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'''H.M.S. ''Empress''''' was requisitioned by the [[Royal Navy]] for conversion to a seaplane carrier, entering service in August, 1914.
 
'''H.M.S. ''Empress''''' was requisitioned by the [[Royal Navy]] for conversion to a seaplane carrier, entering service in August, 1914.
  
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Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Latest revision as of 14:52, 6 September 2022

H.M.S. Empress (1907)
Pendant Number: N.38 (1914)
N.39 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: William Denny & Brothers[2]
Laid down: 1906[3]
Launched: 13 Apr, 1907[4]
Completed: Jun, 1907[5]
Requisitioned: 11 Aug, 1914[6]
Commissioned: 25 Aug, 1914[7]
Returned: Nov, 1919[8]

H.M.S. Empress was requisitioned by the Royal Navy for conversion to a seaplane carrier, entering service in August, 1914.

Service

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. 65.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 65.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 65.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 65.
  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. 65.
  8. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 51.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 401j.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 401l.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 992.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1919). p. 990-2.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1919). p. 990-3.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1919). p. 988-93.

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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