The first purpose built carrier.
Construction was suspended after Hermes was launched in September 1919 as the Admiralty awaited the results of flight trials with Eagle and Argus. Her design was modified in March 1920 with an island superstructure and funnel to starboard, and the forward catapult was removed.[5]The logic behind placing the island to starboard was that pilots generally preferred to turn to port when recovering from an aborted landing.[6] A prominent tripod mast was added to house the fire-control systems for her guns.[5]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Hermes_(95)
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