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Aircraft Carrier histories. Royal Navy aircraft carriers of the Courageous Class. Aircraft carrier history of HMS Ark Royal from its launch to its participation in major wars also notice board for families of ex-crew of the carrier HMS Ark Royal.

HMS Ark Royal  (91) built by Cammell Laird,  and 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 and The in the home Fleet and Mediterranean in 1940./ and part of Force H in 1941. on the 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 130 ft by 30 ft. hole. water poured in causing a 10% list straight immediately. The flooding spread quickly  the middle of the ship and then to the port Boiler room. Electric power failed. and after 14 hours while in tow to Gibraltar she capsized and sunk the following day.

Displacement 22, 000 tons,  Speed 30.75 knots, Compliment 1575. Armament sixteen 4.5 inch AA guns in pairs. forty eight 2 pounder AA guns (in eights)  thirty two .5 inch Machine guns.  and seventy two aircraft.

Dimension  685 (pp)  800 (oa) x 94.75 feet x  27.75 feet (deepload)

HMS Ark Royal, March 1939.

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HMS Ark Royal, March 1939.

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HMS Ark Royal, March 1939.

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HMS Ark Royal, March 1939.

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HMS Ark Royal, June 1938.

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HMS Ark Royal, March 1939.

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HMS Ark Royal, c.1940.

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HMS Ark Royal as completed with axial flight deck.

HMS Ark Royal with HMS Cumberland and HMS Gambia.

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HMS Ark Royal

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This photograph has been sent in by Mr K Chambers and shows HMS Ark Royal shortly after her launch.

HMS Ark Royal with her planes. 

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HMS Ark Royal showing her deck and the complement of planes she carried. 

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HMS Ark Royal.  

A stern view of HMS Ark Royal

HMS Ark Royal and Paddle Steamer 'Sprite'

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HMS Ark Royal

The launch of HMS Ark Royal.

I have recently been scanning photographs from my wife's grandmothers photo album and came across this picture. We believe that it was taken in 1937 and wonder if it could be of the launch of the Ark Royal. We do have a couple of other photograph's of the launch if you would be interested. My wife's grandmother was from a naval family and was living in Birkenhead at the time.   Nick and Jane Cottam

HMS Ark Royal - the Launch. Contributed by Eric Peters

Below is the log book of a Swordfish pilot initially from HMS Ark Royal.   The first entry shows the pilot left HMS Ark Royal for Gibraltar on the day the ship sunk. 

HMS Ark Royal was built by Cammell Laird and launched on the 13th of April 1937. Displacement of 22,000 tons, had a top speed of 30.75 knots and carried 72 aircraft. HMS Ark Royal's complement was 1,575 men. She served in the home fleet and south Atlantic in 1939, Home fleet and Mediterranean 1940 and Force H 1941. on the 13th November 1941 she was torpedoed by U-81 in the western Mediterranean, and while under tow was lost the following day.
 

HMS Ark Royal III by Ivan Berryman.


HMS Ark Royal III by Ivan Berryman.

Legendary during her brief wartime career, Ark Royal heralded a new era in aircraft carrier design, possessing tremendous hull rigidity and a formidable array of defensive armament. Apart from her key role in Force H in the Mediterranean and the North Atlantic, Ark Royal also took part in operations off Norway in company with HMS Glorious. It was one of her Blackburn Skuas that claimed the first aerial victory of WWII against a German aircraft on 26th September 1939 and one of her Fairey Swordfish that crippled the mighty Bismarck, leading to the German capital ship's destruction at the hands of the Royal Navy. On 13th November 1941, Ark Royal was torpedoed by U-81 off Gibraltar, her severe list causing flooding to choke her boilers, bringing her to a standstill. Her crew were taken off and the mighty Ark continued to list until she eventually capsized and sank.

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Sea Wings by Ivan Berryman.


Sea Wings by Ivan Berryman.

A pair of Fairey Swordfish Mk1s of 812 Sqn peel away above the pride of the Royal Navy, HMS Ark Royal, during a pre-war exercise in British waters. L9781 is nearest with L7672 in the background
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Supreme Courage by Philip West.


Supreme Courage by Philip West.

Skuas flew from HMS Ark Royal through much of the 1940 campaign off Norway, and one is seen getting airborne in typically grey North Sea weather. The Blackburn Skua had many remarkable firsts to its credit; the first all-metal monoplane built for the Fleet Air Arm (FAA); the first dive bomber in British air services; the first enemy aircraft shot down in WW2 fell to a Skua; the first fighter ace in the FAA (Lt. Bill Lucy DSO) flew Skuas and the first warship (Konigsberg) destroyed by dive bombing was sunk by Skuas.

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HMS Ark Royal and HMS Sheffield off the Mole, Gibraltar by Ivan Berryman.


HMS Ark Royal and HMS Sheffield off the Mole, Gibraltar by Ivan Berryman.

Having played a vital part in the battle for the Mediterranean for over two years, HMS Ark Royal finally succumbed to a U-Boats torpedo in November 1941. She is shown here with a pair of Swordfish Mk1s of 821 Sqn ranged on the deck, passing the cruiser HMS Sheffield off the Mole, Gibraltar, earlier that same year.

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Malta Relief by Tim Fisher.


Malta Relief by Tim Fisher.

Hawker Hurricanes of 249 squadron (RAF) departing off HMS Ark Royal in June 1941 as par tof Force H. The Hurricanes were to become part of the Defence of Malta against the onslought and non stop bombing by the Axis Bombers and HMS Ark Royal would be sunk only a few months later when on the 13th November 1941 HMS Ark Royal 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, eectric power failed, and after 14 hours while in tow to Gibraltar she capsized and sunk the following day.
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Flight Against the Bismarck by Philip West.


Flight Against the Bismarck by Philip West.

The Royal Navys week long chase of the formidable German battleship Bismarck culminated in the foul evening weather of 26th May 1941. Despite the deck of HMS Ark Royal pitching through 55 feet, S/Lt John Moffat was one of fifteen Swordfish pilots who took off to attack Bismarck. After 90 minutes of arduous and turbulent flying the Swordfish found their quarry and dived through the intense anti-aircraft fire to drop their torpedoes. One of these hit and jammed Bismarcks rudder and condemned the battleship to sail in slow circles. The Royal Navys own capital ships then closed in and pounded Bismarck into a burning wreck.

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HMS Ark Royal by Brian Wood.


HMS Ark Royal by Brian Wood.

HMS Ark Royal part of Force H along with the Battleship HMS Renown and Cruiser HMS Sheffield departs Gibraltar to take part in the search for the Bismarck in the Atlantic. During the hunt HMS Ark Royal, Swordfish mistakenly attack the Royal Navy cruiser HMS Sheffiled. Fortunately, the torpedoes were not primed properly and crusier recieived no major damage. Spotter planes from HMS Ark Royal eventually found the Bismarck. and a attack commenced, crippling the Bismarcks rudder. The damage sustained lead to the rest of the Royal Navy surface fleet catching up with the Bismarck and sinking her. HMS ark Royal returns to the mediteranean. later on 13 November 1941: While on her return to Gibraltar in company with the HMS Malaya, HMS Argus, and HMS Hermione supported by Seven destroyers, HMSArk Royal is attacked by the U-81 under the command of Kapitanleutnant Guggenberger in the Mediterranean., and at 1541, a torpedo strikes the starboard side and the ship immediately takes a 10 degre.........

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To Sink the Bismarck by Gerald Coulson.


To Sink the Bismarck by Gerald Coulson.

It is 7.15pm on 25th May 1941. The place, North Atlantic. The mission to find and sink the massive German warship Bismarck. The weather was very bad and worsening noticeably with storm force winds, rain squalls and increasingly heavy seas. With seemingly impossible flying conditions, Ark Royal launched its second strike of the day of fifteen swordfish, four each from 810 and 818 squadrons and seven from 820 squadron. Coming under intense fire the pilots came in very low and close and dropped their torpedo on the target. Eventually the Bismarck's fate was sealed by the guns of the Home Fleet.

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