HMS Ark Royal

HMS Ark Royal was the first ship designed and built as a seaplane carrier. She was purchased by the Royal Navy in 1914 shortly after her keel had been laid and the ship was only in frames; this allowed the ship's design to be modified almost totally to accommodate seaplanes. During the First World War, Ark Royal participated in the Gallipoli Campaign in early 1915, with her aircraft conducting aerial reconnaissance and observation missions. Her aircraft later supported British troops on the Macedonian Front in 1916, before she returned to the Dardanelles to act as a depot ship for all the seaplanes operating in the area. In January 1918, several of her aircraft unsuccessfully attacked the German battlecruiser SMS Goeben when she sortied from the Dardanelles to attack Allied ships in the area. The ship left the area later in the year to support seaplanes conducting anti-submarine patrols over the southern Aegean Sea.

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1914  Wikimedia, Wikidata
HMS Pegasus; SS Anita I
speed 11 knot, draft 5.7 metre, beam 15.5 metre, length 111.6 metre, 
seaplane tender, Blyth Shipbuilding Company, Royal Navy, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 

• Dreadnought Project page^@
• naval-history.net page^@
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1914 HMS Ark Royal

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World War I

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World War II Q362

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ship launching

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keel laying

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ship commissioning

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Frameless

'action Stations' Again, off Gallipoli, April 24th 1915 Art.IWMART4273

Ark Royal NARA 45513193

HMS Ark Royal and Tender Alongside Her in Kephalos Bay, July 2nd 1915 Art.IWMART4369

ARK ROYAL LCCN2014700252

Ark Royal (1914) (12390193793)

Fairey Swordfish being loaded with a torpedo on the deck of HMS Ark Royal (91) in 1941. (48831444676)

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
link	page		Dreadnought Project page@		Wikidata
link	page		naval-history.net page@		Wikidata
commons	image		'action Stations' Again, off Gallipoli, April 24th 1915 Art.IWMART4273		Commons
commons	image		Ark Royal NARA 45513193		Commons
commons	image		HMS Ark Royal and Tender Alongside Her in Kephalos Bay, July 2nd 1915 Art.IWMART4369		Commons
commons	image		ARK ROYAL LCCN2014700252		Commons
commons	image		Ark Royal (1914) (12390193793)		Commons
commons	image		Fairey Swordfish being loaded with a torpedo on the deck of HMS Ark Royal (91) in 1941. (48831444676)		Commons