HMS Raven II
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| Career |  |
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| Name: | HMS Raven II |
| Builder: | Swan Hunter |
| Launched: | 1903 |
| Acquired: | August 1914 |
| Commissioned: | June 12, 1915 |
| Decommissioned: | January 14, 1918 |
| Fate: | Sold for mercantile service 1923 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 4678 tons gross |
| Length: | 390.5 ft (119.0 m) pp |
| Beam: | 51.5 ft (15.7 m) |
| Propulsion: | 1-shaft quadruple expansion |
| Speed: | 10 knots |
| Armament: | 1 x 12 pdr (76mm) |
| Aircraft carried: | 2 seaplanes |
HMS Raven II was a German merchantman converted by the Royal Navy as a Seaplane carrier.
The German merchantman Rabenfels was built by Swan Hunter in 1911. On the outbreak of World War One, the Rabenfels was seized at Port Said, Egypt. Commissioned into the Royal Navy on June 12, 1915, she was not renamed as HMS Raven II until August, 1915.
HMS Raven II carried two seaplanes, and operated in the Eastern Mediterranean (1915-1916) and the Indian Ocean (1916-1917). The aircraft operated included Short Type 184, Sopwith Schneider, Sopwith Baby and Short Admiralty Type 827.
HMS Raven II was decommissioned January 14, 1918 and, renamed Ravenrock, served as a stores carrier, collier and troopship in Government service until January, 1921. She was sold back to mercantile service in 1923.
[edit] References
- Colledge, J. J. and Warlow, Ben (2006). Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy, Rev. ed., London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.
- Dittmar, F. J. & Colledge, J. J., "British Warships 1914-1919", (Ian Allen, London, 1972), ISBN 0-7110-0380-7
- Gray, Randal (ed), "Conway's All The Worlds Fighting Ships, 1906-1921", (Conway Maritime Press, London, 1985), ISBN 0-85177-245-5
