# HMS Ark Royal

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Five ships of the [Royal Navy](/source/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](/source/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](/source/aircraft_carrier) launched in 1937 which participated in the [Second World War](/source/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](/source/Spanish_Armada) 1588
* [Cádiz](/source/Capture_of_C%C3%A1diz) 1596
* [Dardanelles](/source/Naval_operations_in_the_Dardanelles_Campaign) 1915
* [Norway](/source/Norwegian_campaign) 1940
* [Spartivento](/source/Battle_of_Cape_Spartivento) 1940
* [Mediterranean](/source/Battle_of_the_Mediterranean) 1940–1941
* [''Bismarck''](/source/Operation_Rhein%C3%BCbung) 1941
* [Malta Convoys](/source/Malta_Convoys) 1941
* [Al Faw](/source/Battle_of_Al_Faw_(2003)) 2003

==References==
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{{Ship index}}

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Category:Royal Navy ship names

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