HMS Ark Royal
Armada ...............................1588 Cadiz ..................................1596 Dardanelles ........................1915 Norway ................................1940
Class: Invincible-class aircraft carrier Motto: Desire n’a pas Repos (zeal does not rest) Pennant number: R07 Builder: Swan Hunter, Wallsend Laid down: December 14, 1978 Launched: June 2, 1981 Commissioned: November 1, 1985 Displacement: 22,000 tons Length: 689ft (210m) Flight deck: 551ft (168m) Beam: 118ft (36m)
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Spartivento .........................1940 Mediterranean .............. 1940-41 ‘Bismarck’ ...........................1941 Malta Convoys ....................1941
Draught: 24½(7.5m) Speed: in excess of 30kts Complement: 650 ship’s company; over 1,000 with embarked air group/battle staff Propulsion: 4 x Olympus gas turbines generating 97,000shp Armament: 3 x Phalanx automated machine- guns; 2 x Oerlikon 20mm machine guns Helicopter: up to 24 aircraft – combination of FA2 Sea Harriers/GR7 Harriers; Merlin Mk1; Sea King Mk7 AEW
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