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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.

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] – late 1920
Commander Douglas Faviell, October, 1920^[16]
Commander Francis E. Byrne, 15 March, 1923^[17]
Commander Christopher J. F. Wood, 16 March, 1925^[18] – 17 November, 1925^[19]
Captain Benjamin W. Barrow, 17 November, 1925^[20] – 23 August, 1926^[21]^[22]
Captain James W. Murray, 23 August, 1926^[23] – 21 November, 1926^[24] (loaned to Argus for trials, returning on 17 January, 1927)
Captain James W. Murray, 17 January, 1927^[25] – 23 January, 1928^[26]
Commander Ambrose T. N. Abbay, 30 April, 1931^[27] – 11 May, 1932^[28]
Commander Cecil R. E. W. Perryman, 11 May, 1932^[29] – 6 March, 1933^[30]

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.
↑ The Navy List. (September, 1920). p. 728.
↑ 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.
↑ 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.

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

[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. (April, 1915). p. 392e.

[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. (July, 1920). p. 728.

[14] The Navy List. (September, 1920). p. 728.

[15] The Navy List. (September, 1920). p. 728.

[16] The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 725.

[17] The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 216.

[18] Wood Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. Unnumbered folio.

[19] Wood Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. Unnumbered folio.

[20] Barrow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/444. f. 511.

[21] Barrow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/444. f. 511.

[22] Barrow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/444. f. 511.

[23] Murray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/245. ff. 248.

[24] Murray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/245. ff. 248.

[25] Murray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/245. ff. 248.

[26] Murray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/245. ff. 248.

[27] Abbay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/338. f. ?.

[28] Abbay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/338. f. ?.

[29] Perryman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/117. f. 125.

[30] Perryman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/117. f. 125.

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