HMS Vindictive

HMS Vindictive was a warship built during the First World War for the Royal Navy (RN). Originally designed as a Hawkins-class heavy cruiser and laid down under the name Cavendish, she was converted into an aircraft carrier while still being built. Renamed in 1918, she was completed a few weeks before the end of the war and saw no active service with the Grand Fleet. The following year she participated in the British campaign in the Baltic against the Bolsheviks, during which her aircraft made numerous attacks against the naval base at Kronstadt. Vindictive returned home at the end of the year and was placed in reserve for several years before her flight decks were removed and she was reconverted back into a cruiser. The ship retained her aircraft hangar and conducted trials with an aircraft catapult before she was sent to the China Station in 1926. A year after her return in 1928, she was again placed in reserve.

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Vindictive
Hawkins-class heavy cruiser, heavy cruiser, Harland and Wolff, Royal Navy, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 

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1918 HMS Vindictive

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Norwegian Campaign

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ship completed

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ship launching

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ship commissioning

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keel laying

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Frameless

Le croiseur Vindictive (CNews) - photographie de presse - (Agence Rol) ; (d'après la photographie originale de l'agence photographique) Central News - btv1b53239619h

A study of HMS 'Vindictive' and the 'Daffodil' during the Zeebrugge raid, 23 April 1918 RMG PV3376

HMS Vindictive carrier

H.M.S. Vindictive after her return as flagship from the raid on Zeebrugge (13964028115)

HMS Vindictive cruiser

HMS Vindictive Aircrash 4

HMSVindictive1919 (cropped)

HMSVindictive1919

HMS Vindictive (15342979562)

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
link	page		Dreadnought Project page@		Wikidata
link	page		uboat.net page@		Wikidata
commons	image		Le croiseur Vindictive (CNews) - photographie de presse - (Agence Rol) ; (d'après la photographie originale de l'agence photographique) Central News - btv1b53239619h		Commons
commons	image		A study of HMS 'Vindictive' and the 'Daffodil' during the Zeebrugge raid, 23 April 1918 RMG PV3376		Commons
commons	image		HMS Vindictive carrier		Commons
commons	image		H.M.S. Vindictive after her return as flagship from the raid on Zeebrugge (13964028115)		Commons
commons	image		HMS Vindictive cruiser		Commons
commons	image		HMS Vindictive Aircrash 4		Commons
commons	image		HMSVindictive1919 (cropped)		Commons
commons	image		HMSVindictive1919		Commons
commons	image		HMS Vindictive (15342979562)		Commons