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McCartney, Innes (December 2013). "Jutland 1916: The Archaeology of a Modern Naval Battle: The Wreck of HMS Invincible, The World's First Battle Cruiser" [Deutsche Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Unterwasserarchäologie]. SKYLLIS, the Journal of the German Society for the Promotion of Underwater Archaeology. 12 (2). OCLC 786134501.
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 ...
Aircraft Displacement Propulsion Fate CVA-01 (possible name HMS Queen Elizabeth) [2] 50 54,500 long tons (55,375 t) 3 x shafts Parsons turbines 6 boilers Cancelled 1966 HMS Duke of Edinburgh (Possibly) [2] Cancelled 1963 HMS Prince of Wales (Possibly) [2] HMS Princess Royal (Possibly) [citation needed]
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.
HMS Invincible in the South Atlantic. Invincible-class aircraft carriers. HMS Invincible (†3) 2 SHAR pilots. Captain J.J. Black RN; 801 Naval Air Squadron (8 BAE Sea Harriers including 5 absorbed from 899 training squadron)) Lt Commander N.D. Ward; part 809 Naval Air Squadron (4 BAE Sea Harriers absorbed into 801 Squadron))
HMS Illustrious was the lead ship of her class of aircraft carriers built for the Royal Navy before World War II. Her first assignment after completion and working up was with the Mediterranean Fleet, in which her aircraft's most notable achievement was sinking one Italian battleship and badly damaging two others during the Battle of Taranto in late 1940.
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" .
The Sea Harrier was declared operational in 1981 on board the first Invincible-class ship HMS Invincible, and further aircraft joined the ageing HMS Hermes aircraft carrier later that year. [ 17 ] In 1984, approval was given to upgrade of the fleet to FRS.2 standard (later known as FA2 ) following the lessons learned during the aircraft's ...