{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Use British English|date=December 2017}} {{DISPLAYTITLE:HMS ''Ark Royal''}} Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name '''HMS ''Ark Royal''''':
* {{ship|English ship|Ark Royal|1587|3}}, 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 {{sclass|Audacious|aircraft carrier|2}} launched in 1950, decommissioned in 1979 * {{HMS|Ark Royal|R07}}, an {{sclass|Invincible|aircraft carrier|2}}, 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== {{reflist}}
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