List of seaplane carriers of the Royal Navy

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This is a list of Royal Navy seaplane carriers.
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Ships of the Royal Navy |
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Key[edit]
Main guns |
The number and type of the main battery guns |
Displacement |
Ship displacement at full combat load |
Propulsion |
Number of shafts, type of propulsion system, and top speed generated |
Service |
The dates work began and finished on the ship and its ultimate fate |
Laid down |
The date the keel began to be assembled |
Commissioned |
The date the ship was commissioned |
Ships[edit]

HMS Campania
Ship |
Aircraft |
Displacement |
Propulsion |
Service |
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Laid down |
Commissioned |
Fate |
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HMS Ark Royal |
9 |
7,450 long tons (7,570 t) |
2 shafts Brown-Curtis geared turbines 6 boilers |
7 November 1913 |
December 1914 |
Sold December 1946 for conversion to a merchant ship. |
HMS Empress |
3 |
2,540 long tons (2,581 t) |
3 shafts Parsons turbines |
1906 |
25 August 1914 |
Returned to owners November 1919 |
HMS Engadine |
4 |
1,676 long tons (1,703 t) |
2 shafts Steam turbine |
1910 |
13 August 1914 |
Sold back to original owners 1919. |
HMS Riviera |
4 |
1,850 long tons (1,880 t) |
3 shafts Parsons turbines 6 boilers |
1910 |
11 August 1914 |
Returned to owners 1919 |
HMS Campania |
10 |
18,000 long tons (18,289 t) |
2 shafts Steam engines |
1892 |
17 April 1915 |
Sank during a gale, 5 November 1918 |
HMS Anne |
2 |
4,083 long tons (4,149 t) |
1 shaft |
1911 |
4 August 1915 |
Returned to owners 1922 |
HMS Raven II |
2 |
4,678 long tons (4,753 t) |
1 shaft |
1911 |
12 June 1915 |
Sold for mercantile service 1923 |
HMS Ben-my-Chree |
6 |
3,880 long tons (3,942 t) |
3 shafts Steam turbines 3 boilers |
1907 |
3 March 1915 |
Sunk on 11 January 1917 by shore-based Turkish artillery fire. |
HMS Vindex |
7 |
2,950 long tons (2,997 t) |
3 shafts Steam turbines 4 boilers |
1916 |
1 October 1918 |
Scrapped 1948 |
HMS Manxman |
8 |
2,540 long tons (2,581 t) |
2 shafts Brown-Curtis geared turbines |
1903 |
17 April 1916 |
Sold for Scrap 9 August 1949 |
HMS Nairana |
7 |
3,547 long tons (3,604 t) |
2 shafts Parsons geared turbines |
1914 |
25 August 1917 |
Sold 1920 |
HMS Pegasus |
9 |
2,540 long tons (2,581 t) |
2 shafts Brown-Curtis geared turbines |
1914 |
28 August 1917 |
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HMS Albatross |
9 |
6,350 long tons (6,452 t) |
2 shafts Steam turbines 4 boilers |
5 May 1926 |
19 April 1938 |
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HMS Vindictive |
12 |
11,500 long tons (11,700 t) |
4 shafts Parsons turbines 12 boilers |
29 June 1916 |
1 October 1918 |
Sold for scrap February 1946 |
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- Lists of Royal Navy ships by type
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- Aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy
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