A 103-year-old Royal Navy lieutenant commander has been sharing stories with Guernsey's Lieutenant Governor of his service ...

“A tragedy!” Simanton said, as his eyes filled with tears. Another favorite, the HMS Argus from the British Royal Navy was one of the earliest aircraft carriers. Simanton built the ...

The first true aircraft carrier built for ... well, carrying aircraft, came in 1918 with the commissioning of the HMS Argus.

He remembered his first aircraft carrier well - HMS Argus was "the original carrier, built in 1918". He said: "She was an amazing ship because she was badly placed with lack of watertight doors ...