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HMS Ark Royal - World Naval Ships Directory

HMS Ark Royal

Name : HMS Ark Royal
Laid Down : 14th December 1978
Launched : 2nd June 1981
Completed : 1st November 1985
Type : Aircraft Carrier
Class : Invincible
Builder : Swan Hunter
Country : UK
Pennants : R07
Fate : Decommissioned December 2010.

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HMS Ark Royal. Closing to fuel from RFA Appleleaf, July 1989.


Sea King of HMS Ark Royal. Viewed from RFA Blue Rover, April 1989.


Sea King of HMS Ark Royal over RFA Blue Rover, April 1989.


Sea King of HMS Ark Royal over RFA Blue Rover, April 1989.


HMS Ark Royal at Malta, 8th June 1993.


RO7 HMS Ark Royal at Malta.

Timeline Entries :


2nd January 1981 - Launched
2nd January 1981 - Pennant R07
29th October 1988 - At Freemantle
29th July 1997 - At Portsmouth
14th July 2001 - Arrived Leith
31st August 2001 - Arrived Portsmouth
21st September 2001 - Arrived Cherbourg
20th October 2001 - Arrived Amsterdam
26th October 2001 - Arrived Portsmouth
17th December 2001 - Arrived Devonport
18th December 2001 - Arrived Portsmouth
8th February 2002 - Portsmouth
15th February 2002 - Portsmouth
21st February 2002 - Devonport
22nd February 2002 - Devonport
8th March 2002 - Devonport
15th March 2002 - Devonport
22nd March 2002 - Portsmouth
29th April 2002 - Dalgety Bay
3rd May 2002 - Rosyth
10th May 2002 - Portsmouth
25th May 2002 - Alicante
9th June 2002 - Palma de Majorca
19th June 2002 - Portsmouth
20th June 2002 - Portsmouth
14th September 2002 - Plymouth Sound
19th September 2002 - Gibraltar
26th September 2002 - Valletta
5th October 2002 - Naples
28th October 2002 - Barcelona
8th November 2002 - Portsmouth
1st February 2003 - Suez Canal
29th April 2003 - Palma de Majorca
10th June 2003 - Newcastle
22nd June 2003 - Portsmouth
4th July 2003 - Portsmouth
24th July 2003 - Portsmouth
31st July 2003 - Portsmouth
15th November 2003 - Amsterdam
19th November 2003 - North Shields
1st December 2003 - Newcastle
9th February 2004 - Rosyth
18th February 2004 - Portsmouth
23rd February 2004 - Portsmouth
25th February 2004 - Greenwich
11th March 2004 - Hamburg
17th March 2004 - Portsmouth
19th March 2004 - Portsmouth
19th March 2004 - Isle of Wight
19th June 2005 - Rosyth
28th October 2006 - Portsmouth
22nd November 2006 - Devonport
24th November 2006 - Portsmouth
1st December 2006 - Portsmouth
21st December 2006 - Portsmouth
10th January 2007 - Portsmouth
12th January 2007 - Plymouth Sound
16th January 2007 - Devonport
26th January 2007 - Plymouth Sound
29th January 2007 - Devonport
1st February 2007 - Devonport
9th February 2007 - Plymouth Sound
14th February 2007 - Plymouth Sound
15th February 2007 - Devonport
16th February 2007 - Devonport
22nd February 2007 - Devonport
8th March 2007 - Plymouth Sound
9th March 2007 - Amsterdam
15th March 2007 - Portsmouth
22nd March 2007 - Portsmouth Rededication
20th April 2007 - Clyde
16th May 2007 - Esbjerg, Denmark
25th May 2007 - Gdynia
30th May 2007 - Hamburg
6th June 2007 - Portsmouth
13th June 2007 - Greenwich
19th June 2007 - Portsmouth
22nd June 2007 - Portsmouth
11th September 2007 - Devonport
14th September 2007 - Portsmouth
18th September 2007 - Plymouth Sound
20th September 2007 - Portsmouth
27th September 2007 - Spithead
2nd October 2007 - Plymouth Sound
3rd October 2007 - Plymouth Sound
4th October 2007 - Plymouth Sound
5th October 2007 - Portsmouth
14th November 2007 - Lisbon
23rd November 2007 - Portsmouth
30th November 2007 - Portsmouth
7th December 2007 - Portsmouth
8th February 2008 - Northumbria Quay Tyne
13th February 2008 - Portsmouth
12th March 2008 - Faslane
24th April 2008 - Portsmouth
28th April 2008 - Portsmouth
28th May 2008 - Portsmouth
28th May 2008 - Mayport
6th June 2008 - Liverpool
9th June 2008 - Douglas Bay
20th June 2008 - Portsmouth
14th August 2008 - Portsmouth
17th October 2008 - Tail of the Bank
19th October 2008 - Portsmouth
7th November 2008 - Arrived Gibraltar
7th November 2008 - Gibraltar
15th January 2009 - Liverpool
20th January 2009 - Loch Long
29th January 2009 - Tyne
June 2009 - In service.
30th September 2009 - Sailed Portsmouth for trials
9th October 2009 - Arrived Portsmouth
13th October 2009 - Sailed Portsmouth
15th October 2009 - Arrived Portsmouth

HMS Ark Royal Artwork Collection
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HMS Ark Royal by Ivan Berryman.


NTG03 - Task Force to Iraq by Ivan Berryman.

Zulu! The Battle for Rorkes Drift 1879.

Three Ark Royals 1938 - 1999 by Neil McCart.


NTG03 - Task Force to Iraq by Ivan Berryman.


Command of the Sea by Ivan Berryman.

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