PEGASUS seaplane carrier (1917)
Pegasus 1917
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Pegasus (ex-Stockholm) | N8A, N9A | 431 | John Brown, Clydebank | 1914 | 9.6.1917 | 28.8.1917 | sold for BU 8.1931 |
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Displacement normal, t |
3300 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
101.2 |
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Breadth, m |
13.1 |
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Draught, m |
4.60 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 sets Brown-Curtis geared steam turbines, 6 cylindrical boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
9500 |
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Max speed, kts |
20 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 300 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 1220(20) |
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Armament |
4 x 1 - 76/40 12pdr 12cwt QF Mk I, 9 aircraft (WB.III, Short 184, Camel, Campania) |
| Complement | 280 |
Aircraft facilities: Landplanes were stowed in forward hangar, launched from fwd deck and land ashore. Seaplanes were stowed in the aft hangar, fly-off from the water and returned by derricks.
| Year | Fighters | Torpedo bombers | Recon planes |
| 1917 | 4 Beardmore WB.III | 4 Short 184 | --- |
| late 1918 | 4 Camel | 1 Short 184 | 3 Campania |
Project history: The last of the short-sea passenger ship conversions was in many ways the most sophisticated, because she completed last. As with the Nairana landplanes were stowed in the forward hangar, and seaplanes aft, to simplify handling. The ship was bought on the stocks as SS Stockholm 27 February 1917 and renamed on 28 August 1917 after commissioning.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Since 1924 Pegasus was rated as aircraft tender until sold.
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
Pegasus 1921
Pegasus
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