British aircraft carrier HMS Hermes sails to London in 1950. Pictorial Parade/Archive Photos/Getty Images HMS Hermes was a conventionally powered Centaur-class flattop that was laid down in 1944.

Summary: The HMS Hermes, a Centaur-class aircraft carrier, served the Royal Navy from its completion in 1959 until it was decommissioned and sold to India, where it served as INS Viraat until 2017.

The HMS Hermes began construction during World War II, but issues plagued its progress for years. It finally entered active service in late 1959 as the last of the Centaur-class aircraft carriers ...

One hundred years since the construction of the world’s first aircraft carrier, HMS Hermes, aircraft carriers are still going strong. From Newport News to Shanghai, several of the world’s ...

HMS Hermes, the world’s first purpose-built carrier, 1924. There's a reason the first carrier came out of the U.K. ... Aircraft carriers have reigned supreme since 1945, ...

The first purpose-built aircraft carrier was the Royal Navy’s HMS Hermes.Laid down in 1918 and commissioned in 1926, it was the first carrier built from the ground up as a carrier and not ...

This was arguably the first purpose-built carrier in the world, being launched before Britain’s HMS Hermes. Going in to the battle Japan had the largest carrier fleet in the world with 13 ships.

The HMS Hermes began construction during World War II, but issues plagued its progress for years. It finally entered active ...