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Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 3 June 1925.{{NLFeb26|p. 245}}
 
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She was re-commissioned at Chatham on 15 December, 1927 for service on the [[China Station]].  By early 1929, her air complement was a Headquarters Flight under Wing Commander, R.A.F. A.H.S. Steele-Perkins and Fleet Air Arm Flight Nos. 403, 440 and 442.{{NLFeb29|p. 245}}
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She was re-commissioned at the Nore on 3 October, 1930 for service on the [[China Station]].  By mid-1931, her air complement was a Headquarters Flight under Squadron Leader, R.A.F. A. W. F. Glenny and Fleet Air Arm Flight Nos. 403 and 440.{{NLJul31|p. 245}}
  
 
The out-classed carrier succumbed to Japanese air attack off Ceylon in World War II on 9 April, 1942.
 
The out-classed carrier succumbed to Japanese air attack off Ceylon in World War II on 9 April, 1942.
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Geoffrey Hopwood|nick=Geoffrey Hopwood|appt=2 December, 1927|end=February, 1929}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Geoffrey Hopwood|nick=Geoffrey Hopwood|appt=2 December, 1927|end=February, 1929}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=James Douglas Campbell|nick=James D. Campbell|appt=17 January, 1929{{NLFeb29|p. 245}}|end=2 October, 1930}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=James Douglas Campbell|nick=James D. Campbell|appt=17 January, 1929{{NLFeb29|p. 245}}|end=2 October, 1930}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edmond Julius Gordon Mackinnon|nick=Edmond J. G. Mackinnon|appt=October, 1930{{MackieRNW}}|end=March, 1932<ref>Mackinnon Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/228.|D7603480}} f. 232.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edmond Julius Gordon Mackinnon|nick=Edmond J. G. Mackinnon|appt=3 October, 1930{{NLJul31|p. 245}}|end=March, 1932<ref>Mackinnon Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/228.|D7603480}} f. 232.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Francis Riou Baxter|nick=Francis R. Baxter|appt=27 December, 1931<ref>Baxter Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/137.|D7605893}} f. 137.</ref>|end=|note=temporary, pending [[William Bowen Mackenzie|Mackenzie's]] arrival}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Francis Riou Baxter|nick=Francis R. Baxter|appt=27 December, 1931<ref>Baxter Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/137.|D7605893}} f. 137.</ref>|end=|note=temporary, pending [[William Bowen Mackenzie|Mackenzie's]] arrival}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Beveridge Mackenzie|nick=William B. Mackenzie|appt=8 January, 1932|end=April, 1934|ass=March, 1932<ref>Inferred from Mackinnon Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/228.|D7603480}} f. 232.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Beveridge Mackenzie|nick=William B. Mackenzie|appt=8 January, 1932|end=April, 1934|ass=March, 1932<ref>Inferred from Mackinnon Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/228.|D7603480}} f. 232.</ref>}}

Revision as of 09:48, 15 February 2018

H.M.S. Hermes (1919)
Pendant Number: 95 (Jun 1920)[1]
Builder: Armstrong[2]
Laid down: 15 Jan, 1918[3]
Launched: 11 Sep, 1919[4]
Commissioned: 19 Feb, 1924[5]
Sunk: 9 Apr, 1942[6]
Fate: Air Attack

H.M.S. Hermes was an aircraft carrier completed for the Royal Navy in 1924, being the first ship designed from the outset to operate aircraft in a proper manner – being able to recover aircraft while at sea.

Service

Hermes was commissioned at Devonport on 19 February, 1924 under the command of Captain The Hon. Arthur Stopford. By 1925, she was in the Mediterranean.[7]

Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 3 June 1925.[8]

She was re-commissioned at Chatham on 15 December, 1927 for service on the China Station. By early 1929, her air complement was a Headquarters Flight under Wing Commander, R.A.F. A.H.S. Steele-Perkins and Fleet Air Arm Flight Nos. 403, 440 and 442.[9]

She was re-commissioned at the Nore on 3 October, 1930 for service on the China Station. By mid-1931, her air complement was a Headquarters Flight under Squadron Leader, R.A.F. A. W. F. Glenny and Fleet Air Arm Flight Nos. 403 and 440.[10]

The out-classed carrier succumbed to Japanese air attack off Ceylon in World War II on 9 April, 1942.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 53.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 71.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 71.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 71.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 245.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 71.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 245.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 245.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 245.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 245.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 245.
  12. ↑ Talbot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/120. f. 65.
  13. ↑ Talbot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/120. f. 65.
  14. ↑ Eliot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/15. f. 15.
  15. ↑ Eliot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/15. f. 15.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 245.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 245.
  18. ↑ Mackinnon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/228. f. 232.
  19. ↑ Baxter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/137. f. 137.
  20. ↑ Fraser Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/346. f. 344.
  21. ↑ Fraser Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/346. f. 344.
  22. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  23. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  24. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

Bibliography

British Aviation Ships
Experimental Cruiser Platform, 1913
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Ben-my-Chree Vindex Manxman Nairana Vindictive
Seaplane Carriers from Seized German Steamers
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Flat Decked Conversions
Argus Furious
Through-Deck Carriers
Eagle Hermes
Kite Balloon Ships
Canning City of Oxford Hector Manica Menelaus
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