Norway demonstrates Furious's wartime adaptability

Furious remained useful because the Royal Navy could move her among strike, anti-submarine, and transport tasks as circumstances demanded. She had already conducted anti-submarine sweeps in October 1939 before joining the Home Fleet off Norway on 10 April 1940 with eighteen Swordfish and no fighters. Sixteen aircraft attacked shipping at Trondheim, while bad weather stopped a later Narvik attempt and the confined fjords exposed problems with the torpedoes. Subsequent missions used bombs instead, showing how quickly the carrier and its air group had to adapt to local conditions. Her hangars and lifts also made her an important ferry for Hurricanes and other aircraft, even when that strategically necessary work kept a scarce carrier away from combat formations.