HMS Pegasus (1917)
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HMS Pegasus was a 3,300 ton displacement seaplane tender that was launched on June 9, 1917.
It was built by John Brown & Company of Clydebank, Scotland. Originally laid down as the mail steamer, Stockholm, for the Great Eastern Railway Company, it was purchased by the Royal Navy, commissioned as HMS Pegasus on August 28, 1917 and altered for naval warfare. Armament was two 3 inch guns and two 12 pounder anti-aircraft guns, with a complement of 258 men. Powered by geared turbines, it had twin screws with an output of 9,500 hp and was capable of 21 knots. After World War I the Pegasus served largely as an aircraft transport. In 1923 the forward flying-off deck was removed and it was converted to an aircraft tender, capable of carrying up to 9 seaplanes. In 1925 it was decommissioned to reserve, but was recommissioned as an aircraft transport in 1929. On August 22, 1931 the ship was sold for scrap.
See HMS Pegasus for other ships of this name.
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