboard side - http://www.maritimequest.com/warshi...es/aircraft_carriers/hms_argus_d49_page_3.htm
 
That makes it easy then. The textures really do need some help. Try flying off David's Camel. Uncle Ted has a few nice 20's/30's types- Ospreys and IIIF's. And I'll have to look at that Baffin.
 
Have a look on page 2 for others from 1943 and the bottom photo on page 1 for a 1920s starboard view of similar paint scheme as per the 1940s.
 
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