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| HMS Hermes at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, circa 1924 | Warships in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong, 9-14 Apr 1928; large warships, left to right: Japanese battleship Mutsu, Japanese light cruiser Tenryu, British carrier Hermes, and Japanese battleship Fuso |
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| HMS Hermes off Yantai (Chefoo), China, circa 1931 | HMS Hermes, Aug 1938 |
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| HMS Hermes and HMS Dorsetshire escorting convoy US.3 with Australian and New Zealand troops on board, Atlantic Ocean, 9 Jun 1940 | HMS Hermes sinking off Batticaloa, Ceylon, 9 Apr 1942 |
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| HMS Hermes sinking off Ceylon, 9 Apr 1942; photo taken from a Japanese aircraft | List of men lost aboard HMS Hermes, printed by J. Abrams and Sons of Plymouth, England, United Kingdom, circa 1942 |
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