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Aircraft maintenance carriers of the Royal Navy. HMS Albion (R07) HMS Archer (D78) HMS Argus (I49) HMS Ark Royal (91) HMS Ark Royal (1914) French aircraft carrier Arromanches. HMS Attacker (D02) HMS Audacity.
18,330 long tons (18,624 t) 4 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, Parsons geared turbines. 1 June 1942. 16 December 1944. Loaned to France as Arromanches from August 1946, then sold to France 1951. HMS Glory (R62) 48. 18,330 long tons (18,624 t) 4 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, Parsons geared turbines.
The 1942 Design Light Fleet Carrier, commonly referred to as the British Light Fleet Carrier, was a light aircraft carrier design created by the Royal Navy during the Second World War, and used by eight naval forces between 1944 and 2001. They were designed and constructed by civilian shipyards to serve as an intermediate step between the ...
20. HMS Hermes was a British aircraft carrier built for the Royal Navy and was the world's first ship to be designed as an aircraft carrier, although the Imperial Japanese Navy 's Hōshō was the first to be commissioned. [ 2 ] The ship's construction began during the First World War, but she was not completed until after the end of the war ...
HMS Ark Royal (pennant number 91) was an aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy that was operated during the Second World War. Designed in 1934 to fit the restrictions of the Washington Naval Treaty, Ark Royal was built by Cammell Laird at Birkenhead, England, and completed in November 1938. Her design differed from previous aircraft carriers.
HMS. Victorious. (R38) HMS Victorious was the third Illustrious -class aircraft carrier after Illustrious and Formidable. Ordered under the 1936 Naval Programme, she was laid down at the Vickers-Armstrong shipyard at Newcastle upon Tyne in 1937 and launched two years later in 1939. Her commissioning was delayed until 1941 due to the greater ...
HMS Indomitable (92) HMS. Indomitable. (92) HMS Indomitable was a modified Illustrious -class aircraft carrier built for the Royal Navy during World War II. Originally planned to be the fourth of the class, she was redesigned to enable her to operate more aircraft, 48 instead of 36. A second hangar was added above the original, raising the ...
In addition, escort carriers such as HMS Vindex and HMS Nairana played an important role in hunter-killer anti-submarine sweeps in company with RN and RCN destroyers, frigates and corvettes (e.g. 6th Canadian Escort Group and 2nd British Escort Group). HMS Vindex is credited with the sinking, or taking part in the sinking, of four U-boats (U344 ...