Planned as frieghter, built as seaplane carrier during First World War, renamed 'Pegasus' in 1934.
HMS Ark Royal (Ship : 1914-1934)
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Photographs of Royal New Zealand Navy ships
Date: 1916-1980s
From: Mackrell, Brent fl 2012: Photographs
Reference: PAColl-6275
Description: Views of Royal New Zealand Navy ships. These include two photographs of anti-nuclear powered ship protests, one in Auckland Harbour, and one in Sydney Harbour Quantity: 3 album(s).
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Two Naval seaplanes parked on the deck of HMS Ark Royal
Date: 1915
From: Paterson, E B :139 photographs relating to World War One experiences of Hugh Townshend Boscawen
Reference: PAColl-0914-1-30-1
Description: Two naval seaplanes parked on the deck of HMS Ark Royal. Photographed by an unknown photographer in 1915 Inscriptions: Verso - Short 136. Wight 172.; Taken on board the aerodrome ship whilst at Lemnos. HTB. The seaplanes are Wight Type A 1 Improved Navyplane, No 172 (left), and Short Type 135, No 136 (right). They are on the deck of the British Navy's first aircraft carrier, HMS Ark Royal, which at the time was at Lemnos. (This photograph also appears in "The Wight Aircraft", Michael H Goodall, Gentry Books, London, p 37) Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print