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Ark Royal 1915

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Ark Royal; 12.1934- Pegasus	N80, N07	174	Blyth SB, Cowpen Quay	7.11.1913	5.9.1914	12.1914	catapult ship 4.1941, hulk 2.1944

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	7080
Displacement full, t	7400
Length, m	111.6
Breadth, m	15.5
Draught, m	5.50 mean
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 VTE, 2 cylindrical boilers
Power, h. p.	3000
Max speed, kts	11
Fuel, t	500 oil
Armament	4 x 1 - 76/40 12pdr 12cwt QF Mk I, 2 x 1 - 7.7/87, 7 aircraft (2 Sopwith 807, 2 Wright Pusher, 1 Short 135, 2 Sopwith Tabloid)
Complement	180

Air group

Year	Fighters	torpedo bombers	recon planes	Seaplanes
1915	2 Sopwith Tabloid	---	2 Wright Pusher, 1 Short 135	2 Sopwith 807
1941	3 Fulmar	---	---	---

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ARK ROYAL aircraft carrier (1914)