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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

Battle honours

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

References

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HMS Ark Royal

Battle honours

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