The fifth vessel to bear the proud name. Ark Royal was built by Swan Hunters Ship Builders yard at Wallsend in December 1978 and launched by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. HMS Ark Royal was accepted into service on July 1 1985.
HMS Ark Royal is larger than her 2 sisters...
The third Ark Royal was commissioned in 1938 as a 23,000 ton Fleet Carrier, the second British ship conceived and designed as a flat top aircraft carrier.(HMS Hermes was the first 'flat top' aircraft carrier conceived in 1924.) At the outbreak of World War II, Ark Royal was attached to the Home...
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