Post by Diarist on Nov 11, 2014 13:03:19 GMT 1
Since HMS Argus was built before 9 December 1921, the Washington Naval Treaty classified her as an experimental aircraft carrier and thus she did not need to be scrapped to release treaty-limited tonnage for new construction. The ship was reduced to Extended Reserve (four months readiness) at Rosyth in September 1932. In March 1935 it was reactivated in order to ferry aircraft from the UK to the Mediterranean and East African theatres. HMS Argus has been assigned the task of transporting twenty-four Fairey IIIF's from RAF Lee-on-Solent to Egypt. Headquarters staff and maintenance personnel will also be transported.