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Latest revision as of 14:52, 6 September 2022

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

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

Service

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

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

Bibliography

British Aviation Ships
Experimental Cruiser Platform, 1913
Hermes
Seaplane Carriers from Converted Steamers
Ark Royal Empress Riviera Engadine Campania Pegasus
Ben-my-Chree Vindex Manxman Nairana Vindictive
Seaplane Carriers from Seized German Steamers
Anne Raven II
Flat Decked Conversions
Argus Furious
Through-Deck Carriers
Eagle Hermes
Kite Balloon Ships
Canning City of Oxford Hector Manica Menelaus