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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Claude Lindesay Bate|nick=Claude L. Bate|appt=April, 1928<ref>Bate Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/180.|D7604084}} f. 585.</ref>|end=1 February, 1929<ref>Bate Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/180.|D7604084}} f. 585.</ref>|note=in command upon reducing}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Ambrose Thomas Norman Abbay|nick=Ambrose T. N. Abbay|appt=30 April, 1931<ref>Abbay Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/338.|D7604750}} f. ?.</ref>|end=11 May, 1932<ref>Abbay Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/338.|D7604750}} f. ?.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Ambrose Thomas Norman Abbay|nick=Ambrose T. N. Abbay|appt=30 April, 1931<ref>Abbay Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/338.|D7604750}} f. ?.</ref>|end=11 May, 1932<ref>Abbay Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/338.|D7604750}} f. ?.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Cecil Rudolph Ernest Wilbraham Perryman|nick=Cecil R. E. W. Perryman|appt=11 May, 1932<ref>Perryman Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/117.|D7604872}} f. 125.</ref>|end=6 March, 1933<ref>Perryman Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/117.|D7604872}} f. 125.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Cecil Rudolph Ernest Wilbraham Perryman|nick=Cecil R. E. W. Perryman|appt=11 May, 1932<ref>Perryman Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/117.|D7604872}} f. 125.</ref>|end=6 March, 1933<ref>Perryman Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/117.|D7604872}} f. 125.</ref>}} |
Revision as of 13:57, 3 October 2016
H.M.S. Ark Royal (1914) | |
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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.
- Acting Commander (I) Robert H. Clark-Hall, 30 October, 1914[9]
- Commander (retired) Cyril B. Hampshire, 3 June, 1916[10]
- Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. (retired) Henry N. Gilbert, 28 October, 1916[11]
- Commander Philip H. Waterer, 17 September, 1918[12] – 12 July, 1920[13][14]
- Commander R. Watkins Grubb, 12 July, 1920[15][16] – c. 20 November 1920[17] (superseded "on arrival in England")
- Commander Douglas Faviell, October, 1920[18]
- Commander Francis E. Byrne, 15 March, 1923[19]
- Commander Christopher J. F. Wood, 16 March, 1925[20] – 17 November, 1925[21]
- Captain Benjamin W. Barrow, 17 November, 1925[22] – 23 August, 1926[23][24]
- Captain James W. Murray, 23 August, 1926[25] – 21 November, 1926[26] (loaned to Argus for trials, returning on 17 January, 1927)
- Captain James W. Murray, 17 January, 1927[27] – 23 January, 1928[28]
- Commander Claude L. Bate, April, 1928[29] – 1 February, 1929[30] (in command upon reducing)
- Commander Ambrose T. N. Abbay, 30 April, 1931[31] – 11 May, 1932[32]
- Commander Cecil R. E. W. Perryman, 11 May, 1932[33] – 6 March, 1933[34]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 51.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 64.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 64.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 64.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 64.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 65.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 64.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 51.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 392e.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 392e.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 391k.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1920). p. 728.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1920). p. 728.
- ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1920). p. 728.
- ↑ Grubb Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/143. f. 348.
- ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1920). p. 728.
- ↑ Ship returned to England according to Log Book
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 725.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 216.
- ↑ Wood Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. Unnumbered folio.
- ↑ Wood Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. Unnumbered folio.
- ↑ Barrow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/444. f. 511.
- ↑ Barrow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/444. f. 511.
- ↑ Barrow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/444. f. 511.
- ↑ Murray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/245. ff. 248.
- ↑ Murray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/245. ff. 248.
- ↑ Murray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/245. ff. 248.
- ↑ Murray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/245. ff. 248.
- ↑ Bate Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/180. f. 585.
- ↑ Bate Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/180. f. 585.
- ↑ Abbay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/338. f. ?.
- ↑ Abbay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/338. f. ?.
- ↑ Perryman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/117. f. 125.
- ↑ Perryman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/117. f. 125.
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