1917 to 1948 |
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| | | | | 1915-jun-8 | Laid down | | as a Light Battlecruiser but design altered during build. | | | 1916-aug-15 | Launched | | with forward gun turret removed and replaced by a hangar and flight deck, sloping towards the prow. | | | 1917 | Commissioned | | work completed on 4 Jul 1917. | | | 1917-aug-2 | Trials | | first ever deck landing on a carrier. | | | 1919-nov-21 | Refit |  | HMD Rosyth entered Rosyth for a period in reserve, before a refit essentially stripped her back and rebuilt her asa flush-deck carrier. | | | 1926-may-6 | Deployment | | performed first ever deck landing at night of a 462 Flt Blackburn Dart. | | | 1935-sep-9 | Trials | | first rotary wing landing on a British carrier underway, conducted by Avro Rota K4230. | | | 1948 | Decommissioned | | | | |
   
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Vickers-Armstrong, High Walker 
