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Old 6th Oct 2016, 08:05
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Off the top of my head, Hermes carried Junglies as well as Sea Harriers, ASW Sea Kings and later Harrier GR3s during the Falklands War. American carriers have been used as platforms for helicopters and Special Forces on occasion in recent years.
Actually, until quite late in Corporate, HERMES was regarded as an amphibious asset, at least by COMAW, until she was hijacked for air defence. Mike Clapp makes it clear in his book that his original calculations for the Falklands landing were based on the assumption that he would have her relatively close in. Instead she was some 200m to the East and of little use to the amphibiosity.
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