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Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ark Royal:

  • Ark Royal (1587), the flagship of the English fleet during the Spanish Armada campaign of 1588
  • HMS Ark Royal (1914), planned as freighter, built as seaplane carrier during the First World War, renamed Pegasus in 1934
  • HMS Ark Royal (91), British aircraft carrier launched in 1937 which participated in the Second World War and was sunk by a U-boat in 1941
  • HMS Ark Royal (R09), an Audacious-class aircraft carrier launched in 1950, decommissioned in 1979
  • HMS Ark Royal (R07), an Invincible-class aircraft carrier, launched in 1981, decommissioned in 2011

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Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ark Royal: Ark Royal (1587), the flagship of the English fleet during the Spanish Armada campaign of 1588 HMS Ark Royal (1914)...

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Unsinkable Sam

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OCLC 15197891. THE SINKING OF HMS ARK ROYAL, archived from the original on 2021-05-02, retrieved 2021-05-02 Jameson, William (2004), Ark Royal: The Life of an Aircraft...

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List of aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy

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carriers of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom. There are two carriers, HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales, currently in service. HMS Unicorn was...

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UK Carrier Strike Group

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from HMS Ark Royal". As an example of the size and composition of a UK CSG of that era, the Auriga CSG consisted of the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal, along...

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HMS Indomitable

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and was scrapped in 1955. HMS Indomitable was to have been an Invincible-class aircraft carrier. She was renamed HMS Ark Royal in 1978, before being launched...

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German battleship Bismarck

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fifteen Fairey Swordfish torpedo bombers from the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal; one scored a hit that rendered the battleship's steering gear inoperable...

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Ark

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The Ark (Antarctica), a rock summit in Antarctica Ark (river boat), a temporary boat used in river transport in eastern North America HMS Ark Royal, a...

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Royal Navy Fleet Flagship

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In the Royal Navy, the fleet flagship is, in practice, the warship designated as the fleet's most prestigious vessel, currently HMS Queen Elizabeth. In...

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Blackburn Buccaneer

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on HMS Victorious, Eagle, HMS Ark Royal, and Hermes. The Buccaneer was retired from FAA service with the decommissioning in February 1979 of the Ark Royal...

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Jerry Kyd

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commanding officer of HMS Ark Royal in September 2010, commanding officer of HMS Illustrious in 2011 and commanding officer of the Britannia Royal Naval College...

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Jerry Grayson

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Officer Pilot at Britannia Royal Naval College at age 17, he was assigned to anti-submarine operations on-board HMS Ark Royal with 824 NAS. He flew Westland...

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Group (UKCSG) after it was disbanded in 2011 due to the retirement of HMS Ark Royal and Harrier GR9s. The Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers form the...

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List of operations in the Mediterranean Sea area during World War II

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of Dragoon Dunlop (1941) — delivery of 24 Hurricanes to Malta from HMS Ark Royal (1 lost en route) Encore (1945) — Allied assault on mountain positions...

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Operation Grog

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the Royal Navy's Force H, consisting of the battleship HMS Malaya, aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal, battlecruiser HMS Renown, and light cruiser HMS Sheffield...

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