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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

Ark Royal was re-commissioned on 13 December 1923 at Chatham as part of the Reserve Fleet.^[9]

She re-commissioned at Chatham on 1 April, 1928 to join the Reserve Fleet.^[10]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Acting Commander (I) Robert H. Clark-Hall, 30 October, 1914^[11]
Commander (retired) Cyril B. Hampshire, 3 June, 1916^[12] – 8 August, 1917
Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. (retired) Henry N. Gilbert, 28 October, 1916^[13]
Commander Philip H. Waterer, 17 September, 1918^[14]^[15] – 12 July, 1920^[16]
Commander R. Watkins Grubb, 12 July, 1920^[17]^[18] – c. 20 November 1920^[19] (superseded "on arrival in England")
Commander Douglas Faviell, October, 1920^[20]
Commander Francis E. Byrne, 15 March, 1923^[21] – 16 March, 1925
Commander Christopher J. F. Wood, 16 March, 1925^[22]^[23] – 17 November, 1925^[24]
Captain Benjamin W. Barrow, 17 November, 1925^[25] – 23 August, 1926^[26]^[27]
Captain James W. Murray, 23 August, 1926^[28] – 21 November, 1926^[29] (loaned to Argus for trials, returning on 17 January, 1927)
Captain James W. Murray, 17 January, 1927^[30] – 23 January, 1928^[31]
Commander Claude L. Bate, April, 1928^[32] – 1 February, 1929^[33] (in command upon reducing)
Commander Ambrose T. N. Abbay, 30 April, 1931^[34]^[35] – 11 May, 1932^[36]
Commander Cecil R. E. W. Perryman, 11 May, 1932^[37] – 6 March, 1933^[38]

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, 1925). p. 216.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 216.
↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 392e.
↑ The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 391k.
↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 391k.
↑ Waterer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/380. f. 429.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1920). p. 728.
↑ Waterer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/380. f. 429.
↑ 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. f. ?.
↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 216.
↑ Wood Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. ?.
↑ 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.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 216.
↑ 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, 1925). p. 216.

[10] The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 216.

[11] The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 392e.

[12] The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 391k.

[13] The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 391k.

[14] Waterer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/380. f. 429.

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

[16] Waterer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/380. f. 429.

[17] Grubb Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/143. f. 348.

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

[19] Ship returned to England according to Log Book

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

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

[22] Wood Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. ?.

[23] The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 216.

[24] Wood Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. ?.

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

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

[32] Bate Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/180. f. 585.

[33] Bate Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/180. f. 585.

[34] The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 216.

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

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

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

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

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