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{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CommRN}} ('''I''' ''Gr.'')|name=Robert Hamilton Clark-Hall|nick=Robert H. Clark-Hall|appt=30 October, 1914{{NLApr15|p. 392''e''}}|end=11 December, 1915|precBy=New Command}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CommRN}} ('''I''' ''Gr.'')|name=Robert Hamilton Clark-Hall|nick=Robert H. Clark-Hall|appt=30 October, 1914{{NLApr15|p. 392''e''}}|end=11 December, 1915|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Bolton Meredith Eyres-Monsell, First Viscount Monsell|nick=Bolton M. Eyres-Monsell|appt=17 December, 1915|end=3 June, 1916}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Winstanley Robert Coverdale Moorsom|nick=Winstanley R. C. Moorsom|appt=17 December, 1915<ref>Moorsom Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/488.|}}  f. 503.</ref>|ass=11 January, 1916<ref>[http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-04-HMS_Ark_Royal.htm Ship's Logbook].</ref>|end=3 June, 1916<ref>Moorsom Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/488.|}}  f. 503.</ref>|note=assumed command 11 January, 1916}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} (retired)|name=Cyril Beauchamp Hampshire|nick=Cyril B. Hampshire|appt=3 June, 1916{{NLAug17|p. 391''k''}}|end=8 August, 1917}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} (retired)|name=Cyril Beauchamp Hampshire|nick=Cyril B. Hampshire|appt=3 June, 1916{{NLAug17|p. 391''k''}}|end=8 August, 1917}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRNR}} (retired)|name=Henry Norman Gilbert|nick=Henry N. Gilbert|appt=28 October, 1916{{NLNov17|p. 391''k''}}|end=|ass=8 August, 1917{{INF}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRNR}} (retired)|name=Henry Norman Gilbert|nick=Henry N. Gilbert|appt=28 October, 1916{{NLNov17|p. 391''k''}}|end=|ass=8 August, 1917{{INF}}|note=unclear if he was really in command}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CommRN}}|name=John Wilfrid Seddon|nick=John W. Seddon|appt=13 October, 1917|end=c. October, 1918}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CommRN}}|name=John Wilfrid Seddon|nick=John W. Seddon|appt=13 October, 1917|end=26 July, 1918{{INF}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CommRN}}|name=James Sandbach Parker|nick=James S. Parker|appt=26 July, 1918|end=17 September, 1918}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Philip Hyde Waterer|nick=Philip H. Waterer|appt=17 September, 1918<ref>Waterer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/380.|D7603164}} f. 429.</ref>{{NLJul20|p. 728}}|end=12 July, 1920<ref>Waterer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/380.|D7603164}} f. 429.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Philip Hyde Waterer|nick=Philip H. Waterer|appt=17 September, 1918<ref>Waterer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/380.|D7603164}} f. 429.</ref>{{NLJul20|p. 728}}|end=12 July, 1920<ref>Waterer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/380.|D7603164}} f. 429.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Reginald Watkins Grubb|nick=R. Watkins Grubb|appt=12 July, 1920<ref>Grubb Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/143.|D7603850}} f. 348.</ref>{{NLSep20|p. 728}}|end=c. 20 November 1920<ref>Ship returned to England according to [http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-04-HMS_Ark_Royal2.htm Log Book]</ref>|note=superseded "on arrival in England"}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Reginald Watkins Grubb|nick=R. Watkins Grubb|appt=12 July, 1920<ref>Grubb Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/143.|D7603850}} f. 348.</ref>{{NLSep20|p. 728}}|end=c. 20 November 1920<ref>Ship returned to England according to [http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-04-HMS_Ark_Royal2.htm Log Book]</ref>|note=superseded "on arrival in England"}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Cecil Rudolph Ernest Wilbraham Perryman|nick=Cecil R. E. W. Perryman|appt=11 May, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 215}}<ref>Perryman Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/117.|D7604872}} f. 125.</ref>|end=6 March, 1933<ref>Perryman Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/117.|D7604872}} f. 125.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Cecil Rudolph Ernest Wilbraham Perryman|nick=Cecil R. E. W. Perryman|appt=11 May, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 215}}<ref>Perryman Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/117.|D7604872}} f. 125.</ref>|end=6 March, 1933<ref>Perryman Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/117.|D7604872}} f. 125.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Duncan Read|nick=Arthur D. Read|appt=6 March, 1933{{ToL|Royal Navy|Thursday, Mar 02, 1933; pg. 17; Issue 46382}}|end=8 March, 1934}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Duncan Read|nick=Arthur D. Read|appt=6 March, 1933{{ToL|Royal Navy|Thursday, Mar 02, 1933; pg. 17; Issue 46382}}|end=8 March, 1934}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur William La Touche Bisset|nick=Arthur W. La T. Bisset|appt=28 March, 1934{{NLJul34|p. 215}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur William La Touche Bisset|nick=Arthur W. La T. Bisset|appt=28 March, 1934<ref>Bisset Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/54/61.|}} f. 61.</ref>{{NLJul34|p. 215}}|end=29 March, 1935<ref>Bisset Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/54/61.|}} f. 61.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Randolph Stewart Gresham Nicholson|nick=Randolph S. G. Nicholson|appt=28 March, 1935{{NLOct35|p. 260}}|end=|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Pegasus''}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Randolph Stewart Gresham Nicholson|nick=Randolph S. G. Nicholson|appt=28 March, 1935<ref>Nicholson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/192.|}} f. 192.</ref>{{NLOct35|p. 260}}|end=10 January, 1936<ref>Nicholson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/192.|}} f. 192.</ref>|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Pegasus''}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Richard Shelley|nick=Richard Shelley|appt=9 January, 1937{{NLJul37|p. 260}}|end=|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Pegasus''}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Richard Shelley|nick=Richard Shelley|appt=9 January, 1937{{NavAppts|28 Oct. 1936, p. 7}}{{NLJul37|p. 260}}|end=13 January, 1938<ref>Shelley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/92/185.|}} f. 185.</ref>|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Pegasus''}}
 
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Latest revision as of 16:21, 8 August 2022

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]

She re-commissioned at Chatham on 6 March, 1933.[11]

On 21 December 1934, she was renamed H.M.S. Pegasus so that a new carrier could take her old name.

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. (January, 1933). p. 215.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 260.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 392e.
  13. ↑ Moorsom Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/488. f. 503.
  14. ↑ Moorsom Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/488. f. 503.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 391k.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 391k.
  17. ↑ Waterer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/380. f. 429.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1920). p. 728.
  19. ↑ Waterer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/380. f. 429.
  20. ↑ Grubb Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/143. f. 348.
  21. ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1920). p. 728.
  22. ↑ Ship returned to England according to Log Book
  23. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 725.
  24. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 216.
  25. ↑ Wood Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. ?.
  26. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 216.
  27. ↑ Wood Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. ?.
  28. ↑ Barrow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/444. f. 511.
  29. ↑ Barrow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/444. f. 511.
  30. ↑ Barrow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/444. f. 511.
  31. ↑ Murray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/245. ff. 248.
  32. ↑ Murray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/245. ff. 248.
  33. ↑ Murray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/245. ff. 248.
  34. ↑ Murray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/245. ff. 248.
  35. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 216.
  36. ↑ Bate Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/180. f. 585.
  37. ↑ Bate Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/180. f. 585.
  38. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 216.
  39. ↑ Abbay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/338. f. ?.
  40. ↑ Abbay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/338. f. ?.
  41. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 215.
  42. ↑ Perryman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/117. f. 125.
  43. ↑ Perryman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/117. f. 125.
  44. ↑ "Royal Navy." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Mar 02, 1933; pg. 17; Issue 46382.
  45. ↑ Bisset Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/61. f. 61.
  46. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 215.
  47. ↑ Bisset Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/61. f. 61.
  48. ↑ Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/192. f. 192.
  49. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 260.
  50. ↑ Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/192. f. 192.
  51. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 28 Oct. 1936, p. 7.
  52. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 260.
  53. ↑ Shelley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/92/185. f. 185.

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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