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Revision as of 10:24, 24 August 2018

H.M.S. Riviera (1911)
Pendant Number: N.85 (1914)[1]
Builder: William Denny & Brothers[2]
Laid down: 1910[3]
Launched: 1 Apr, 1911[4]
Completed: Jun, 1911[5]
Returned: late 1919[6]

H.M.S. Riviera was a cross-channel packet steamer, S.S. Riviera which was converted to a seaplane carrier for the Royal Navy in 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. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 51.
  7. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 401t.
  8. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 401w.
  9. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 401yy.
  10. The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 401z.
  11. Wiles family webpage.
  12. Hobart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/45. f. 448.
  13. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 1004-1006.
  14. Hobart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/45. f. 448.

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