Comments on: Who was responsible for creating the pre-war aircraft carriers? http://www.historynet.com/who-was-responsible-for-creating-the-pre-war-aircraft-carriers.htm From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Sun, 19 May 2013 20:50:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Arthur http://www.historynet.com/who-was-responsible-for-creating-the-pre-war-aircraft-carriers.htm#comment-824048 Arthur Sat, 10 Nov 2012 05:15:58 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13686015#comment-824048 Great article sire, Sadly the first Aircraft Carrier was built by the British and called HMS Hermes & Ark Royal (Built from the keel-up). Other British carriers were either converted Courageous-Class cruisers in order to circumvent the Washington Naval Treaty (Furious, Glorious, & Courageous); The Chilean Battleship Admirante Cochrane (HMS Eagle), and an Italitan Ocean Liner Conte Rosso (HMS Argus). It is reported that HMS Hermes inspired the design and commission of the Japanese carrier Hosho; and that HMS Argus, although being the first ship with a dedicated deck for storage and flight operations, was relegated to the operation of "Remote Controlled aircraft" (The first was flown by the RFC in 1917 for the purpose of target practice) From the mid-late 1800's, the world's military viewed powered flight with amazement and could only dream at the potential opportunities that it offered. From c1803 Sir George Cayley demonstrated that it was possible to transport people utilising aircurrents and a fixed-wind design. But it was in 1848 that the design of the first model aircraft appeared, and again in 1883, in a small Somerset town (UK), called Chard that the first powered flight by a local industrialist called John Springfellow. This was followed in 1884 with Charles Renard and Arthur Constatin Krebs achieving the first fully controlled flight over a measured distance in an airship. Development continued, but the military were unwilling to invest in this new field of development, and during the later years of the 19th & early 20th Century continued to investigate the use of aerial observation balloons which could be launched from "Baloon Carriers". It was in 1910 that Le Canard (a French experimental float plane - Fabre Hydravion - designed by Henri Fabre) introduced the advent of fixed-wing aircraft that prompted the next step in naval aviation, with the development of Seaplanes & seaplane Support Ships. Britain continued development, although it had produced two aircraft carriers for use just prior to the first world war, would also convert three cruisers in order to save development costs and provide test platforms whilst development was made and lessons learnt from this new venture. During the Second World War, these ships would enter into their own forces, and prove that an attack could be launched from carriers against ships within, what was previously considered, a safe port or anchorage, (both the British against the French & Italians & the Japanese against Pearl Harbor, Hong Kong, and Singapore). Great article sire,
Sadly the first Aircraft Carrier was built by the British and called HMS Hermes & Ark Royal (Built from the keel-up). Other British carriers were either converted Courageous-Class cruisers in order to circumvent the Washington Naval Treaty (Furious, Glorious, & Courageous); The Chilean Battleship Admirante Cochrane (HMS Eagle), and an Italitan Ocean Liner Conte Rosso (HMS Argus).

It is reported that HMS Hermes inspired the design and commission of the Japanese carrier Hosho; and that HMS Argus, although being the first ship with a dedicated deck for storage and flight operations, was relegated to the operation of "Remote Controlled aircraft" (The first was flown by the RFC in 1917 for the purpose of target practice)

From the mid-late 1800's, the world's military viewed powered flight with amazement and could only dream at the potential opportunities that it offered. From c1803 Sir George Cayley demonstrated that it was possible to transport people utilising aircurrents and a fixed-wind design. But it was in 1848 that the design of the first model aircraft appeared, and again in 1883, in a small Somerset town (UK), called Chard that the first powered flight by a local industrialist called John Springfellow. This was followed in 1884 with Charles Renard and Arthur Constatin Krebs achieving the first fully controlled flight over a measured distance in an airship.

Development continued, but the military were unwilling to invest in this new field of development, and during the later years of the 19th & early 20th Century continued to investigate the use of aerial observation balloons which could be launched from "Baloon Carriers".

It was in 1910 that Le Canard (a French experimental float plane – Fabre Hydravion – designed by Henri Fabre) introduced the advent of fixed-wing aircraft that prompted the next step in naval aviation, with the development of Seaplanes & seaplane Support Ships. Britain continued development, although it had produced two aircraft carriers for use just prior to the first world war, would also convert three cruisers in order to save development costs and provide test platforms whilst development was made and lessons learnt from this new venture.

During the Second World War, these ships would enter into their own forces, and prove that an attack could be launched from carriers against ships within, what was previously considered, a safe port or anchorage, (both the British against the French & Italians & the Japanese against Pearl Harbor, Hong Kong, and Singapore).

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