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Revision as of 15:54, 1 November 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

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.

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. (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.

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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