From there, the Camels would take off... Here’s What You Need to Know: The HMS Furious was an impressive ship with a good career. This aircraft carrier began life as a battlecruiser, was ...
Squadron Commander Edwin Dunning landed a Sopwith Pup biplane on HMS Furious in Scapa Flow, Orkney, on 2 August, 1917. It was seen as marking the dawn of aviation from aircraft carriers.