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Revision as of 19:01, 5 January 2016

H.M.S. Ark Royal (1914)
Pendant Number: N.80 (1914)
N.07 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Blyth Shipbuilding[2]
Purchased: May, 1914[3]
Laid down: 7 Nov, 1913[4]
Launched: 5 Sep, 1914[5]
Completed: Dec, 1914[6]
Commissioned: Dec, 1914[7]
Sold: 1946[8]

H.M.S. Ark Royal was under construction as a tramp when acquired by the Royal Navy for conversion to a seaplane carrier, entering service at the end of 1914.

Service

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 51.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 64.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 64.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 64.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 64.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 65.
  7. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 64.
  8. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 51.
  9. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 277.
  10. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 392e.
  11. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 391k.
  12. The Navy List. (July, 1920). p. 728.
  13. The Navy List. (September, 1920). p. 728.
  14. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 727.
  15. Wood Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. Unnumbered folio.
  16. Wood Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. Unnumbered folio.
  17. Barrow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/444. f. 511.
  18. Barrow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/444. f. 511.
  19. Barrow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/444. f. 511.
  20. Murray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/245. ff. 248.
  21. Murray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/245. ff. 248.
  22. Murray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/245. ff. 248.
  23. Murray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/245. ff. 248.

Bibliography

British Aviation Ships
Experimental Cruiser Platform, 1913
Hermes
Seaplane Carriers from Converted Steamers
Ark Royal Empress Riviera Engadine Campania Pegasus
Ben-my-Chree Vindex Manxman Nairana Vindictive
Seaplane Carriers from Seized German Steamers
Anne Raven II
Flat Decked Conversions
Argus Furious
Through-Deck Carriers
Eagle Hermes
Kite Balloon Ships
Canning City of Oxford Hector Manica Menelaus