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Wednesday, 14 September 2022

British aircraft carrier HMS Vindictive bound or Gibraltar according to the Weekly Intelligence Summary No. 8 dated 25 February 1922

appearance as aircraft carrier

Hawkins-class heavy cruisers



An item reported that the British aircraft carrier HMS Vindictive was to leave Portsmouth, England about 15 March to transport reliefs to Gibraltar.

Note

1. Part of Hawkins-class heavy cruisers, building ordered in April 1916, laid down as Cavenish with yard number 500 by Harland&Wolff, Belfast, Ireland on 29 June 1916, launched on 17 January 918, converted into an aircraft carrier during the building, renamed Vindictive in June 1918, completed on 19 October 1918, converted into a cruiser in 1924, converted into a training ship between 1936-1937, into a repair ship in 1939, destroyer torpedo ship since 1944 and broken up in 1946.

Source

The National Archives, Kew Gardens, England CAB-24-133-91

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