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===Planned use=== Throughout 1917, Commodore Sueter proposed plans for an [[aerial torpedo]] attack on the German [[High Seas Fleet]] at its base in Germany.<ref name="Layman Naval p191">Layman 2002, p. 191.</ref> The carriers ''Argus'', {{HMS|Furious|47|2}}, and {{HMS|Campania|1914|2}} and the converted cruisers {{HMS|Courageous|50|2}} and {{HMS|Glorious||2}}, were to have launched 100 Cuckoos from the North Sea.<ref name="Layman Naval p191">Layman 2002, p. 191.</ref> In September 1917, Admiral [[Sir David Beatty]], commander of the [[Grand Fleet]], proposed a similar plan involving 120 Cuckoos launched from eight converted merchant vessels.<ref name="Layman Naval p192">Layman 2002, p. 192.</ref>
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