HMS Ark Royal (1914)
Service
- as Ark Royal10 December 1914 — February 19441,641 days of the war
- as Anita I18 October 1946 — 16 June 1949
- Name
- HMS Ark Royal
- Pennant / hull number
- 1914
- Builder
- Blyth Shipbuilding Company, Blyth, Northumberland
- Laid down
- 7 November 1913
- Launched
- 5 September 1914
- Commissioned
- 10 December 1914
- Fate
- Seized for debts, 16 June 1949 (1949)
- Status
- Unknown
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 7,080 long tons (7,194 t)
- Length
- 111.56 m (366 ft) OA
- Beam
- 15.24 m (50 ft)
- Draught
- 5.49 m (18 ft)
- Speed
- 11 knots (20.4 km/h, 12.7 mph)
- Range
- 3,030 nmi (5,612 km)
- Complement
- 180
- Main gun
- 76 mm (3 in)
HMS Ark Royal was a aircraft carrier in service with the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number 1914. Blyth Shipbuilding Company, Blyth, Northumberland laid her keel on 7 November 1913. Launched on 5 September 1914, she entered service on 10 December 1914.
She displaced 7,080 long tons. She measured 111.6 m (366 ft) long with a beam of 15.2 m (50 ft). Her designed speed was 11 knots, and she carried a complement of 180. Her main battery was of 76 mm (3.0 in) calibre.
She carried eight aircraft. Her machinery developed 3,000 ihp.
She served with the Royal Navy as Ark Royal until February 1944. She was in commission for 1,641 days of the Second World War.
She was captured on 16 June 1949.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 1 × shaft
- 1 × triple-expansion steam engine
- Power
- 3 × boilers
- 3000 ihp
- Armament
- 4 × single 12 pdr (3 in) guns
- Aircraft
- 8 × floatplanes
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Ark Royal (1914) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Central News Photo Service — U.S. National Archives and Records Administration — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons