Timeline
| Date | |
|---|---|
| Jun 8, 1915 | as a Light Battlecruiser but design altered during build. |
| Aug 15, 1916 | with forward gun turret removed and replaced by a hangar and flight deck, sloping towards the prow. |
| 1917 | work completed on 4 Jul 1917. |
| Aug 2, 1917 | first ever deck landing on a carrier. |
| Nov 21, 1919 | HMD Rosyth entered Rosyth for a period in reserve, before a refit essentially stripped her back and rebuilt her asa flush-deck carrier. |
| May 6, 1926 | performed first ever deck landing at night of a 462 Flt Blackburn Dart. |
| Sep 9, 1935 | first rotary wing landing on a British carrier underway, conducted by Avro Rota K4230. |
| 1948 |