H.M.S. Vindictive (1918)
From The Dreadnought Project
| H.M.S. Vindictive (1918) | |
|---|---|
| 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 cruisers, but completed as an aircraft carrier, H.M.S. Vindictive.
We treat her as a distinct class.
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Henry Edgar Grace, September 1918,[7] in command at the surrender of the High Sea Fleet.[Citation needed]
- Commander James G. P. Ingham, D.S.O., 13 September, 1918.[8]
- Commander Alan J. Mackenzie-Grieve, 13 October, 1920. (temporary, for a voyage?)[9]
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.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The Monthly Navy List, (December 1920). p. 890.
- ↑ The Monthly Navy List, (December 1920). p. 890.
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