NAVY WEEK
V/ARSHIPS AT PORTSMOUTH AIRCRAFT CARRIER A FEATURE. (British Official Wireless.) Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. RUGBY, August 21. Portsmouth is having what is known »s Navy Week, during which tho warships are open to the public. One of the principal features is tho aircralt carrier Furious. The Furious is prominent by reason of her superstructure. Below the main deck she is an ordinary cruiser, but above the main deck she is a vast steel aircraft hangar of two floors, on the top of which is a flying deck 75ft above the water line. The aircraft are raised from the hangar to the llying deck or brought down i'rom it by steel lifts.
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Evening Star, Issue 19952, 23 August 1928, Page 4
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112NAVY WEEK Evening Star, Issue 19952, 23 August 1928, Page 4
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