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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 cruiser, but completed as an aircraft carrier, H.M.S. Vindictive.

We treat her as a distinct class.

Service

Reduced to Reserve on 30 November, 1920..^[7]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Commander James G. P. Ingham, 13 September, 1918^[8]
Captain Henry E. Grace, 21 September, 1918^[9] – 25 August, 1920^{[Citation needed]}
Commander Alan J. Mackenzie-Grieve, 13 October, 1920^[10] (temporary, for a voyage?)
Captain Frank Powell, c. 1 June, 1921^[11] – 15 June, 1921^[12]
Captain Reginald J. N. Watson, 12 July, 1921^[13] – 18 August, 1921^[14] (lent from Monarch)
Captain Cathcart R. Wason, 10 March, 1922 – 8 August, 1922
Captain Ronald Howard, 8 August, 1922^[15]
Captain George Francis Hyde, October, 1924^[16] – October, 1925^[17]
Captain Ronald Howard, October, 1925^[18] – April, 1927^[19]
Captain Douglas B. Le Mottée, April, 1927^[20] – ^[21]
Captain Francis T. B. Tower, 16 May, 1927^[22] (and as Flag Captain and Chief Staff Officer)
Captain Lancelot E. Holland, 16 May, 1929^[23] – 31 December, 1929^[24] (and as Flag Captain and Chief Staff Officer to R/A Best)
Commander Percy R. P. Percival, 17 January, 1930^[25] – 19 September, 1930^[26]
Captain Charles G. Stuart, 22 February, 1930^[27] – 24 July, 1930^[28]
Captain Reginald St. P. Parry, 18 February, 1931^[29] – 7 April, 1931^[30]^[Inference]
Captain Arthur M. Lecky, 29 July, 1931^[31] – 1 February, 1932^[32]
Captain Edward McC. W. Lawrie, 1 February, 1932^[33] – June, 1932^[34]
Captain Hamilton C. Allen, 1 July, 1935^[35] – 24 July, 1935^[36] (and as Senior Officer Reserve Fleet, Nore, vice "Morris")
Commander Charles E. S. Farrant, early 1936^[37] – 15 May, 1936^[38]
Captain Ernest J. Spooner, September, 1937^[39] – December, 1938^[40]
Captain Henry C. Bovell, 17 December, 1938^[41] – c. October, 1939^[42]

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

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.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 890.
↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 890.
↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 935.
↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 890.
↑ Powell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/242. f. 274.
↑ Powell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/242. f. 274.
↑ Watson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/342. f. 385.
↑ Watson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/342. f. 385.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 836.
↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 282a.
↑ Holland Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/51/23. f. 23.
↑ Holland Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/51/23. f. 23.
↑ Percival Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/255. f. 303.
↑ Percival Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/255. f. 303.
↑ Stuart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/3. f. 3.
↑ Stuart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/3. f. 3.
↑ Parry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 34.
↑ Parry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 34.
↑ Lecky Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/54. f. 54.
↑ Lecky Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/54. f. 54.
↑ Lawrie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/38. f. 441.
↑ Lawrie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/38. f. 441.
↑ Allen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 408.
↑ Allen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 408.
↑ Farrant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/41. f. 41.
↑ Farrant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/41. f. 41.
↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
↑ Bovell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/28. f. 28.
↑ Bovell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/28. f. 28.

Bibliography

British Aviation Ships

Experimental Cruiser Platform, 1913

Hermes

Seaplane Carriers from Converted Steamers

Ark Royal

Empress

Riviera

Engadine

Campania

Pegasus

Ben-my-Chree

Vindex

Manxman

Nairana

Vindictive

Seaplane Carriers from Seized German Steamers

Anne

Raven II

Flat Decked Conversions

Argus

Furious

Through-Deck Carriers

Eagle

Hermes

Kite Balloon Ships

Canning

City of Oxford

Hector

Manica

Menelaus

[1] Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 52.

[2] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 63.

[3] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 63.

[4] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 63.

[5] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 69.

[6] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 69.

[7] The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 890.

[8] The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 890.

[9] The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 935.

[10] The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 890.

[11] Powell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/242. f. 274.

[12] Powell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/242. f. 274.

[13] Watson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/342. f. 385.

[14] Watson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/342. f. 385.

[15] The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 836.

[16] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[17] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[18] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[19] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[20] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[21] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[22] The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 282a.

[23] Holland Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/51/23. f. 23.

[24] Holland Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/51/23. f. 23.

[25] Percival Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/255. f. 303.

[26] Percival Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/255. f. 303.

[27] Stuart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/3. f. 3.

[28] Stuart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/3. f. 3.

[29] Parry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 34.

[30] Parry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 34.

[31] Lecky Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/54. f. 54.

[32] Lecky Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/54. f. 54.

[33] Lawrie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/38. f. 441.

[34] Lawrie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/38. f. 441.

[35] Allen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 408.

[36] Allen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 408.

[37] Farrant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/41. f. 41.

[38] Farrant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/41. f. 41.

[39] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[40] Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

[41] Bovell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/28. f. 28.

[42] Bovell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/28. f. 28.

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