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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