Lying in its watery grave, at a depth of a little over 50 meters off the East coast, the world's first aircraft carrier, HMS Hermes is Sri Lanka's star shipwreck. Sunk by Japanese bombers during World ...

Together with HMS Hermes she was home of the Task Force strike force made up of the V/TOL Harriers and Sea Harriers that proved a formidable and versatile weapon even outnumbered by the Argentine ...

Its role as an anti-aircraft defense ship gained importance with the sinking of HMS Coventry on May 25. When the aircraft carrier Hermes returned to the UK, Bristol took over as flagship until Sept.