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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Francis Finlayson|nick=John F. Finlayson|appt=23 January, 1928|ass=23 January, 1928|end=c. April, 1928|note=temporary, ill health}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Claude Lindesay Bate|nick=Claude L. Bate|appt=April, 1928<ref>Bate Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/180.|D7604084}} f. 585.</ref>|end=1 February, 1929<ref>Bate Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/180.|D7604084}} f. 585.</ref>|note=in command upon reducing}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Philip Hordern|nick=Philip Hordern|appt=1 February, 1929|end=30 April, 1931}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Ambrose Thomas Norman Abbay|nick=Ambrose T. N. Abbay|appt=30 April, 1931{{NLJul31|p. 216}}<ref>Abbay Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/338.|D7604750}}  f. ?.</ref>|end=11 May, 1932<ref>Abbay Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/338.|D7604750}}  f. ?.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Ambrose Thomas Norman Abbay|nick=Ambrose T. N. Abbay|appt=30 April, 1931{{NLJul31|p. 216}}<ref>Abbay Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/338.|D7604750}}  f. ?.</ref>|end=11 May, 1932<ref>Abbay Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/338.|D7604750}}  f. ?.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Cecil Rudolph Ernest Wilbraham Perryman|nick=Cecil R. E. W. Perryman|appt=11 May, 1932<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<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>}}

Revision as of 14:24, 20 September 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
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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