When was the first air craft carrier sunk?

Answer 1

31 October 1914

Hermes, British, Highflyer class Second Class Cruiser converted to Seaplane Carrier.

Torpedoed by German submarine U27 whilst acting as an aircraft transport between Dover and France. First torpedo struck from a range of c.300 yards and as the cruiser was sinking by the stern a second torpedo hit her and she then sank quickly.

http://www.worldwar1.co.uk/sunk14.htm

11 January 1917

Ben-My-Chree, British, Ben-My-Chree class Seaplane Carrier

Ottoman artillery caused her magazine to exploded off Castellorizo.

http://www.worldwar1.co.uk/sunk17.htm

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The first aircraft carrier sunk in the world was the HMS Hermes in 1914. Originally a cruiser, it was recommissioned as a seaplane carrier in May, 1913. After initial trials it was converted back into a cruiser and then with the outbreak of WWI it was refitted as a seaplane carrier in 1914.

>> http://www.hazegray.org/navhist/carriers/uk_sea.htm#her

It was used to ferry aircraft to France during WWI. The Hermes was sunk on October 31, 1914 after delivering a load of seaplanes to Dunkirk, while other resources referring to a location in Dardanelles in Gallipoli campaing. http://www.solarnavigator.net/aircraft_carrier.htm The first seaplane carrier to be sunk is Ben-My-Chree. She was sunk on 11 January 1917 by shore-based Turkish artillery fire commanded by Mustafa Ertuğrul whilst at anchor at Castellorizo, in the 1st World War.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Ben-my-Chree

"In 1913, the cruiser HMS Hermes was converted to a seaplane carrier, becoming the first ship to set sail with the sole purpose of carrying aircraft into combat. The HMS Hermes also became the first carrier to be a casualty of war, when she was sunk by a German U-boat in October 1914." http://www.sandcastlevi.com/sea/carriers/cvchap1c.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Hermes_(1898) http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_HMS_Hermes.html "At the start of the First World War Hermes was once again converted to a seaplane tender, delaying her re-entry to service until 31 August 1914. She was then part of the Nore Command and used to ferry aircraft to France. On 30 October she arrived at Dunkirk with one load of seaplanes. The next morning she set out on the return journey. She was then recalled because a German submarine was known to be in the area, but before the order could be obeyed, she was torpedoed by U-27 off Ruylingen Bank in the Straits of Dover. She sank with the loss of 22 of her crew." http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/HMS_Hermes_(1913) http://www.hazegray.org/navhist/carriers/uk_sea.htm#her http://www.statemaster.com/encyclopedia/Seaplane-carrier "The ship was called HMS Hermes. It was converted to a cruiser again, and later back to a seaplane carrier, before it was sunk by a German submarine in October 1914." http://www.buzzle.com/articles/history-of-aircraft-carriers.html "The first carrier to be lost due to enemy action was Hermes October 1914." http://www.thehistorychannel.co.uk/site/encyclopedia/article_show/aircraft_carrier/m0000063.html?from=hotlink http://www.solarnavigator.net/aircraft_carrier.htm

The first sinking of a more modern aircraft carrier was probably the HMS Courageous on September 17, 1939 off the coast of Ireland, again by a German U-Boat.

The Courageous was a converted light cruiser that could carry 48 aircraft.

The first US aircraft carrier sunk in WWII was the USS Lexington in the Battle of the Coral Sea May 8, 1942.

Answer 2

Naval histories first modern (steel) battleship ever sunk in war strictly by gunfire alone, was the Russian battleship Oslyabya during the battle of Tsushima on May 27, 1905.

Answer 3

In 1921, Billy Mitchell sank a battleship in a demonstration with a large number of sorties by his flyers.

Answer 4

the ship was a canoe that made by Pokemon