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HMS Ark Royal |
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HMS Ark Royal Laid Down : 16th September 1935 Launched : 13th April 1937 Completed : 16th November 1938 Type : Aircraft Carrier Class : Builder : Cammell Laird Country : UK Pennants : 91 Fate : Sunk 14th November 1941 |
| HMS Ark Royal built by Cammell Laird, launched 13th April 1937 and completed 16th November 1938. HMS Ark Royal was the first large aircraft carrier designed and laid down as a carrier for the Royal Navy. She served in the Home Fleet and South Atlantic in 1939, then in the Home Fleet and Mediterranean in 1940, and as part of Force H in 1941. On 13th November 1941 she was hit by a single torpedo from the German u-boat U81. The torpedo hit on the starboard side near the starboard boiler room causing a 130ft by 30ft hole. Water poured in causing a 10% list immediately. The flooding spread quickly to the middle of the ship and then to the port boiler room, causing electric power to fail. After 14 hours while in tow to Gibraltar she capsized and sunk the following day. |
HMS Ark Royal Photos for Sale |
  HMS Ark Royal, June 1938. |   HMS Ark Royal, March 1939. |   HMS Ark Royal, March 1939. |   HMS Ark Royal, March 1939. |   HMS Ark Royal, March 1939. |
  HMS Ark Royal, March 1939. |   HMS Ark Royal, c.1940. |   HMS Ark Royal |   HMS Ark Royal with her planes. |   HMS Ark Royal showing her deck and the complement of planes she carried. |
  HMS Ark Royal with HMS Cumberland and HMS Gambia. |   HMS Ark Royal and Paddle Steamer Sprite |
Known Crew Details : | |||
Name | Start of Service | End of Service | Known Date |
0th June 1940 | 0th October 1940 | 0th 0 | |
13th November 1938 | 13th November 1941 | ||
Timeline Entries : | |||
13th April 1937 - Pennant Number 91 13th April 1937 - Launched 16th December 1938 - Commissioned 10th January 1939 - Sailed Portsmouth 15th January 1939 - Arrived Gibraltar 19th January 1939 - Arrived Malta 19th January 1939 - Arrived Malta 19th January 1939 - Arrived Malta 23rd January 1939 - Sailed Malta for Alexandria 23rd January 1939 - Sailed Malta 27th January 1939 - Arrived Alexandria 17th February 1939 - Sailed Alexandria 26th February 1939 - Arrived Gibraltar 26th February 1939 - Arrived Gibraltar 27th February 1939 - Combined Exercise 27th February 1939 - Sailed Gibraltar 3rd March 1939 - Arrived Gibraltar 6th March 1939 - Sailed Gibraltar Combined Exercise 10th March 1939 - Arrived Gibraltar 14th March 1939 - Took part in Combined exercises in the Atlantic 18th March 1939 - Sailed Gibraltar 23rd March 1939 - Arrived Portsmouth 24th March 1939 - Sailed Portsmouth 30th April 1939 - Sailed Portsmouth for Portland 27th July 1939 - Sailed Portsmouth 29th July 1939 - Sailed Portsmouth for Rosyth August 1939 - Home Fleet 15th August 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow for exercises 31st August 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow. Deployed in the North Sea between the Orkneys and Norway. 1st September 1939 - Arrived Rosyth 3rd September 1939 - Home Fleet, Scapa Flow 6th September 1939 - Arrived Scapa Flow 7th September 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow for Norway 1st October 1939 - Sailed Scapa Flow for Loch Ewe 2nd October 1939 - Arrived Loch Ewe 2nd October 1939 - Sailed Loch Ewe 9th October 1939 - Sailed as Force K and en route to Freetown 12th October 1939 - Arrived Freetown 14th October 1939 - Sailed Freetown for patrol duties 24th October 1939 - Arrived at Freetown 28th October 1939 - Sailed Freetown on patrol 15th November 1939 - Sailed Freetown for England to refit and receive new aircraft 17th November 1939 - Ordered back to Freetown 18th November 1939 - Sailed Freetown to operate south of Freetown along the convoy route 23rd November 1939 - En route to Madagascar 3rd December 1939 - Arrived at Cape Town 12th December 1939 - In the Pernambuco area 17th December 1939 - Arrived at Rio de Janeiro, refuelled and put back to sea the same day 18th December 1939 - Searched for supply ship Altmark 24th December 1939 - Arrived Freetown 4th January 1940 - Arrived Dakar 7th January 1940 - Sailed Dakar 8th January 1940 - Off Sierra Leone 19th January 1940 - Arrived Freetown 19th January 1940 - Arrived Freetown 24th January 1940 - Sailed Freetown to rendezvous with HMS Exeter 24th January 1940 - Sailed Freetown 3rd February 1940 - Arrived Freetown 6th February 1940 - Sailed Freetown 10th February 1940 - En route from the South Atlantic to England 10th February 1940 - Sailed Gibraltar 11th February 1940 - Searched for the German ships which had escaped from Vigo 15th February 1940 - Arrived Plymouth 16th February 1940 - Arrived Portsmouth 19th March 1940 - Sailed Portsmouth for Portland 22nd March 1940 - Sailed Plymouth for the Mediterranean 22nd March 1940 - Sailed Plymouth for the Mediterranean 25th March 1940 - Passed Gibraltar 28th March 1940 - Arrived Malta 20th May 1940 - Commenced air attacks over Narvik 13th June 1940 - Operations off Norway 9th August 1940 - Passed through the Western Approaches. 27th November 1940 - Battle Of Cape Spartivento, Sardinia 27th November 1940 - Force H 9th January 1941 - Provided cover for Operation Excess, a convoy of supply ships headed for Malta and Greece 9th February 1941 - Arrived the Gulf of Genoa 27th April 1941 - Operation Dunlop, 24 Hurricanes were flown off to reinforce Malta 3rd May 1941 - Sailed Gibraltar for Eastern Mediterranean 25th May 1941 - Took part in the Battle of Denmark Strait 14th November 1941 - Sunk | |||
HMS Ark Royal Artwork Collection |
  Sea Wings by Ivan Berryman. |  Zulu! The Battle for Rorkes Drift 1879. |  Three Ark Royals 1938 - 1999 by Neil McCart. |
  Malta Relief by Tim Fisher. |   HMS Ark Royal by Brian Wood. |   HMS Ark Royal and HMS Sheffield off the Mole, Gibraltar by Ivan Berryman. |
 Flight Against the Bismarck by Philip West. |   Supreme Courage by Philip West. |   To Sink the Bismarck by Gerald Coulson. |
Database Currently Holds : 6284 ships and 6289 crew!
Last edited : 17:07, February 21, 2011
By : jbryce1437
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