H.M.S. Pegasus (1917)

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H.M.S. Pegasus (1917)
Pendant Number: N.8A (Apr 1917)
N.9A (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: John Brown & Company[2]
Laid down: 1914
Launched: 9 Jun, 1917[3]
Sold: 22 Aug, 1931[4]

H.M.S. Pegasus was a civilian vessel purchased on 27 February, 1917 and completed as a seaplane carrier.

There was also an earlier cruiser named Pegasus.

Service

Recommissioned at Rosyth on 2 December, 1919.[5]

Re-commissioned at Devonport on 26 February, 1924.[6]

Reduced to reserve on 7 May, 1925.[7]

Paid off into Dockyard Control, likely at Devonport, on 6 November, 1928.[8]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 52.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 52.
  3. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 52.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 52.
  5. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 823-4.
  6. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 257.
  7. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 258.
  8. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 258.
  9. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 396h.
  10. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 863.
  11. Stokes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/103. f. 103.
  12. Superseded that day. Calvert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/14. f. 7.
  13. Calvert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/14. f. 7.
  14. Calvert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/14. f. 7.
  15. Rawlings Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/96. f. 500.
  16. Rawlings Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/96. f. 500.
  17. The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 257.
  18. Down Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/112. f. 317.
  19. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 258.
  20. Down Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/112. f. 317.
  21. Hutchinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/136. f. 341.
  22. Hutchinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/136. f. 341.
  23. Wodehouse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/110. f. 56.
  24. Wodehouse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/110. f. 56.
  25. Tillard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 95.
  26. Tillard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 95.

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