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HMS Invincible was the Royal Navy's lead ship of her class of three light aircraft carriers.She was launched on 3 May 1977 as the seventh ship to carry the name. She was originally designated as an anti-submarine warfare carrier, but was used as an aircraft carrier during the Falklands War, when she was deployed with HMS Hermes.
The Invincible class was a class of light aircraft carrier operated by the Royal Navy.Three ships were constructed: HMS Invincible, HMS Illustrious and HMS Ark Royal.The vessels were built as aviation-capable anti-submarine warfare (ASW) platforms to counter the Cold War North Atlantic Soviet submarine threat, and initially embarked Sea Harrier aircraft and Sea King HAS.1 anti-submarine ...
HMS Illustrious was a light aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy and the second of three Invincible-class ships constructed in the late 1970s and early 1980s. She was the fifth warship and second aircraft carrier to bear the name Illustrious , and was affectionately known to her crew as "Lusty" .
HMS Invincible (1747) was originally the French 74-gun ship of the line L'Invincible, captured off Cape Finisterre in 1747. She was the first purpose-built 74-gun ship of the line to serve in the Royal Navy. The ship sank in February 1758 when she hit a sandbank in the East Solent. HMS Invincible (1765) was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1765 ...
HMS Ark Royal was a light aircraft carrier and former flagship of the Royal Navy. [7] She was the third and final vessel of the Invincible class . She was built by Swan Hunter on the River Tyne and launched by them in 1981.
Black's cap worn whilst in command of Invincible, on display at the Imperial War Museum. Sir John Jeremy Black (17 November 1932 – 25 November 2015), also known as J. J. Black, was a senior Royal Navy officer.
This is the category of Invincible-class aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy Wikimedia Commons has media related to Invincible class aircraft carriers . Pages in category "Invincible-class aircraft carriers"
The third HMAS Australia was intended to be renamed from the aircraft carrier HMS Invincible (R05), which the RAN intended to purchase in 1982. This sale was cancelled following the Falklands War and the 1983 Australian federal election .