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class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Ark_Royal_NARA_45513193.jpg/450px-Ark_Royal_NARA_45513193.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Ark_Royal_NARA_45513193.jpg/600px-Ark_Royal_NARA_45513193.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5632" data-file-height="3064" /></a></span><div><i>Ark Royal</i> around 1918</div> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">History</th></tr> <tr><th height="30" colspan="2" style="background-color:#B0C4DE;text-align:left;padding-left:2px;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;"><span class="flagicon"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/56px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="56" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/84px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/112px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span><span style="padding-left:1em">United Kingdom</span></th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Name</td><td><i>Ark Royal</i></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Builder</td><td><a href="/wiki/Blyth_Shipbuilding_Company" title="Blyth Shipbuilding Company">Blyth Shipbuilding Company</a>, <a href="/wiki/Blyth,_Northumberland" title="Blyth, Northumberland">Blyth, Northumberland</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Laid down</td><td>7 November 1913</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Launched</td><td>5 September 1914</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Acquired</td><td>May 1914</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Commissioned</td><td>10 December 1914</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Out of service</td><td>February 1944</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Renamed</td><td><i>Pegasus</i>, 21 December 1934</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Fate</td><td>Sold, 18 October 1946</td></tr> <tr><th height="30" colspan="2" style="background-color:#B0C4DE;text-align:left;padding-left:2px;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;"><span class="flagicon"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Flag_of_Panama.svg/42px-Flag_of_Panama.svg.png" decoding="async" width="42" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Flag_of_Panama.svg/63px-Flag_of_Panama.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Flag_of_Panama.svg/84px-Flag_of_Panama.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span><span style="padding-left:1em">Panama</span></th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Name</td><td><i>Anita I</i></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Owner</td><td>R. C. Ellerman</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Operator</td><td>Compania de Navigation Ellanita</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Acquired</td><td>18 October 1946</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Fate</td><td>Seized for debts, 16 June 1949</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Notes</td><td>Sold for <a href="/wiki/Ship_breaking" title="Ship breaking">scrap</a>, October 1950</td></tr> <tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">General characteristics</th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Type</td><td><a href="/wiki/Seaplane_carrier" class="mw-redirect" title="Seaplane carrier">Seaplane carrier</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Displacement</td><td>7,080 <a href="/wiki/Long_ton" title="Long ton">long tons</a> (7,190 <a href="/wiki/Tonne" title="Tonne">t</a>) (normal)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Length</td><td>366 ft (111.6 m) <a href="/wiki/Length_overall" title="Length overall">o/a</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Beam</td><td>50 ft 10 in (15.5 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Draught</td><td>18 ft 9 in (5.7 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Installed power</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">3 × <a href="/wiki/Boiler_(steam_generator)" class="mw-redirect" title="Boiler (steam generator)">boilers</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">3,000 <a href="/wiki/Horsepower#Indicated_horsepower" title="Horsepower">ihp</a> (2,200 <a href="/wiki/Kilowatt" class="mw-redirect" title="Kilowatt">kW</a>)</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Propulsion</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1 × shaft</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1 × <a href="/wiki/Marine_steam_engine#Triple_or_multiple_expansion" title="Marine steam engine">triple-expansion steam engine</a></li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Speed</td><td>11 <a href="/wiki/Knot_(unit)" title="Knot (unit)">knots</a> (20 km/h; 13 mph)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Range</td><td>3,030 <a href="/wiki/Nautical_mile" title="Nautical mile">nmi</a> (5,610 km; 3,490 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Complement</td><td>180</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armament</td><td>4 × single <a href="/wiki/QF_12-pounder_12_cwt_naval_gun" title="QF 12-pounder 12 cwt naval gun">12 pdr (3 in (76 mm)) guns</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Aircraft carried</td><td>8 × <a href="/wiki/Floatplane" title="Floatplane">floatplanes</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><b>HMS <i>Ark Royal</i></b> was the first ship designed and built as a <a href="/wiki/Seaplane_carrier" class="mw-redirect" title="Seaplane carrier">seaplane carrier</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-l92_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-l92-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was purchased by the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> in 1914 shortly after her keel had been laid and the ship was only in <a href="/wiki/Framing_(construction)" title="Framing (construction)">frames</a>; this allowed the ship's design to be modified almost totally to accommodate <a href="/wiki/Seaplane" title="Seaplane">seaplanes</a>. During the <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">First World War</a>, <i>Ark Royal</i> participated in the <a href="/wiki/Gallipoli_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Gallipoli Campaign">Gallipoli Campaign</a> in early 1915, with her aircraft conducting aerial reconnaissance and observation missions. Her aircraft later supported British troops on the <a href="/wiki/Macedonian_Front_(World_War_I)" class="mw-redirect" title="Macedonian Front (World War I)">Macedonian Front</a> in 1916, before she returned to the <a href="/wiki/Dardanelles" title="Dardanelles">Dardanelles</a> to act as a <a href="/wiki/Depot_ship" title="Depot ship">depot ship</a> for all the seaplanes operating in the area. In January 1918, several of her aircraft unsuccessfully attacked the German <a href="/wiki/Battlecruiser" title="Battlecruiser">battlecruiser</a> <a href="/wiki/SMS_Goeben" title="SMS Goeben">SMS <i>Goeben</i></a> when she sortied from the Dardanelles to attack <a href="/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_I" title="Allies of World War I">Allied</a> ships in the area. The ship left the area later in the year to support seaplanes conducting <a href="/wiki/Anti-submarine_warfare" title="Anti-submarine warfare">anti-submarine patrols</a> over the southern <a href="/wiki/Aegean_Sea" title="Aegean Sea">Aegean Sea</a>. </p><p>After the end of the war, <i>Ark Royal</i> mostly served as an aircraft transport and depot ship for those aircraft in support of <a href="/wiki/White_movement" title="White movement">White Russian</a> and British operations against the <a href="/wiki/Bolsheviks" title="Bolsheviks">Bolsheviks</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Caspian_Sea" title="Caspian Sea">Caspian</a> and <a href="/wiki/Black_Sea" title="Black Sea">Black Sea</a> regions during the <a href="/wiki/Allied_intervention_in_the_Russian_Civil_War" title="Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War">Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War</a>. She also supported <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a> (RAF) aircraft in <a href="/wiki/British_Somaliland" title="British Somaliland">British Somaliland</a> in the campaign against <a href="/wiki/Mohammed_Abdullah_Hassan" class="mw-redirect" title="Mohammed Abdullah Hassan">Mohammed Abdullah Hassan</a> in 1920. Later that year, the ship was placed in <a href="/wiki/Reserve_fleet" title="Reserve fleet">reserve</a>. <i>Ark Royal</i> was <a href="/wiki/Ship_commissioning" title="Ship commissioning">recommissioned</a> to ferry an RAF squadron to the Dardanelles during the <a href="/wiki/Chanak_Crisis" class="mw-redirect" title="Chanak Crisis">Chanak Crisis</a> in 1922. She was reduced to reserve again upon her return to the United Kingdom the following year. </p><p>The ship was recommissioned in 1930 to serve as a <a href="/wiki/Training_ship" title="Training ship">training ship</a>, for seaplane pilots and to evaluate <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_catapult" title="Aircraft catapult">aircraft catapult</a> operations and techniques. She was renamed HMS <i>Pegasus</i> in 1934, freeing the name for the <a href="/wiki/HMS_Ark_Royal_(91)" title="HMS Ark Royal (91)">aircraft carrier ordered that year</a>, and continued to serve as a training ship until the beginning of the <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">Second World War</a> in September 1939. Assigned to the <a href="/wiki/Home_Fleet" title="Home Fleet">Home Fleet</a> at the beginning of the war, she took on tasks as an aircraft transport, in addition to her training duties, until she was modified to serve as the prototype <a href="/wiki/Fighter_catapult_ship" title="Fighter catapult ship">fighter catapult ship</a> in late 1940. This type of ship was intended to defend convoys against attacks by German long-range <a href="/wiki/Maritime_patrol_aircraft" title="Maritime patrol aircraft">maritime patrol bombers</a> by launching <a href="/wiki/Fighter_aircraft" title="Fighter aircraft">fighters</a> via their catapult to provide air cover for the convoy. <i>Pegasus</i> served in this role until mid-1941 when she reverted to her previous duties as a training ship. This lasted until early 1944 when she became a <a href="/wiki/Barracks_ship" title="Barracks ship">barracks ship</a>. The ship was sold in late 1946 and her conversion into a merchant ship began the following year. However, the owner ran out of money during the process and <i><b>Anita I</b></i>, as she had been renamed, was seized by her creditors in 1949 and sold for <a href="/wiki/Ship_breaking" title="Ship breaking">scrap</a>. She was not broken up until late 1950. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Design_and_description">Design and description</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Ark_Royal_(1914)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Design and description"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Royal Navy had conducted trials in 1913 with a modified <a href="/wiki/Cruiser" title="Cruiser">cruiser</a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Hermes_(1898)" title="HMS Hermes (1898)"><i>Hermes</i></a>, to evaluate the ability of seaplanes to work with the fleet. They were successful enough that the <a href="/wiki/British_Admiralty" class="mw-redirect" title="British Admiralty">Admiralty</a> allocated £81,000 in the 1914–1915 Naval Programme to purchase a merchant ship for a more thorough modification than had been possible with <i>Hermes</i> to better accommodate seaplanes. A <a href="/wiki/Tramp_steamer" class="mw-redirect" title="Tramp steamer">tramp steamer</a> was purchased in 1914 that had just begun construction at the <a href="/wiki/Blyth_Shipbuilding_Company" title="Blyth Shipbuilding Company">Blyth Shipbuilding Company</a> so it could be easily modified to suit its new role.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Ark Royal</i> was <a href="/wiki/Keel_laying" title="Keel laying">laid down</a> on 7 November 1913 by the Blyth Shipbuilding Company in <a href="/wiki/Blyth,_Northumberland" title="Blyth, Northumberland">Blyth, Northumberland</a>, as a freighter, probably intended for the coal-for-grain trade in the Black Sea. She was purchased in May 1914<sup id="cite_ref-l92_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-l92-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was <a href="/wiki/Ship_naming_and_launching" class="mw-redirect" title="Ship naming and launching">launched</a> on 5 September 1914. The ship was <a href="/wiki/Ship_commissioning" title="Ship commissioning">commissioned</a> on 10 December 1914.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Extensive changes to the ship were made in converting her to a seaplane tender, with the superstructure, <a href="/wiki/Funnel_(ship)" title="Funnel (ship)">funnel</a>, and propulsion machinery moved aft and a working deck occupying the forward half of the ship. The deck was not intended as a flying-off deck, but for starting and running up of seaplane engines and for recovering damaged aircraft from the sea.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ship was equipped with a large aircraft hold, 150 feet (45.7 m) long, 45 feet (13.7 m) wide and 15 feet (4.6 m) high along with extensive workshops. Two 3-long-ton (3.0 t) steam <a href="/wiki/Crane_(machine)" title="Crane (machine)">cranes</a> on the sides of the <a href="/wiki/Forecastle" title="Forecastle">forecastle</a> lifted the aircraft through the sliding hatch of the <a href="/wiki/Hangar" title="Hangar">hangar</a> onto the flight deck or into the water. She carried 4,000 imperial gallons (18,000 L; 4,800 US gal) of petrol for her aircraft in standard commercial 2-imperial-gallon (9.1 L; 2.4 US gal) tins.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She could carry five <a href="/wiki/Floatplanes" class="mw-redirect" title="Floatplanes">floatplanes</a> and two to four wheeled aircraft. The seaplanes would take off and land in the water alongside the carrier, lifted on and off the ship by cranes; the other aircraft would have to return to land after launch. Her original complement of aircraft consisted of a <a href="/wiki/Short_Folder" title="Short Folder">Short Folder</a>, two <a href="/wiki/Wight_Pusher_Seaplane" title="Wight Pusher Seaplane">Wight Pushers</a>, three <a href="/wiki/Sopwith_Type_807" title="Sopwith Type 807">Sopwith Type 807</a> seaplanes and two to four <a href="/wiki/Sopwith_Tabloid" title="Sopwith Tabloid">Sopwith Tabloid</a> wheeled aircraft.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Ark Royal</i> had an <a href="/wiki/Length_overall" title="Length overall">overall length</a> of 366 feet (111.6 m), a <a href="/wiki/Beam_(nautical)" title="Beam (nautical)">beam</a> of 50 feet 10 inches (15.5 m), and a <a href="/wiki/Draft_(hull)" title="Draft (hull)">draught</a> of 18 feet 9 inches (5.7 m). She normally <a href="/wiki/Displacement_(ship)" title="Displacement (ship)">displaced</a> 7,080 long tons (7,190 t), with a displacement of 7,450 long tons (7,570 t) at <a href="/wiki/Deep_load" class="mw-redirect" title="Deep load">deep load</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-f4_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-f4-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ship had one <a href="/wiki/Marine_steam_engine#Triple_or_multiple_expansion" title="Marine steam engine">vertical triple-expansion steam engine</a> driving one <a href="/wiki/Propeller_shaft" class="mw-redirect" title="Propeller shaft">propeller shaft</a>. The ship's three cylindrical <a href="/wiki/Boiler_(steam_generator)" class="mw-redirect" title="Boiler (steam generator)">boilers</a> generated enough steam to produce 3,000 <a href="/wiki/Horsepower#Indicated_horsepower" title="Horsepower">indicated horsepower</a> (2,200 kW) from the engine.<sup id="cite_ref-l5_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-l5-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ship had a designed speed of 11 <a href="/wiki/Knot_(unit)" title="Knot (unit)">knots</a> (20 km/h; 13 mph); she made a speed of 10.64 knots (19.71 km/h; 12.24 mph) during her <a href="/wiki/Sea_trial" title="Sea trial">sea trials</a> with 2,675 <a href="/wiki/Horsepower#Shaft_horsepower" title="Horsepower">shaft horsepower</a> (1,995 kW) in December 1914.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Ark Royal</i> carried 500 tonnes (490 long tons) of <a href="/wiki/Fuel_oil" title="Fuel oil">fuel oil</a>, enough to give her a range of 3,030 <a href="/wiki/Nautical_mile" title="Nautical mile">nautical miles</a> (5,610 km; 3,490 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph).<sup id="cite_ref-f4_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-f4-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The ship was armed with four <a href="/wiki/QF_12-pounder_12_cwt_naval_gun" title="QF 12-pounder 12 cwt naval gun">QF 12-pounder 12 cwt guns</a><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>Note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and two machine guns.<sup id="cite_ref-f8_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-f8-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her crew totalled 180 officers and men, including 60 aviation personnel.<sup id="cite_ref-l5_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-l5-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "Her truly unique feature was the steadying sail on the <a href="/wiki/Mizzen" class="mw-redirect" title="Mizzen">mizzen</a> to help keep her head to the wind; she remains the only aircraft carrier to have been fitted with a sail."<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Service">Service</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Ark_Royal_(1914)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_World_War">First World War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Ark_Royal_(1914)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: First World War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The ship proved to be too slow to work with the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Fleet" title="Grand Fleet">Grand Fleet</a> and for operations in the <a href="/wiki/North_Sea" title="North Sea">North Sea</a> in general, so <i>Ark Royal</i> was ordered to the Mediterranean in mid-January 1915 to support the <a href="/wiki/Gallipoli_campaign" title="Gallipoli campaign">Gallipoli campaign</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-f8_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-f8-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Under the command of <a href="/wiki/Commander_(Royal_Navy)" title="Commander (Royal Navy)">Commander</a> <a href="/wiki/Robert_Clark-Hall" title="Robert Clark-Hall">Robert Clark-Hall</a>, the ship sailed on 1 February 1915 and arrived at the island of <a href="/wiki/Tenedos" title="Tenedos">Tenedos</a> on 17 February. She attempted to fly three of her seaplanes on the day of her arrival to reconnoitre the Straits, but two of them had engine troubles and the third could not take off because the water was too calm, a common problem with many early seaplanes. A Wight Pusher eventually managed to get into the air and discovered new fortifications down the Straits; it dropped a single 20-pound (9.1 kg) bomb on the Asiatic side of the <a href="/wiki/Dardanelles" title="Dardanelles">Dardanelles</a> and returned with seven bullet holes in its skin. Two days later, the ship's aircraft attempted unsuccessfully to spot for the fleet as they bombarded the Ottoman fortifications defending the Straits. They conducted more <a href="/wiki/Aerial_reconnaissance" title="Aerial reconnaissance">aerial reconnaissance</a> and observation missions in support of the fleet later in the month and in early March as it moved further up the Straits. <i>Ark Royal</i> lost her first aircraft on 5 March as the <a href="/wiki/Propeller_(aircraft)" class="mw-redirect" title="Propeller (aircraft)">propeller</a> of one of her Sopwiths splintered into pieces at 3,000 feet (910 m). Both of the aircraft's crewmen were recovered by the <a href="/wiki/Destroyer" title="Destroyer">destroyer</a> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Usk_(1903)" title="HMS Usk (1903)">HMS <i>Usk</i></a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Later in the month, the ship's aircrew learned to spot <a href="/wiki/Naval_mines" class="mw-redirect" title="Naval mines">mines</a> from the air and were moderately successful, although they failed to detect the minefield that sank one French and two British <a href="/wiki/Predreadnought" class="mw-redirect" title="Predreadnought">predreadnoughts</a> and damaged a British battlecruiser on 18 March. Later in the month, <i>Ark Royal</i> and her aircraft were relieved by <a href="/wiki/No._3_Squadron_RNAS" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 3 Squadron RNAS">No. 3 Squadron</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Naval_Air_Service" title="Royal Naval Air Service">Royal Naval Air Service</a> (RNAS). In preparation for the squadron's arrival, the ship's crew cleared a <a href="/wiki/Vineyard" title="Vineyard">vineyard</a> on the island to serve as an <a href="/wiki/Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Airfield">airfield</a> and unloaded its crated aircraft on 26–27 March. From 31 March to 7 April, <i>Ark Royal</i> and her companions made several fake landing attempts and her aircraft bombarded the port of <a href="/wiki/%C4%B0zmir" title="İzmir">Smyrna</a> with little effect. When she returned to Tenedos on 8 April, she exchanged her Tabloids, which had never flown from the ship, for a pair of <a href="/wiki/Sopwith_Schneider" class="mw-redirect" title="Sopwith Schneider">Sopwith Schneider</a> single-seat floatplanes. In addition, she received two <a href="/wiki/Sopwith_Type_860" title="Sopwith Type 860">Sopwith Type 860s</a>, another Wight Pusher, and a <a href="/wiki/Short_Type_166" class="mw-redirect" title="Short Type 166">Short Type 166</a>, all two-seat floatplanes, as replacements. The ship had no room for all these aircraft and she used the collier <i>Penmorvalt</i> to store them and for additional workshop space. Her aircraft resumed reconnaissance and observation missions over the Dardanelles; aircraft discovered a large ammunition dump on 12 April, and provided corrective data to direct gunfire from <a href="/wiki/HMS_Lord_Nelson" title="HMS Lord Nelson">HMS <i>Lord Nelson</i></a> onto the target.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Ark Royal</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s aircraft provided support to the Australian and New Zealand troops at <a href="/wiki/Landing_at_Anzac_Cove" title="Landing at Anzac Cove">Anzac Cove</a> as they landed on 25 April on the <a href="/wiki/Gallipoli_Peninsula" class="mw-redirect" title="Gallipoli Peninsula">Gallipoli Peninsula</a>. Two days later, the ship was taken under fire by the Ottoman predreadnought <a href="/wiki/SMS_Weissenburg#In_Ottoman_service" title="SMS Weissenburg"><i>Turgut Reis</i></a>, firing across the peninsula, and she had to move in a hurry to avoid being hit. A month later, the battle on the peninsula had bogged down and the success of the German <a href="/wiki/Submarine" title="Submarine">submarine</a> <a href="/wiki/SM_U-21_(Germany)" title="SM U-21 (Germany)"><i>U-21</i></a> in sinking two British predreadnoughts forced <i>Ark Royal</i> to move to a safer anchorage at <a href="/wiki/Imbros" title="Imbros">Imbros</a> at the end of May. There she became a <a href="/wiki/Depot_ship" title="Depot ship">depot ship</a> for all the seaplanes in the area, while her own aircraft continued to support operations at Gallipoli. On occasion, aircraft were loaned out to other ships for reconnaissance or observation missions.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The ship left Imbros on 1 November for <a href="/wiki/Mytilene" title="Mytilene">Mytilene</a>, from where her aircraft flew aerial reconnaissance missions over Smyrna, before she continued onwards to <a href="/wiki/Salonika" class="mw-redirect" title="Salonika">Salonika</a>, where she arrived on 8 November. While based there, her aircraft supported British troops <a href="/wiki/Macedonian_front_(World_War_I)" class="mw-redirect" title="Macedonian front (World War I)">fighting the Bulgarians</a>, spotted for British ships conducting shore bombardments, and conducted anti-submarine patrols. At this time, <i>Ark Royal</i> operated five Short 166s and a couple of Sopwith seaplanes. On 27 March 1917, the ship was transferred to <a href="/wiki/Mudros" class="mw-redirect" title="Mudros">Mudros</a> to serve as a depot ship for all the seaplanes assigned to <a href="/w/index.php?title=No._2_Wing_RNAS&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 2 Wing RNAS (page does not exist)">No. 2 Wing RNAS</a>, which controlled all RNAS aircraft in the area. By the end of 1917, she operated a mixture of <a href="/wiki/Short_Type_184" title="Short Type 184">Short Type 184</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sopwith_Baby" title="Sopwith Baby">Sopwith Baby</a> aircraft.<sup id="cite_ref-l2_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-l2-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On the morning of 20 January 1918, the Ottoman battlecruiser <a href="/wiki/SMS_Goeben" title="SMS Goeben"><i>Yavûz Sultân Selîm</i></a>, together with the <a href="/wiki/Light_cruiser" title="Light cruiser">light cruiser</a> <a href="/wiki/SMS_Breslau" title="SMS Breslau"><i>Midilli</i></a> (formerly the German <i>Goeben</i> and <i>Breslau</i>, and still with German crews), sortied from the Dardanelles to attack British warships based at Mudros. <i>Yavuz</i> struck a mine shortly after they exited the mouth of the Dardanelles so they switched targets and sank two British <a href="/wiki/Monitor_(warship)" title="Monitor (warship)">monitors</a> off Imbros Island.<sup id="cite_ref-meek_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-meek-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As they were returning to the Dardanelles, the two ships were attacked by two of <i>Ark Royal</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s Sopwith Babies with 65-pound (29 kg) bombs. One Baby was quickly shot down and the other was forced to make an emergency landing with engine problems off Imbros; the pilot was able to taxi the aircraft onto a beach and it was recovered several days later.<sup id="cite_ref-l2_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-l2-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Midilli</i> struck five mines and sank on the return whilst <i>Yavuz</i> struck two more mines and then ran aground inside the Straits. <i>Ark Royal</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s Short 184s attempted to bomb her at dawn on the following morning, but all ten bombs missed, and an attempt to attack the ship with a Short 184 modified to carry a 14-inch (356 mm) torpedo failed when the weight of the torpedo proved to be more than the aircraft could lift.<sup id="cite_ref-meek_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-meek-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 3 April, the ship was transferred to the island of <a href="/wiki/Syros" title="Syros">Syros</a>, where she could support the seaplanes of <a href="/w/index.php?title=No._62_Wing_RAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 62 Wing RAF (page does not exist)">No. 62 Wing</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a> (RAF) on anti-submarine patrols; part of the former No. 2 Wing RNAS redesignated when the RNAS and the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Flying_Corps" title="Royal Flying Corps">Royal Flying Corps</a> were merged to form the RAF. <i>Ark Royal</i> was transferred to Piraeus in October and was still there when the <a href="/wiki/Armistice_of_Mudros" title="Armistice of Mudros">Armistice of Mudros</a> with Turkey was signed on 31 October. The ship joined the Allied fleet that occupied <a href="/wiki/Constantinople" title="Constantinople">Constantinople</a> after the surrender.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Interwar_years_and_the_Second_World_War">Interwar years and the Second World War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Ark_Royal_(1914)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Interwar years and the Second World War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the war, <i>Ark Royal</i> transported aircraft across the Black Sea to <a href="/wiki/Batumi" title="Batumi">Batumi</a>, where they were ferried across the Caucasus to the <a href="/wiki/Allied_intervention_in_the_Russian_Civil_War" title="Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War">British naval forces supporting White Russian forces</a> fighting the Bolsheviks in the Caspian Sea during the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Civil_War" title="Russian Civil War">Russian Civil War</a>. The ship was withdrawn from the Black Sea in late 1919 and disembarked her seaplanes at <a href="/wiki/Malta" title="Malta">Malta</a> to load a dozen <a href="/wiki/Airco_DH.9" title="Airco DH.9">Airco DH.9</a> bombers and 181 personnel of the supporting Z Force for transport to <a href="/wiki/British_Somaliland" title="British Somaliland">British Somaliland</a>. The ship arrived in <a href="/wiki/Berbera" title="Berbera">Berbera</a> on 30 December and the squadron was unloaded to support <a href="/wiki/1920_conflict_between_British_forces_and_Somaliland_dervishes" class="mw-redirect" title="1920 conflict between British forces and Somaliland dervishes">the air and land campaign</a> against <a href="/wiki/Las_Anod#Diiriye_Guure" title="Las Anod">Diiriye Guure</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-scr_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scr-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Ark Royal</i> served during this campaign solely as a depot and repair ship for the RAF. She was withdrawn before its conclusion and transferred to the Black Sea to support the White Russian forces there as they began to collapse. The ship twice ferried refugees from the Caucasian coast to the <a href="/wiki/Crimea" title="Crimea">Crimea</a> and, after the second voyage, had to be fumigated at Constantinople after an outbreak of <a href="/wiki/Typhus" title="Typhus">typhus</a> among her passengers. During the summer of 1920, <i>Ark Royal</i> ferried RAF aircraft and personnel to <a href="/wiki/Basra" title="Basra">Basra</a>. She then returned to Britain for a refit and was put into reserve at <a href="/wiki/Rosyth" title="Rosyth">Rosyth</a> in November.<sup id="cite_ref-l3_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-l3-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She was recommissioned in September 1922 to transport <a href="/wiki/No._4_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 4 Squadron RAF">4 Squadron</a>, equipped with a dozen <a href="/wiki/Bristol_F.2_Fighter" title="Bristol F.2 Fighter">Bristol F.2 Fighters</a>, out to the Dardanelles during the <a href="/wiki/Chanak_crisis" title="Chanak crisis">Chanak crisis</a>. The aircraft were ferried semi-assembled and then transferred to the aircraft carrier <a href="/wiki/HMS_Argus_(I49)" title="HMS Argus (I49)"><i>Argus</i></a> where they were fully assembled. On 11 October, the F.2s flew from the carrier to an airfield at Kilya on the European side of the straits. The ship remained in the area until she was given a brief refit at Malta in early 1923. Now equipped with <a href="/wiki/Fairey_III" title="Fairey III">Fairey III</a>D seaplanes, <i>Ark Royal</i> returned to the Dardanelles until she was transferred back to the United Kingdom late in the year. Upon her arrival, the ship was placed back in reserve and became the depot ship for the reserve of <a href="/wiki/Minesweeper" title="Minesweeper">minesweepers</a> at <a href="/wiki/Sheerness" title="Sheerness">Sheerness</a> until 1930.<sup id="cite_ref-l3_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-l3-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:HMS_Pegasus_FL3090.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/HMS_Pegasus_FL3090.jpg/220px-HMS_Pegasus_FL3090.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/HMS_Pegasus_FL3090.jpg/330px-HMS_Pegasus_FL3090.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/HMS_Pegasus_FL3090.jpg/440px-HMS_Pegasus_FL3090.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="548" /></a><figcaption>HMS <i>Pegasus</i> at anchor during World War II</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1930, <i>Ark Royal</i> was recommissioned again as a training ship and an aircraft catapult was installed on her forecastle, forward of her cranes. For the next nine years, the ship conducted trials and evaluations of catapults and seaplane launch and recovery equipment and techniques. On 21 December 1934, she was renamed HMS <i>Pegasus</i> to release her name for <a href="/wiki/HMS_Ark_Royal_(91)" title="HMS Ark Royal (91)">a new carrier</a> that was then beginning construction. The ship was assigned to the Home Fleet when the Second World War began, and was mostly used to train sailors in catapult launching and shipboard recovery techniques. The ship used the <a href="/wiki/Fairey_Seafox" title="Fairey Seafox">Fairey Seafox</a>, <a href="/wiki/Supermarine_Walrus" title="Supermarine Walrus">Supermarine Walrus</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Fairey_Swordfish" title="Fairey Swordfish">Fairey Swordfish</a> of <a href="/wiki/764_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="764 Naval Air Squadron">764 Naval Air Squadron</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She also served as an aircraft transport and was present in <a href="/wiki/Scapa_Flow" title="Scapa Flow">Scapa Flow</a>, having just delivered some aircraft, on 14 October when the battleship <a href="/wiki/HMS_Royal_Oak_(08)" title="HMS Royal Oak (08)"><i>Royal Oak</i></a> was sunk by the <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-47_(1938)" title="German submarine U-47 (1938)">German submarine <i>U-47</i></a>. As the closest ship to <i>Royal Oak</i>, <i>Pegasus</i> was able to rescue some 400 survivors.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:WalrusAboardPegasusA_012031.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/WalrusAboardPegasusA_012031.jpg/220px-WalrusAboardPegasusA_012031.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/WalrusAboardPegasusA_012031.jpg/330px-WalrusAboardPegasusA_012031.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/WalrusAboardPegasusA_012031.jpg/440px-WalrusAboardPegasusA_012031.jpg 2x" data-file-width="775" data-file-height="581" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/Supermarine_Walrus" title="Supermarine Walrus">Supermarine Walrus</a> <a href="/wiki/Amphibious_aircraft" title="Amphibious aircraft">amphibious aircraft</a> making a low pass near seaplane tender HMS <i>Pegasus</i>, September 1942</figcaption></figure> <p><i>Pegasus</i> was converted to the prototype fighter catapult ship in November 1940,<sup id="cite_ref-l4_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-l4-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> carrying three <a href="/wiki/Fairey_Fulmar" title="Fairey Fulmar">Fairey Fulmar</a> fighters from <a href="/wiki/807_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="807 Naval Air Squadron">807 Naval Air Squadron</a> between 1 December and 10 February 1941, which were replaced by aircraft from <a href="/wiki/804_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="804 Naval Air Squadron">804 Naval Air Squadron</a> between 10 February and 23 July.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These fighters were supposed to defend convoys against attacks from <a href="/wiki/Focke-Wulf_Fw_200" class="mw-redirect" title="Focke-Wulf Fw 200">Focke-Wulf Fw 200</a> maritime patrol bombers and to prevent them from radioing location reports to <a href="/wiki/U-boat" title="U-boat">U-boats</a>. If out of range of land, the fighters would have to <a href="/wiki/Emergency_landing" title="Emergency landing">ditch</a> at sea and hope to be recovered by a ship from their convoy.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ship escorted nine convoys between December 1940 and July 1941.<sup id="cite_ref-l4_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-l4-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At some point during the war, the ship's anti-aircraft armament was supplemented with a pair of <a href="/wiki/Oerlikon_20_mm_cannon" title="Oerlikon 20 mm cannon">Oerlikon 20 mm</a> light <a href="/wiki/Anti-aircraft_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-aircraft gun">anti-aircraft guns</a> mounted in the bow, the ship's <a href="/wiki/Bridge_(nautical)" title="Bridge (nautical)">bridge</a> was enlarged and the mast was replaced with a tripod mast bearing a <a href="/wiki/Type_291_radar" title="Type 291 radar">Type 291</a> air warning <a href="/wiki/Radar" title="Radar">radar</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ship then became a seaplane training ship again, hosting <a href="/wiki/763_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="763 Naval Air Squadron">763 NAS</a> aboard from 20 April 1942 to 13 February 1944.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Pegasus</i> then became a barracks ship until May 1946 and was then listed for disposal in June.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She was sold to R. C. Ellerman on 18 October, renamed <i>Anita I</i>, and <a href="/wiki/Ship_registry" class="mw-redirect" title="Ship registry">registered</a> under the Panamanian flag. Under the management of the <i>Compania de Navigation Ellanita</i>, the ship sailed from <a href="/wiki/Cardiff" title="Cardiff">Cardiff</a> to <a href="/wiki/Antwerp" title="Antwerp">Antwerp</a> in October 1947 to begin conversion to a freighter. The work ceased in early 1948 and <i>Anita I</i> was seized by her creditors and auctioned off to a Dutch shipbreaking firm on 16 June 1949. She was resold once more before the ship was purchased by the <a href="/wiki/British_Iron_and_Steel_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="British Iron and Steel Corporation">British Iron and Steel Corporation</a> in October 1950. Later that year, the ship was broken up for scrap at <a href="/wiki/Thos._W._Ward" title="Thos. W. Ward">Thos. W. Ward</a>, <a href="/wiki/Grays,_Essex" title="Grays, Essex">Grays</a>, Essex.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Ark_Royal_(1914)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output 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London: Conway Maritime Press. p. 114. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-85177-282-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-85177-282-X"><bdi>0-85177-282-X</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+Century+of+Naval+Construction%2C+The+History+of+the+Royal+Corps+of+Naval+Constructors&rft.place=London&rft.pages=114&rft.pub=Conway+Maritime+Press&rft.date=1983&rft.isbn=0-85177-282-X&rft.au=D.K.+Brown&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHMS+Ark+Royal+%281914%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Friedman, pp. 28, 363, 368</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Layman 1976, pp. 95–96</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-f4-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-f4_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-f4_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Friedman, p. 364</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-l5-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-l5_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-l5_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Layman 1989, p. 45</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Friedman, pp. 363, 368</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-f8-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-f8_11-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-f8_11-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Friedman, p. 28</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Brown 1999, pp. 76–77</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Layman 1976, pp. 96–7</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Layman 1976, pp. 98, 100</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Layman 1976, pp. 100–01</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-l2-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-l2_16-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-l2_16-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Layman 1976, p. 102</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-meek-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-meek_17-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-meek_17-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHownam-Meek2000" class="citation journal cs1">Hownam-Meek, R. S. S.; et al. (2000). "Question 3/99: The Loss of the German Light Cruiser Breslau". <i>Warship International</i>. <b>XXXVII</b> (1). Toledo, OH: International Naval Research Organization: 92–95. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0043-0374">0043-0374</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Warship+International&rft.atitle=Question+3%2F99%3A+The+Loss+of+the+German+Light+Cruiser+Breslau&rft.volume=XXXVII&rft.issue=1&rft.pages=92-95&rft.date=2000&rft.issn=0043-0374&rft.aulast=Hownam-Meek&rft.aufirst=R.+S.+S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHMS+Ark+Royal+%281914%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1919/1919%20-%200190.html">"Law Intelligence: R.A.F. claim in the Prize Court"</a>. <i>Flight Magazine</i>. <b>XI</b> (6, No. 528). 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">23 March</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Flight+Magazine&rft.atitle=Law+Intelligence%3A+R.A.F.+claim+in+the+Prize+Court&rft.volume=XI&rft.issue=6%2C+No.+528&rft.pages=190&rft.date=1919-02-06&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flightglobal.com%2Fpdfarchive%2Fview%2F1919%2F1919%2520-%25200190.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHMS+Ark+Royal+%281914%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Layman 1976, pp. 102–03</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-scr-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-scr_20-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFOmar2001" class="citation book cs1">Omar, Mohamed (2001). <i>The Scramble in the Horn of Africa</i>. p. 402. <q>This letter is sent by all the Dervishes, the Amir, and all the Dolbahanta to the Ruler of Berbera ... We are a Government, we have a Sultan, an Amir, and Chiefs, and subjects ... (reply) In his last letter the Mullah pretends to speak in the name of the Dervishes, their Amir (himself), and the Dolbahanta tribes. This letter shows his object is to establish himself as the Ruler of the Dolbahanta</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Scramble+in+the+Horn+of+Africa&rft.pages=402&rft.date=2001&rft.aulast=Omar&rft.aufirst=Mohamed&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHMS+Ark+Royal+%281914%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-l3-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-l3_21-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-l3_21-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Layman 1976, p. 103</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Sturtivant, pp. 98, 100–101</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Layman 1976, pp. 103–04</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-l4-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-l4_24-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-l4_24-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Layman 1976, p. 104</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Sturtivant, pp. 178, 187, 189</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Poolman, pp. 39–41</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Lenton, pp. 112–13</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Sturtivant, p. 98</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Layman 1989, p. 47</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Layman 1976, p. 105</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Ark_Royal_(1914)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBrown1999" class="citation book cs1">Brown, David K. (1999). <i>The Grand Fleet: Warship Design and Development 1906–1922</i>. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-55750-315-X" title="Special:BookSources/1-55750-315-X"><bdi>1-55750-315-X</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Grand+Fleet%3A+Warship+Design+and+Development+1906%E2%80%931922&rft.place=Annapolis%2C+MD&rft.pub=Naval+Institute+Press&rft.date=1999&rft.isbn=1-55750-315-X&rft.aulast=Brown&rft.aufirst=David+K.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHMS+Ark+Royal+%281914%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFriedman1988" class="citation book cs1">Friedman, Norman (1988). <i>British Carrier Aviation: The Evolution of the Ships and Their Aircraft</i>. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-87021-054-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-87021-054-8"><bdi>0-87021-054-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=British+Carrier+Aviation%3A+The+Evolution+of+the+Ships+and+Their+Aircraft&rft.place=Annapolis%2C+Maryland&rft.pub=Naval+Institute+Press&rft.date=1988&rft.isbn=0-87021-054-8&rft.aulast=Friedman&rft.aufirst=Norman&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHMS+Ark+Royal+%281914%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLayman1989" class="citation book cs1">Layman, R. D. (1989). <i>Before the Aircraft Carrier: The Development of Aviation Vessels 1859–1922</i>. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-87021-210-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-87021-210-9"><bdi>0-87021-210-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Before+the+Aircraft+Carrier%3A+The+Development+of+Aviation+Vessels+1859%E2%80%931922&rft.place=Annapolis%2C+Maryland&rft.pub=Naval+Institute+Press&rft.date=1989&rft.isbn=0-87021-210-9&rft.aulast=Layman&rft.aufirst=R.+D.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHMS+Ark+Royal+%281914%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLayman1976" class="citation journal cs1">Layman, R. D. (1976). "HMS Ark Royal – Pegasus 1914–1950". <i>Warship International</i>. <b>XIII</b> (2). Toledo, Ohio: International Naval Research Organization: 90–114. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0043-0374">0043-0374</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Warship+International&rft.atitle=HMS+Ark+Royal+%E2%80%93+Pegasus+1914%E2%80%931950&rft.volume=XIII&rft.issue=2&rft.pages=90-114&rft.date=1976&rft.issn=0043-0374&rft.aulast=Layman&rft.aufirst=R.+D.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHMS+Ark+Royal+%281914%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLenton1998" class="citation book cs1">Lenton, H. T. (1998). <i>British & Empire Warships of the Second World War</i>. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-55750-048-7" title="Special:BookSources/1-55750-048-7"><bdi>1-55750-048-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=British+%26+Empire+Warships+of+the+Second+World+War&rft.place=Annapolis%2C+Maryland&rft.pub=Naval+Institute+Press&rft.date=1998&rft.isbn=1-55750-048-7&rft.aulast=Lenton&rft.aufirst=H.+T.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHMS+Ark+Royal+%281914%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPoolman1978" class="citation book cs1">Poolman, Kenneth (1978). <i>Focke-Wulf Condor: Scourge of the Atlantic</i>. London: MacDonald and Jane's. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-354-01164-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-354-01164-2"><bdi>0-354-01164-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Focke-Wulf+Condor%3A+Scourge+of+the+Atlantic&rft.place=London&rft.pub=MacDonald+and+Jane%27s&rft.date=1978&rft.isbn=0-354-01164-2&rft.aulast=Poolman&rft.aufirst=Kenneth&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHMS+Ark+Royal+%281914%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSturtivant1984" class="citation book cs1">Sturtivant, Ray (1984). <i>The Squadrons of the Fleet Air Arm</i>. Tonbridge, UK: Air-Britain (Historians). <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-85130-120-7" title="Special:BookSources/0-85130-120-7"><bdi>0-85130-120-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Squadrons+of+the+Fleet+Air+Arm&rft.place=Tonbridge%2C+UK&rft.pub=Air-Britain+%28Historians%29&rft.date=1984&rft.isbn=0-85130-120-7&rft.aulast=Sturtivant&rft.aufirst=Ray&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHMS+Ark+Royal+%281914%29" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Ark_Royal_(1914)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/45px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/59px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikimedia Commons has media related to <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:HMS_Ark_Royal_(ship,_1914)" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:HMS Ark Royal (ship, 1914)">HMS Ark Royal (ship, 1914)</a></span>.</div></div> </div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hazegray.org/navhist/carriers/uk_sea.htm#ark">HMS Ark Royal/Pegasus on World Aircraft Carriers List</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-04ArkRoyal1.htm">"Royal Navy Log Books - HMS Ark Royal"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>V</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Riviera" title="HMS Riviera"><i>Riviera</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>V</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Engadine_(1911)" title="HMS Engadine (1911)"><i>Engadine</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>V</sup></span></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>Ark Royal</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Ben-my-Chree" title="HMS Ben-my-Chree"><i>Ben-my-Chree</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>V</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Campania_(1914)" title="HMS Campania (1914)"><i>Campania</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>V</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Raven_II" title="HMS Raven II"><i>Raven II</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>V</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Anne_(1915)" title="HMS Anne (1915)"><i>Anne</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>V</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Vindex_(1915)" title="HMS Vindex (1915)"><i>Vindex</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>V</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TSS_Manxman_(1904)" title="TSS Manxman (1904)"><i>Manxman</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>V</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Furious_(47)" title="HMS Furious (47)"><i>Furious</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>M</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Pegasus_(1917)" title="HMS Pegasus (1917)"><i>Pegasus</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>V</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Nairana_(1917)" title="HMS Nairana (1917)"><i>Nairana</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>V</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Argus_(I49)" title="HMS Argus (I49)"><i>Argus</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>V</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Vindictive_(1918)" title="HMS Vindictive (1918)"><i>Vindictive</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>V</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Dreadnought" title="Dreadnought">Dreadnought battleships</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Dreadnought_(1906)" title="HMS Dreadnought (1906)"><i>Dreadnought</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bellerophon-class_battleship" title="Bellerophon-class battleship"><i>Bellerophon</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Vincent-class_battleship" title="St Vincent-class battleship"><i>St Vincent</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Neptune_(1909)" title="HMS Neptune (1909)"><i>Neptune</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colossus-class_battleship_(1910)" title="Colossus-class battleship (1910)"><i>Colossus</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orion-class_battleship" title="Orion-class battleship"><i>Orion</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_George_V-class_battleship_(1911)" title="King George V-class battleship (1911)"><i>King George V</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Erin" title="HMS Erin"><i>Erin</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Agincourt_(1913)" title="HMS Agincourt (1913)"><i>Agincourt</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iron_Duke-class_battleship" title="Iron Duke-class battleship"><i>Iron Duke</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chilean_battleship_Almirante_Latorre" title="Chilean battleship Almirante Latorre"><i>Canada</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth-class_battleship" title="Queen Elizabeth-class battleship"><i>Queen Elizabeth</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revenge-class_battleship" title="Revenge-class battleship"><i>Revenge</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Pre-dreadnought_battleship" title="Pre-dreadnought battleship">Pre-dreadnought battleships</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Sovereign-class_battleship" title="Royal Sovereign-class battleship"><i>Royal Sovereign</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Majestic-class_battleship" title="Majestic-class battleship"><i>Majestic</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canopus-class_battleship" title="Canopus-class battleship"><i>Canopus</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Formidable-class_battleship" title="Formidable-class battleship"><i>Formidable</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London-class_battleship" title="London-class battleship"><i>London</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duncan-class_battleship" title="Duncan-class battleship"><i>Duncan</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_Edward_VII-class_battleship" title="King Edward VII-class battleship"><i>King Edward VII</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swiftsure-class_battleship" title="Swiftsure-class battleship"><i>Swiftsure</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lord_Nelson-class_battleship" title="Lord Nelson-class battleship"><i>Lord Nelson</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Battlecruiser" title="Battlecruiser">Battlecruisers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Invincible-class_battlecruiser" title="Invincible-class battlecruiser"><i>Invincible</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indefatigable-class_battlecruiser" title="Indefatigable-class battlecruiser"><i>Indefatigable</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lion-class_battlecruiser" title="Lion-class battlecruiser"><i>Lion</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Queen_Mary" title="HMS Queen Mary"><i>Queen Mary</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Tiger_(1913)" title="HMS Tiger (1913)"><i>Tiger</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Renown-class_battlecruiser" title="Renown-class battlecruiser"><i>Renown</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Courageous-class_battlecruiser" title="Courageous-class battlecruiser"><i>Courageous</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiral-class_battlecruiser" title="Admiral-class battlecruiser">Admiral</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>A</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Armored_cruiser" title="Armored cruiser">Armoured cruisers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hawkins-class_cruiser" title="Hawkins-class cruiser"><i>Hawkins</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>A</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Light_cruiser" title="Light cruiser">Light cruisers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Town-class_cruiser_(1910)" title="Town-class cruiser (1910)">Town</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>G</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arethusa-class_cruiser_(1913)" title="Arethusa-class cruiser (1913)"><i>Arethusa</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C-class_cruiser" title="C-class cruiser">C</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>G</sup></span><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danae-class_cruiser" title="Danae-class cruiser"><i>Danae</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emerald-class_cruiser" title="Emerald-class cruiser"><i>Emerald</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>A</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Protected_cruiser" title="Protected cruiser">Protected cruisers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Apollo-class_cruiser" title="Apollo-class cruiser"><i>Apollo</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astraea-class_cruiser" title="Astraea-class cruiser"><i>Astraea</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eclipse-class_cruiser" title="Eclipse-class cruiser"><i>Eclipse</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blake-class_cruiser" title="Blake-class cruiser"><i>Blake</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pearl-class_cruiser" title="Pearl-class cruiser"><i>Pearl</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgar-class_cruiser" title="Edgar-class cruiser"><i>Edgar</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Powerful-class_cruiser" title="Powerful-class cruiser"><i>Powerful</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diadem-class_cruiser" title="Diadem-class cruiser"><i>Diadem</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arrogant-class_cruiser" title="Arrogant-class cruiser"><i>Arrogant</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pelorus-class_cruiser" title="Pelorus-class cruiser"><i>Pelorus</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Highflyer-class_cruiser" title="Highflyer-class cruiser"><i>Highflyer</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Challenger-class_cruiser" title="Challenger-class cruiser"><i>Challenger</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Topaze-class_cruiser" title="Topaze-class cruiser"><i>Topaze</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Scout_cruiser" title="Scout cruiser">Scout cruisers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adventure-class_cruiser" title="Adventure-class cruiser"><i>Adventure</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forward-class_cruiser" title="Forward-class cruiser"><i>Forward</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pathfinder-class_cruiser" title="Pathfinder-class cruiser"><i>Pathfinder</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sentinel-class_cruiser" title="Sentinel-class cruiser"><i>Sentinel</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boadicea-class_cruiser" title="Boadicea-class cruiser"><i>Boadicea</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blonde-class_cruiser" title="Blonde-class cruiser"><i>Blonde</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Active-class_cruiser" title="Active-class cruiser"><i>Active</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Flotilla_leader" title="Flotilla leader">Destroyer flotilla leaders</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Swift_(1907)" title="HMS Swift (1907)"><i>Swift</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Faulknor-class_flotilla_leader" title="Faulknor-class flotilla leader"><i>Faulknor</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marksman-class_flotilla_leader" title="Marksman-class flotilla leader"><i>Marksman</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parker-class_flotilla_leader" title="Parker-class flotilla leader"><i>Parker</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thornycroft_type_destroyer_leader" title="Thornycroft type destroyer leader">Thornycroft (or <i>Shakespeare</i>)</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiralty_type_flotilla_leader" title="Admiralty type flotilla leader">Admiralty (or <i>Scott</i>)</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Destroyer" title="Destroyer">Destroyers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/A-class_destroyer_(1913)" title="A-class destroyer (1913)">A</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>G</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B-class_destroyer_(1913)" title="B-class destroyer (1913)">B</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>G</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C-class_destroyer_(1913)" title="C-class destroyer (1913)">C</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>G</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D-class_destroyer_(1913)" title="D-class destroyer (1913)">D</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>G</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River-class_destroyer_(1903)" title="River-class destroyer (1903)">E</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>G</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tribal-class_destroyer_(1905)" title="Tribal-class destroyer (1905)">F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beagle-class_destroyer" title="Beagle-class destroyer">G</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Acorn-class_destroyer" title="Acorn-class destroyer">H</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Acheron-class_destroyer" title="Acheron-class destroyer">I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Acasta-class_destroyer" title="Acasta-class destroyer">K</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laforey-class_destroyer_(1913)" title="Laforey-class destroyer (1913)">L</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiralty_M-class_destroyer" title="Admiralty M-class destroyer">Admiralty M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawthorn_M-class_destroyer" title="Hawthorn M-class destroyer">Hawthorn M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thornycroft_M-class_destroyer" title="Thornycroft M-class destroyer">Thornycroft M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yarrow_M-class_destroyer" title="Yarrow M-class destroyer">Yarrow M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yarrow_Later_M-class_destroyer" title="Yarrow Later M-class destroyer">Yarrow Later M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medea-class_destroyer" title="Medea-class destroyer">Medea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Arno_(1915)" title="HMS Arno (1915)"><i>Arno</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R-class_destroyer_(1916)" title="R-class destroyer (1916)">R</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>G</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S-class_destroyer_(1917)" title="S-class destroyer (1917)">S</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>G</sup></span><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Talisman-class_destroyer" title="Talisman-class destroyer"><i>Talisman</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V_and_W-class_destroyer" title="V and W-class destroyer">V and W</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>G</sup></span><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Torpedo_boat" title="Torpedo boat">Torpedo boats</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_TB_81_(1885)" title="HMS TB 81 (1885)"><i>TB 81</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=TB_98-class_torpedo_boat&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="TB 98-class torpedo boat (page does not exist)"><i>TB 98</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=TB_109-class_torpedo_boat&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="TB 109-class torpedo boat (page does not exist)"><i>TB 109</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TB_114-class_torpedo_boat" title="TB 114-class torpedo boat"><i>TB 114</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cricket-class_destroyer" title="Cricket-class destroyer"><i>Cricket</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>G</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Monitor_(warship)" title="Monitor (warship)">Monitors</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marshal_Ney-class_monitor" title="Marshal Ney-class monitor"><i>Marshal Ney</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abercrombie-class_monitor" title="Abercrombie-class monitor"><i>Abercrombie</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lord_Clive-class_monitor" title="Lord Clive-class monitor"><i>Lord Clive</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Humber-class_monitor" title="Humber-class monitor"><i>Humber</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gorgon-class_monitor" title="Gorgon-class monitor"><i>Gorgon</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M15-class_monitor" title="M15-class monitor"><i>M15</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M29-class_monitor" title="M29-class monitor"><i>M29</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erebus-class_monitor" title="Erebus-class monitor"><i>Erebus</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Minesweeper" title="Minesweeper">Minesweepers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Racecourse-class_minesweeper" title="Racecourse-class minesweeper">Racecourse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunt-class_minesweeper_(1916)" title="Hunt-class minesweeper (1916)">Hunt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dance-class_minesweeper" title="Dance-class minesweeper">Dance</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Gunboat" title="Gunboat">Gunboats</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fly-class_gunboat" title="Fly-class gunboat">Fly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Insect-class_gunboat" title="Insect-class gunboat">Insect</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Submarine" title="Submarine">Submarines</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/A-class_submarine_(1903)" title="A-class submarine (1903)">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_B-class_submarine" title="British B-class submarine">B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_C-class_submarine" title="British C-class submarine">C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_D-class_submarine" title="British D-class submarine">D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_E-class_submarine" title="British E-class submarine">E</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_F-class_submarine" title="British F-class submarine">F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_G-class_submarine" title="British G-class submarine">G</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_H-class_submarine" title="British H-class submarine">H</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_J-class_submarine" class="mw-redirect" title="British J-class submarine">J</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_K-class_submarine" title="British K-class submarine">K</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_L-class_submarine" title="British L-class submarine">L</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_M-class_submarine" title="British M-class submarine">M</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_R-class_submarine" title="British R-class submarine">R</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Swordfish_(1916)" title="HMS Swordfish (1916)"><i>Swordfish</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_V-class_submarine_(1914)" title="British V-class submarine (1914)">V</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Sloop-of-war" title="Sloop-of-war">Sloops</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/P-class_sloop" title="P-class sloop">P</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cadmus-class_sloop" title="Cadmus-class sloop"><i>Cadmus</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flower-class_sloop" title="Flower-class sloop">Flower</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Acacia-class_sloop" title="Acacia-class sloop"><i>Acacia</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azalea-class_sloop" title="Azalea-class sloop"><i>Azalea</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arabis-class_sloop" title="Arabis-class sloop"><i>Arabis</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anchusa-class_sloop" title="Anchusa-class sloop"><i>Anchusa</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aubrietia-class_sloop" title="Aubrietia-class sloop"><i>Aubrietia</i></a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/24-class_sloop" title="24-class sloop">24</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Naval_trawlers" class="mw-redirect" title="Naval trawlers">naval trawlers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Castle-class_trawler" title="Castle-class trawler">Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mersey-class_trawler" title="Mersey-class trawler">Mersey</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="2" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><div> <dl><dt>A</dt> <dd>All completed after the war</dd> <dt>C</dt> <dd>One or more completed after the war</dd> <dt>G</dt> <dd>Grouping of several classes</dd> <dt>M</dt> <dd>converted from <i>Courageous</i> class</dd> <dt>S</dt> <dd>Single ship of class</dd> <dt>V</dt> <dd>Conversions</dd></dl> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="British_naval_ship_classes_of_the_Second_World_War" style=";wide;padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:WWII_British_ships" title="Template:WWII British ships"><abbr title="View this template" style="color:inherit">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:WWII_British_ships" title="Template talk:WWII British ships"><abbr title="Discuss this template" style="color:inherit">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:WWII_British_ships" title="Special:EditPage/Template:WWII British ships"><abbr title="Edit this 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href="/wiki/Implacable-class_aircraft_carrier" title="Implacable-class aircraft carrier"><i>Implacable</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Audacious-class_aircraft_carrier" title="Audacious-class aircraft carrier"><i>Audacious</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malta-class_aircraft_carrier" title="Malta-class aircraft carrier"><i>Malta</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>X</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Light_aircraft_carrier" title="Light aircraft carrier">Light aircraft carriers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Argus_(I49)" title="HMS Argus (I49)"><i>Argus</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Hermes_(95)" title="HMS Hermes (95)"><i>Hermes</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Unicorn_(I72)" title="HMS Unicorn (I72)"><i>Unicorn</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_Design_Light_Fleet_Carrier" title="1942 Design Light Fleet Carrier"><i>Colossus</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_Design_Light_Fleet_Carrier" title="1942 Design Light Fleet Carrier"><i>Majestic</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Centaur-class_aircraft_carrier" title="Centaur-class aircraft carrier"><i>Centaur</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Escort_carrier" title="Escort carrier">Escort carriers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Archer_(D78)" title="HMS Archer (D78)"><i>Archer</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>AV</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Audacity" title="HMS Audacity"><i>Audacity</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>V</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avenger-class_escort_carrier" title="Avenger-class escort carrier"><i>Avenger</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>AV</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attacker-class_escort_carrier" title="Attacker-class escort carrier"><i>Attacker</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>A</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruler-class_escort_carrier" title="Ruler-class escort carrier">Ruler</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>A</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Activity_(D94)" title="HMS Activity (D94)"><i>Activity</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>V</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Pretoria_Castle_(F61)" title="HMS Pretoria Castle (F61)"><i>Pretoria Castle</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>V</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nairana-class_escort_carrier" title="Nairana-class escort carrier"><i>Nairana</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>V</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Battleship" title="Battleship">Battleships</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth-class_battleship" title="Queen Elizabeth-class battleship"><i>Queen Elizabeth</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revenge-class_battleship" title="Revenge-class battleship"><i>Revenge</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nelson-class_battleship" title="Nelson-class battleship"><i>Nelson</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_George_V-class_battleship_(1939)" title="King George V-class battleship (1939)"><i>King George V</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lion-class_battleship" title="Lion-class battleship"><i>Lion</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>X</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Vanguard_(23)" title="HMS Vanguard (23)"><i>Vanguard</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Battlecruiser" title="Battlecruiser">Battlecruisers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Renown-class_battlecruiser" title="Renown-class battlecruiser"><i>Renown</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Hood" title="HMS Hood"><i>Hood</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Heavy_cruiser" title="Heavy cruiser">Heavy cruisers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hawkins-class_cruiser" title="Hawkins-class cruiser"><i>Hawkins</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County-class_cruiser" title="County-class cruiser">County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/York-class_cruiser" title="York-class cruiser"><i>York</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Light_cruiser" title="Light cruiser">Light cruisers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/C-class_cruiser" title="C-class cruiser">C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danae-class_cruiser" title="Danae-class cruiser"><i>Danae</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawkins-class_cruiser" title="Hawkins-class cruiser"><i>Hawkins</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emerald-class_cruiser" title="Emerald-class cruiser"><i>Emerald</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leander-class_cruiser_(1931)" title="Leander-class cruiser (1931)"><i>Leander</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arethusa-class_cruiser_(1934)" title="Arethusa-class cruiser (1934)"><i>Arethusa</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Town-class_cruiser_(1936)" title="Town-class cruiser (1936)">Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dido-class_cruiser" title="Dido-class cruiser"><i>Dido</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fiji-class_cruiser" title="Fiji-class cruiser"><i>Fiji</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minotaur-class_cruiser_(1943)" title="Minotaur-class cruiser (1943)"><i>Minotaur</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neptune-class_cruiser" title="Neptune-class cruiser"><i>Neptune</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>X</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minotaur-class_cruiser_(1947)" title="Minotaur-class cruiser (1947)"><i>Minotaur</i></a> (1947)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>X</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Flotilla_leader" title="Flotilla leader">Destroyer leaders</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thornycroft_type_destroyer_leader" title="Thornycroft type destroyer leader">Thornycroft type (<i>Shakespeare</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiralty_type_flotilla_leader" title="Admiralty type flotilla leader">Admiralty type (<i>Scott</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Destroyer" title="Destroyer">Destroyers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/R-class_destroyer_(1916)" title="R-class destroyer (1916)">R</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S-class_destroyer_(1917)" title="S-class destroyer (1917)">S</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V_and_W-class_destroyer" title="V and W-class destroyer">V & W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Town-class_destroyer" title="Town-class destroyer">Town</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>A</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Ambuscade_(D38)" title="HMS Ambuscade (D38)"><i>Ambuscade</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Amazon_(D39)" title="HMS Amazon (D39)"><i>Amazon</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A-_and_B-class_destroyer" title="A- and B-class destroyer">A & B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C_and_D-class_destroyer" title="C and D-class destroyer">C & D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/E_and_F-class_destroyer" title="E and F-class destroyer">E & F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G_and_H-class_destroyer" title="G and H-class destroyer">G & H</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/I-class_destroyer" title="I-class destroyer">I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tribal-class_destroyer_(1936)" title="Tribal-class destroyer (1936)">Tribal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J-,_K-_and_N-class_destroyer" title="J-, K- and N-class destroyer">J, K & N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunt-class_destroyer" title="Hunt-class destroyer">Hunt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L_and_M-class_destroyer" title="L and M-class destroyer">L & M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/O_and_P-class_destroyer" title="O and P-class destroyer">O & P</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Q_and_R-class_destroyer" title="Q and R-class destroyer">Q & R</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S_and_T-class_destroyer" title="S and T-class destroyer">S & T</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U_and_V-class_destroyer" title="U and V-class destroyer">U & V</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W_and_Z-class_destroyer" title="W and Z-class destroyer">W & Z</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C-class_destroyer_(1943)" title="C-class destroyer (1943)">C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle-class_destroyer" title="Battle-class destroyer">Battle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weapon-class_destroyer" title="Weapon-class destroyer">Weapon</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G-class_destroyer_(1944)" title="G-class destroyer (1944)">G</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>X</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daring-class_destroyer_(1949)" title="Daring-class destroyer (1949)"><i>Daring</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C,P</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Frigate" title="Frigate">Frigates</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/River-class_frigate" title="River-class frigate">River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Captain-class_frigate" title="Captain-class frigate">Captain</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>A</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colony-class_frigate" title="Colony-class frigate">Colony</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>A</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loch-class_frigate" title="Loch-class frigate">Loch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bay-class_frigate" title="Bay-class frigate">Bay</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Corvette" title="Corvette">Corvettes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Flower-class_corvette" title="Flower-class corvette">Flower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castle-class_corvette" title="Castle-class corvette">Castle</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Sloop-of-war" title="Sloop-of-war">Sloops</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/24-class_sloop" title="24-class sloop">24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bridgewater-class_sloop" title="Bridgewater-class sloop"><i>Bridgewater</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hastings-class_sloop" title="Hastings-class sloop"><i>Hastings</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banff-class_sloop" title="Banff-class sloop"><i>Banff</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>A</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shoreham-class_sloop" title="Shoreham-class sloop"><i>Shoreham</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grimsby-class_sloop" title="Grimsby-class sloop"><i>Grimsby</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingfisher-class_sloop" title="Kingfisher-class sloop"><i>Kingfisher</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bittern-class_sloop" title="Bittern-class sloop"><i>Bittern</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egret-class_sloop" title="Egret-class sloop"><i>Egret</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Swan-class_sloop" title="Black Swan-class sloop"><i>Black Swan</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Minelayer" title="Minelayer">Minelayers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Adventure_(M23)" title="HMS Adventure (M23)"><i>Adventure</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdiel-class_minelayer" title="Abdiel-class minelayer"><i>Abdiel</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Plover_(M26)" title="HMS Plover (M26)"><i>Plover</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linnet-class_minelayer" title="Linnet-class minelayer"><i>Linnet</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M-class_minelayer" title="M-class minelayer">M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Agamemnon_(M10)" title="HMS Agamemnon (M10)"><i>Agamemnon</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>V</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Menestheus" title="HMS Menestheus"><i>Menestheus</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>V</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Port_Napier" title="HMS Port Napier"><i>Port Napier</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>V</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Port_Quebec" title="HMS Port Quebec"><i>Port Quebec</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>V</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Southern_Prince" title="HMS Southern Prince"><i>Southern Prince</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>V</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Teviot_Bank" title="HMS Teviot Bank"><i>Teviot Bank</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>V</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Minesweeper" title="Minesweeper">Minesweepers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hunt-class_minesweeper_(1916)" title="Hunt-class minesweeper (1916)">Hunt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halcyon-class_minesweeper" title="Halcyon-class minesweeper"><i>Halcyon</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangor-class_minesweeper" title="Bangor-class minesweeper"><i>Bangor</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MMS-class_minesweeper" title="MMS-class minesweeper">MMS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Auk-class_minesweeper" title="Auk-class minesweeper"><i>Auk</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>A</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Algerine-class_minesweeper" title="Algerine-class minesweeper"><i>Algerine</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cybele-class_mine_destructor_vessel" title="Cybele-class mine destructor vessel"><i>Cybele</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Net_laying_ship" title="Net laying ship">Netlayers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Guardian_(1932)" title="HMS Guardian (1932)"><i>Guardian</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_White_(trawler)" title="Mary White (trawler)"><i>Mary White</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Protector_(A146)" title="HMS Protector (A146)"><i>Protector</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bar-class_boom_defence_vessel" title="Bar-class boom defence vessel"><i>Bar</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Net-class_boom_defence_vessel" title="Net-class boom defence vessel"><i>Net</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" 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submarine"><i>Grampus</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_T-class_submarine" title="British T-class submarine">T</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_U-class_submarine" title="British U-class submarine">U</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oru%C3%A7_Reis-class_submarine" title="Oruç Reis-class submarine"><i>P611</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_V-class_submarine" title="British V-class submarine">V</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amphion-class_submarine" title="Amphion-class submarine"><i>Amphion</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/X-class_submarine" title="X-class submarine">X</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/XE-class_submarine" title="XE-class submarine">XE</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Coastal_Forces_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="Coastal Forces of the Royal Navy">Coastal</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" 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