H.M.S. Vindex (1905)

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H.M.S. Vindex (1905)
Pendant Number: N.00 (Apr 1915)
N.3A (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Armstrong[2]
Purchased: 11 Oct, 1915[3]
Launched: 7 Mar, 1905[4]
Commissioned: 26 Mar, 1915[5]
Sold: 12 Feb, 1920[6]

H.M.S. Vindex was the steamer Viking when acquired by the Royal Navy for conversion to a seaplane carrier, entering in March, 1915.

Service

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 51.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 51.
  3. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 51.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 51.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 51.
  6. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 51.
  7. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 401zz.
  8. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 935.

Bibliography

British Aviation Ships
Experimental Cruiser Platform, 1913
Hermes
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Anne Raven II
Flat Decked Conversions
Argus Furious
Through-Deck Carriers
Eagle Hermes
Kite Balloon Ships
Canning City of Oxford Hector Manica Menelaus