HMS Ark Royal

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 that 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

Battle honours[]

• Armada 1588
• Cádiz 1596
• Dardanelles 1915
• Norway 1940
• Spartivento 1940
• Mediterranean 1940–1941
• Bismarck 1941
• Malta Convoys 1941
• Al Faw 2003

References[]

List of ships with the same or similar names

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