Talk:HMS Ark Royal (1914)

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[edit] Contradiction

HMS Ark Royal was the World's first purpose-built aircraft carrier.

However, another ship was needed, and in 1914 a tramp steamer was requisitioned whilst under construction. This 7,000-ton vessel was turned into the first purpose-built aircraft carrying vessel, HMS Ark Royal in Blyth, Northumberland.

She is either purpose built, or converted. Emoscopes ^Talk 17:07, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

She used the pre-existing hull of a cargo ship under construction, the superstructure & internal configuration would have been purpose-built. It's not really a conversion because the would-be tramp steamer was never constructed. -Nakamura2828 01:08, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

Then she was purpose converted, not purpose built. Her build started off as one vessel and was finished as somethine similar with refinements for operating floatplanes. The first purpose built aircraft carrier was HMS Hermes, which was designed and built from the keel up as an aircraft carrying vessel. Emoscopes ^Talk 01:28, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

If you check the aircraft carrier page you'll see someone has been adding details of French construction efforts prior to this, so the claim is irrelevant anyway. Wiki-Ed 08:31, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

La Foudre was also converted it seems, my point is that this Ark Royal is not purpose built, she is still a conversion of an existing hull (just like Argus), and therefore cannot claim the mantle of the first purpose-built aircraft carrier. The first was the ninth HMS Hermes, although she was beaten into commision by Hosho Emoscopes ^Talk 11:21, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

I see what you're saying, but I'm more concerned with what it is trying to do than the semantics. I'm opposed to "first" or "largest" claims littering Wikipedia like this. I've edited the contradictory section (as you say) and removed the tag. Wiki-Ed 13:48, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

Oops. Just noticed who started this article. *Wiki-Ed smacks own wrists Wiki-Ed 13:58, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

Reads good to me now. :) Emoscopes ^Talk 15:02, 4 October 2006 (UTC)