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...Baron Fisher|Lord Fisher]]. After the Great War they were converted into aircraft carriers. ...5000 yards. Drift was allowed for by effectively inclining the periscope carrier 2.5 degrees. The central sighting scopes were 61 inches above and 46 inche

...ing to 2600 fps at 2000 yards. Drift was corrected by inclining the sight carrier arm 2 degrees. ** aircraft flying platforms added to "A" and "Y"

...Ship No. 1''''', allowing her illustrious name to be given to an aircraft carrier, CV-12, and later to CV-33. But she continued her yeoman service and made m

...h flight appears to involve about seven men, so this might mean about five aircraft.{{NLFeb29|pp. 240-1}} However, prior to completion, she was converted to a carrier. The forward 18-in turret ("A") was never fitted and a flying-off deck was

...:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Glorious'' (1916)|fate2=as aircraft carrier ...orious''''' was completed as a battlecruiser, but converted to an aircraft carrier in the late 1920s.

|type=aircraft carrier ...ous flight deck, her basis upon a battleship design offered her no greater aircraft accommodation than the succeeding purpose-built {{UK-Hermes|y=1919}}, which

...he only ship in her class actually completed, and even then as an aircraft carrier.

...utgrew its R.F.C. origins and opened its own flying schools, built its own aircraft and commenced a large non-rigid and rigid airship programme during the cour ...on vessels and the first carrier air strikes upon an enemy. The aircraft carrier as recognisable today was a creation of the Royal Navy.

The cruisers now have a seaplane carrier attached. {{UK-Chester}} as also at the battle, but was detached to screen ...|7}} and {{UK-DF|8}}, as well as some sloops, minesweepers and an aircraft carrier, {{UK-Pegasus|f=p}}.{{NLJan23|p. 707}}

...is wife, Alice Margaret (d. 1889), fourth daughter of the Reverend Matthew Carrier Tompson, rural dean and vicar of Alderminster, Worcestershire. At the exam In 1915 Arbuthnot proposed that submarines be equipped with aircraft stowed in watertight containers, a proposal which was considered by an Admi

...to be made in Europe and marked the beginning of the idea of the aircraft-carrier: Samson contributed largely by experiment and demonstration to the growth o The unscheduled swim didn't manage to dampen Samson's desire to press aircraft to their limits, however. On the night of 12 September, he undertook a dar

...til 9 May, 1930, he commanded ''Courageous'', now converted to an aircraft carrier.<ref>Brownrigg Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47.}} f. 231.</ref>

...naval air service as well as what was in effect the world's first aircraft carrier (fitted to carry seaplanes), until it was decided that Sheerness would serv

Cunliffe was appointed in command of the aircraft carrier [[H.M.S. Ilustrious (1939)|''Illustrious'']] and as Flag Captain and Chief

|{{UK-Vindex|f=p}}||seaplane carrier||7 Mar, 1905||Sold 12 Feb, 1920 |{{UK-Eagle|f=p}}||aircraft carrier||8 Jun, 1918||Torpedoed 11 Aug, 1942

| As this ship was completed as an aircraft carrier, doubt about her Dreyer equipment is greater still.

The range clock's output shaft fed a tuning differential which drove the carrier for the red [[Clock Range|clock range]] pencil across the range plot and pe |rowspan=2|Aircraft Carriers||[[H.M.S. Eagle (1918)|''Eagle'']]**

...October 1926 and 1 June 1928.<ref>Smith, Peter C. ''Eagle's War: Aircraft Carrier HMS Eagle 1939-1942''. Crecy Publishing Limited: 2009, p. 186.</ref>

Some minor T.B.D. actions & L. cruiser raids with aircraft from Dec ^<u>..</u> 15 to March ^<u>..</u> 16. ...<u>n</u></sup> since May ^<u>..</u> 15; "Ben-my-Chree" sea plane carrier reported sunk by gun fire coast of Asia Minor.

...eted as cruisers, but one was completed as the [[Aircraft Carrier|aircraft carrier]] {{UK-Vindictive}}. Although their 7.5-in guns lent them to the notion of

...gears used in British Aircraft Ships 1922, a paper dealing with a proposed aircraft carrying Mail Steamer and rough diagrams of a 'Flying Off' device. ...ction during the War. 1914-18' vol II part 1, includes records of aircraft carrier and armed merchant cruiser constructions.

In 1913, it started building aircraft engines and [[Sopwith Pup]] fighter planes under licence. |{{UK-Argus|f=p}}||aircraft carrier||2 Dec, 1917||Sold 5 Dec, 1946

|{{UK-Vindictive|f=p}}||aircraft carrier||17 Jan, 1918||Converted 1925

|type=aircraft carrier ...s Cruiser (1917)|''Hawkins'' class cruiser]], but completed as an aircraft carrier, '''H.M.S. ''Vindictive'''''. Between 1923 and 1925, she was converted bac

* The Genesis of the Big Fleet Carrier: USS ''Lexington'' CV-2, by Norman Friedman * The ''Kiev'': Cruiser or Carrier?, by John Jordan

...f Cdr. [[Henry Maurice Coombs]], ''Winchester'' collided with the aircraft carrier {{UK-Courageous}} in 1931.<ref>Coombs Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/213

|type=aircraft carrier ...utset to operate aircraft in a proper manner &ndash; being able to recover aircraft while at sea.

...uld serve in the Home Fleet and as flagship of the Rear Admiral Commanding Aircraft Carriers.<ref name=times18apr1933/>

|type=aircraft carrier ...d a continuous flight deck and more accurately reflected a mature aircraft carrier than any previous vessel.

..."immediately." Oldham asked that his appointment to command the aircraft carrier be cancelled and that his appointment to the Milford Division of the Coast

...rier [[H.M.S. Ark Royal (1937)|''Ark Royal'']], and as Flag Captain to V/A Aircraft Carriers. This apparently ended on 25 May, 1941 with another appointment d

D'Oyly-Hughes was killed when his aircraft carrier {{UK-Glorious|f=p}} was sunk by gunfire under controversial circumstances o

...ida'' on 1 April was laid at the feet of Kennedy-Purvis, but the number of aircraft operating at the time were taken as such an extenuating circumstance that n

...I) Mercury'' 30 May 1935 p.5.</ref> aircraft carrier ''Langley'', aircraft carrier ''Saratoga'', {{USOfficerReg1935|pp. 18-19}} and the Pensacola Naval Air St

...as assigned to duty in connection with the fitting out of the new aircraft carrier ''Lexington'' on 1 October, 1926, and remained aboard when she commissioned

...6, Bristol was the first captain of America's first purpose-built aircraft carrier, {{US-Ranger}}.

...be appointed to Sea Service." By his own account he had written off three aircraft.{{AgarFootprints|p. 44}} An appointment to the ''Hardy'' was cancelled, as ...od services when ''Dorsetshire'' and {{UK-Cornwall}} were sunk by Japanese aircraft in the Indian Ocean. On 11 June Vice-Admiral [[Geoffrey Schomberg Arbuthnot

...ently made Flag Captain and Chief Staff Officer to Rear-Admiral Home Fleet Aircraft Carriers. He went on unemployed tim on 27 November, 1942.<ref>Bovell Serv

Bulteel died from illness while captain of the aircraft carrier {{UK-Furious|f=p}}.

Onslow was killed when the aircraft carrier {{UK-Hermes|f=p}} was lost under his command.<ref>Onslow Service Record. {

...e|f=t}} on the [[China Station]] between 1922 and 1925 and in the aircraft carrier {{UK-Eagle}} on the [[Mediterranean Station]] in 1926, in June of which yea

He was appointed to the aircraft carrier [[H.M.S. Ark Royal (1937)|''Ark Royal'']] on 3 January, 1939.{{NLMay39|p. 2 ...} on 16 April, 1941.{{NLApr44|p. 185}} He was serving aboard the aircraft carrier [[H.M.S. Formidable (1939)|''Formidable'']] in April of 1944.{{NLApr44|p. 1

Mansergh commanded the aircraft carrier H.M.S. ''Implacable'' in 1946.

...aerial gunnery observer. In April, 1922, he was appointed to the aircraft carrier {{UK-Argus}} as an observer. Before 1926, he would be an observer in the c

He commanded a yacht and served in the aircraft carrier {{UK-Furious}}.

Hill-Norton commanded the aircraft carrier [[H.M.S. Ark Royal (1950)|''Ark Royal'']] from October 1959 until he was pr

He commanded the aircraft carrier [[H.M.S. Perseus (1944)|''Perseus'']], vice [[Robert Eric Gunston]], in the

...damage. Two seaplanes armed with 18 inch torpedoes arrived on the seaplane carrier {{UK-Manxman|f=p}} too late to attack. Indirect fire from a monitor also pr

...titution]] essay in 1925, during which time he was serving in the aircraft carrier {{UK-Furious}}. He was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 15 June, 192

...in the future guns of this calibre, will only be retained on board as anti-aircraft guns, as was laid down for all ships. ...it which carries the weights, (Projectile grab and drum with carrier), the carrier being suspended from the rail. The electrical starting levers for both moto