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| HMS Courageous shortly after completion, 1916 | HMS Furious with HMS Courageous or HMS Glorious, off Gibraltar, early 1930s |
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| HMS Courageous, circa 1935 | HMS Courageous at rest, late 1930s |
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| HMS Courageous sinking in the Atlantic Ocean, 17 Sep 1939 | HMS Courageous sinking, Atlantic Ocean, 17 Sep 1939; photograph taken by a British Royal Navy sailor aboard an escorting vessel |
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