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==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 22:35, 8 January 2023

H.M.S. Riviera (1911)
Pendant Number: N.85 (1914)[1]
Builder: William Denny & Brothers[2]
Laid down: 1910[3]
Launched: 1 Apr, 1911[4]
Completed: Jun, 1911[5]
Returned: late 1919[6]

H.M.S. Riviera was a cross-channel packet steamer, S.S. Riviera which was converted to a seaplane carrier for the Royal Navy in 1914.

Service

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

The conflict between Wiles and Livingstone is noted.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 51.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 65.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 65.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 65.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 65.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 51.
  7. ↑ Robertson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/315. f. ?.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 401t.
  9. ↑ Robertson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/315. f. ?.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 401w.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 401yy.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 401z.
  13. ↑ Livingstone Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/26. f. 26.
  14. ↑ Livingstone Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/26. f. 26.
  15. ↑ Wiles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 240/55/86. f. 86.
  16. ↑ Wiles family webpage.
  17. ↑ Hobart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/45. f. 448.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 1004-1006.
  19. ↑ Hobart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/45. f. 448.

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



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