First person to take-off from a moving ship

First person to take-off from a moving ship
Who
Commander Charles Samson
What
First
Where
United Kingdom (Weymouth Bay,)
When
02 May 1912
The first airman to take off from a moving ship was Commander Charles Samson of the British Royal Navy, who got airborne in a Short S27 biplane from HMS Hibernia steaming at 10.5 knots (19 km/h; 11.8 mph), during the Royal Fleet Review at Weymouth, UK on 2 May 1912.