HMS Ark Royal

HMS Ark Royal (R09) was an Audacious-class aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy and, when she was decommissioned in 1979, was the Royal Navy's last remaining conventional catapult and arrested-landing aircraft carrier. She was the first aircraft carrier to be equipped with an angled flight deck at its commissioning; her sister ship, HMS Eagle, was the Royal Navy's first angle-decked aircraft carrier after modification in 1954. Ark Royal was the only non-United States vessel to operate the McDonnell Douglas Phantom at sea.

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R09
speed 31 knot, 
Audacious-class aircraft carrier, aircraft carrier, Cammell Laird, Royal Navy, United Kingdom, 

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1955-02-22T00:00:00Z

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1955 HMS Ark Royal

1943-05-03T00:00:00Z

1943-05-03T00:00:00Z

keel laying

1979-02-14T00:00:00Z

1979-02-14T00:00:00Z

ship decommissioning

1950-05-03T00:00:00Z

1950-05-03T00:00:00Z

ship launching

1955-02-22T00:00:00Z

1955-02-22T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

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HMS Ark Royal (R09) MOD 45140150

Ships of several nations at Norfolk Naval Station after the 1957 International Naval Review

14 Ark Royal in company leaving NY July 76

British carriers Victorious (R38), Ark Royal (R09) and Hermes (R12) underway c1961

F4D-1 of VF-101 on HMS Ark Royal (R09) 1957

F-4B of VF-11 is launched from HMS Ark Royal (R09) c1973

HMS Ark Royal USS Nimitz Norfolk1 1978

Phantom FG.1 of 892 NAS launching from HMS Ark Royal (R09) 1972

HMS Ark Royal USS Nimitz Norfolk2 1978

USS Forrestal (CVA-59) and HMS Ark Royal (R09) underway in the Mediterranean Sea c1973

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		HMS Ark Royal (R09) MOD 45140150		Commons
commons	image		Ships of several nations at Norfolk Naval Station after the 1957 International Naval Review		Commons
commons	image		14 Ark Royal in company leaving NY July 76		Commons
commons	image		British carriers Victorious (R38), Ark Royal (R09) and Hermes (R12) underway c1961		Commons
commons	image		F4D-1 of VF-101 on HMS Ark Royal (R09) 1957		Commons
commons	image		F-4B of VF-11 is launched from HMS Ark Royal (R09) c1973		Commons
commons	image		HMS Ark Royal USS Nimitz Norfolk1 1978		Commons
commons	image		Phantom FG.1 of 892 NAS launching from HMS Ark Royal (R09) 1972		Commons
commons	image		HMS Ark Royal USS Nimitz Norfolk2 1978		Commons
commons	image		USS Forrestal (CVA-59) and HMS Ark Royal (R09) underway in the Mediterranean Sea c1973		Commons