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==Service==
==Service==
Re-commissioned on 13 December 1923 at Chatham as part of the Reserve Fleet.{{NLApr25|p. 216}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Douglas Faviell|nick=Douglas Faviell|appt=October, 1920{{NLJan23|p. 725}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Douglas Faviell|nick=Douglas Faviell|appt=October, 1920{{NLJan23|p. 725}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Francis Edward Byrne|nick=Francis E. Byrne|appt=15 March, 1923{{NLJul24|p. 216}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Francis Edward Byrne|nick=Francis E. Byrne|appt=15 March, 1923{{NLJul24|p. 216}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Christopher John Frederick Wood|nick=Christopher J. F. Wood|appt=16 March, 1925<ref>Wood Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.}}  Unnumbered folio.</ref>|end=17 November, 1925<ref>Wood Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.}}  Unnumbered folio.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Christopher John Frederick Wood|nick=Christopher J. F. Wood|appt=16 March, 1925<ref>Wood Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.}}  f. ?.</ref>{{NLApr25|p. 216}}|end=17 November, 1925<ref>Wood Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.}}  f. ?.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Benjamin Wingate Barrow|nick=Benjamin W. Barrow|appt=17 November, 1925<ref>Barrow Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/444.}} f. 511.</ref>|end=23 August, 1926<ref>Barrow Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/444.}} f. 511.</ref><ref>Barrow Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/444.}} f. 511.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Benjamin Wingate Barrow|nick=Benjamin W. Barrow|appt=17 November, 1925<ref>Barrow Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/444.}} f. 511.</ref>|end=23 August, 1926<ref>Barrow Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/444.}} f. 511.</ref><ref>Barrow Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/444.}} f. 511.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=James Wolfe Murray|nick=James W. Murray|appt=23 August, 1926<ref>Murray Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/245.|D7603497}} ff. 248.</ref>|end=21 November, 1926<ref>Murray Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/245.|D7603497}} ff. 248.</ref>|note=loaned to {{UK-Argus}} for trials, returning on 17 January, 1927}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=James Wolfe Murray|nick=James W. Murray|appt=23 August, 1926<ref>Murray Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/245.|D7603497}} ff. 248.</ref>|end=21 November, 1926<ref>Murray Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/245.|D7603497}} ff. 248.</ref>|note=loaned to {{UK-Argus}} for trials, returning on 17 January, 1927}}

Revision as of 13:47, 4 April 2017

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

Re-commissioned on 13 December 1923 at Chatham as part of the Reserve Fleet.[9]

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. (April, 1925). p. 216.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 392e.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 391k.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 391k.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1920). p. 728.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1920). p. 728.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1920). p. 728.
  16. ↑ Grubb Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/143. f. 348.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1920). p. 728.
  18. ↑ Ship returned to England according to Log Book
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 725.
  20. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 216.
  21. ↑ Wood Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. ?.
  22. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 216.
  23. ↑ Wood Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. ?.
  24. ↑ Barrow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/444. f. 511.
  25. ↑ Barrow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/444. f. 511.
  26. ↑ Barrow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/444. f. 511.
  27. ↑ Murray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/245. ff. 248.
  28. ↑ Murray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/245. ff. 248.
  29. ↑ Murray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/245. ff. 248.
  30. ↑ Murray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/245. ff. 248.
  31. ↑ Bate Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/180. f. 585.
  32. ↑ Bate Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/180. f. 585.
  33. ↑ Abbay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/338. f. ?.
  34. ↑ Abbay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/338. f. ?.
  35. ↑ Perryman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/117. f. 125.
  36. ↑ 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



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