H.M.S. Vindictive (1918)
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| Pendant Number: | 31 (Oct 1918) 48 (Sep 1919)[1] |
| Builder: | Harland & Wolff[2] |
| Laid down: | 29 Jun, 1918[3] |
| Launched: | 17 Jan, 1918[4] |
| Commissioned: | Oct, 1918[5] |
| Converted: | 1925[6] |
| Fate: | back to a cruiser |
Started construction as H.M.S. Cavendish, as one of the Hawkins class cruiser, but completed as an aircraft carrier, H.M.S. Vindictive.
We treat her as a distinct class.
Service
Vindictive was reduced to Reserve on 30 November, 1920.[7]
She paid off to a C. & M. Party on 10 February, 1925.[8]
Commissioned at Chatham on 20 August, 1928 with Fleet Air Arm Flight No. 444 embarked.[9]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander James G. P. Ingham, 13 September, 1918[10]
- Captain Henry E. Grace, 21 September, 1918[11] – 25 August, 1920
- Commander Alan J. Mackenzie-Grieve, 13 October, 1920[12] – 1921
- Captain Frank Powell, c. 1 June, 1921[13] – 15 June, 1921[14]
- Captain Reginald J. N. Watson, 12 July, 1921[15] – 18 August, 1921[16] (lent from Monarch)
- Captain Cathcart R. Wason, 10 March, 1922 – 8 August, 1922
- Captain Ronald Howard, 8 August, 1922[17] – February, 1923[18]
- Captain George Francis Hyde, 22 October, 1924[19] – October, 1925[20]
- Captain Ronald Howard, 2 October, 1925[21] – April, 1927
- Captain Douglas B. Le Mottée, April, 1927[22] – [23]
- Captain Francis T. B. Tower, 16 May, 1927[24] (and as Flag Captain and Chief Staff Officer)
- Captain Lancelot E. Holland, 16 May, 1929[25] – 31 December, 1929[26] (and as Flag Captain and Chief Staff Officer to R/A Best)
- Commander Percy R. P. Percival, 17 January, 1930[27] – 19 September, 1930[28]
- Captain Charles G. Stuart, 22 February, 1930[29] – 24 July, 1930[30]
- Captain Reginald St. P. Parry, 18 February, 1931[31] – 7 April, 1931[32][Inference]
- Captain Arthur M. Lecky, 29 July, 1931[33] – 1 February, 1932[34]
- Captain Edward McC. W. Lawrie, 1 February, 1932[35] – June, 1932[36]
- Commander Henry J. Egerton, 25 January, 1933 – February, 1933 (temporary)
- Commander Henry J. Egerton, July, 1933 – 17 July, 1933 (temporary)
- Captain Hamilton C. Allen, 1 July, 1935[37] – 24 July, 1935[38] (and as Senior Officer Reserve Fleet, Nore, vice "Morris")
- Commander Charles E. S. Farrant, early 1936[39] – 15 May, 1936[40]
- Captain Ernest J. Spooner, 17 August, 1937 – 17 December, 1938
- Captain Henry C. Bovell, 17 December, 1938[41] – c. October, 1939[42]
Armament
- Four 7.5-in/45cal Mark VI guns
- Four 3-in
- Four 12-pdr H.A. guns
- Six 21-in tubes, two submerged and four fixed A.W. tubes, three to a side
- Six folding-wing aircraft
Fire Control
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 52.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 63.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 63.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 63.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 69.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 69.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 890.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 283.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 282a.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 890.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 935.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 890.
- ↑ Powell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/242. f. 274.
- ↑ Powell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/242. f. 274.
- ↑ Watson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/342. f. 385.
- ↑ Watson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/342. f. 385.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 836.
- ↑ Month is not wholly clear. Is 1, 2 or 3.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 283.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 283.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 282a.
- ↑ Holland Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/51/23. f. 23.
- ↑ Holland Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/51/23. f. 23.
- ↑ Percival Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/255. f. 303.
- ↑ Percival Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/255. f. 303.
- ↑ Stuart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/3. f. 3.
- ↑ Stuart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/3. f. 3.
- ↑ Parry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 34.
- ↑ Parry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 34.
- ↑ Lecky Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/54. f. 54.
- ↑ Lecky Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/54. f. 54.
- ↑ Lawrie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/38. f. 441.
- ↑ Lawrie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/38. f. 441.
- ↑ Allen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 408.
- ↑ Allen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 408.
- ↑ Farrant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/41. f. 41.
- ↑ Farrant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/41. f. 41.
- ↑ Bovell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/28. f. 28.
- ↑ Bovell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/28. f. 28.
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