PEGASUS seaplane carrier

Name	No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Pegasus (ex-Stockholm)		John Brown, Clydebank	1914	9/6/1917	28/8/1917	sold for BU 8/1931

Displacement normal, t
3300

Displacement full, t

Length, m

101.2

Breadth, m

13.1

Draught, m

4.6

No of shafts

2

Machinery

Brown-Curtis geared steam turbines, 6 cylindrical boilers

Power, h. p.

9500

Max speed, kn

20

Fuel, t
oil 300

Armament

2 x 1 - 76/45 QF Mk I HA, 2 x 1 - 76/40 QF MkI HA, 9 aircraft (Short 184, Fairey III)

Complement 280

Aircraft facilities: Landplanes were stowed in forward hangar, fly-off from fwd deck and land ashore. Seaplanes were stowed in the aft hangar, fly-off from the water and returned by derricks.

Year

Torpedo bombers

Recon planes

Ship project history: Ex-short-sea passenger ship, bought 27/2/1917 and converted to carrier on stocks.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Pegasus 1921

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Displacement normal, t	3300
Displacement full, t
Length, m	101.2
Breadth, m	13.1
Draught, m	4.6
No of shafts	2
Machinery	Brown-Curtis geared steam turbines, 6 cylindrical boilers
Power, h. p.	9500
Max speed, kn	20
Fuel, t	oil 300
Armament	2 x 1 - 76/45 QF Mk I HA, 2 x 1 - 76/40 QF MkI HA, 9 aircraft (Short 184, Fairey III)
Complement	280