hms empress seaplane carrier royal_navy served world war converted ship empress ship aircraft conducted aerial reconnaissance observation bombing missions north_sea year war conducted anti submarine patrols mediterranean empress returned owners sold french company scrapped description empress overall length feet beam feet draught feet displaced long tons rated gross register tons grt ship sets direct drive steam turbines drove propeller shaft ship boilers generated steam produce shaft horsepower turbines ship designed speed knots mph speed knots mph sea trials shaft horsepower empress carried tonnes long tons coal range nautical miles knots mph service built fast chatham railway empress service world war admiralty august commissioned august month ship transported equipment belgium beginning august converted carry operate aircraft forward aft housed canvas handled newly fitted cargo career ship operated short type baby quick firing pounder guns fitted time completion modifications september empress assigned christmas day aircraft ships took housing seven successfully took attack inflicted little damage aircraft returned recovered crews safely recovered british submarine dutch july ship modified permanent aircraft hangar rear superstructure pair cranes mounted rear hangar water pounders apparently removed refit pounder cwt guns rounds vickers pounder anti aircraft guns rounds fitted empress transferred rest year moving mediterranean arrived january assigned egypt seaplane squadron carriers anne ben squadron command general officer commanding egypt primary duty watch attack turkish positions movements southern palestine early april empress detached squadron support operations coast bulgaria aircraft observed naval refit genoa ship rejoined squadron supported operations syrian palestinian coasts november january assigned anti submarine duties port said later gibraltar returned owners november sold armament france january empress collided british schooner english channel sank empress scrapped france
HMS Empress (1914)