Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ark Royal:
, the flagship of the English fleet during the Spanish Armada campaign of 1588 , planned as freighter, built as seaplane carrier during the First World War, renamed Pegasus in 1934 , British aircraft carrier launched in 1937 which participated in the Second World War and was sunk by a U-boat in 1941 , an launched in 1950, decommissioned in 1979 , an , 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
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