H.M.S. Raven II (1903)

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H.M.S. Raven II (1903)
Pendant Number: none[1]
Builder: Swan Hunter[2]
Launched: 1903[3]
Commissioned: 12 Jun, 1915[4]
Sold: 1923[5]

H.M.S. Raven II was the German steamer Rabenfels, seized at Port Said in 1914 and taken up for service as a seaplane carrier. She was renamed Raven II in August, 1915 and H.M.S. Ravenrock in January, 1918.[6]

Service

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 52.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 67.
  3. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 52.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 52.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 52.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 67.
  7. The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 401y.

Bibliography

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Experimental Cruiser Platform, 1913
Hermes
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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