List of aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy
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The following is a list of aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom.
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| Ships of the Royal Navy |
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A - B - C - D - E - F - G |
| aircraft carriers |
| amphibious assault shipping |
| battlecruisers |
| battleships |
| corvettes and sloops |
| cruisers |
| destroyers |
| frigates |
| mine countermeasure vessels |
| monitors |
| patrol and attack craft |
| Royal Yachts |
| submarines |
| support ships |
| survey vessels |
| fleet bases |
| shore establishments |
| hospitals and hospital ships |
| air stations |
| aircraft wings |
| fleets and major commands |
| squadrons and flotillas |
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[edit] Active
- Invincible class
- Illustrious (1981)
- Ark Royal (1981)
[edit] Planned
- CVF class - full-sized, CTOL/STOVL ships of 55,000+ tonnes
- HMS Queen Elizabeth (2012)
- HMS Prince of Wales (2015)
[edit] Former
[edit] Fleet carriers
- Argus (1916)
- Furious (1916)
- Glorious class
- Glorious (1916)
- Courageous (1916)
- Vindictive (1918) - converted to cruiser 1925
- Eagle (1918)
- Hermes (1923) - first purpose-designed aircraft carrier
- Ark Royal (1938)
- Unicorn fleet maintenance carrier (1943)
- Illustrious class
- Illustrious (1939)
- Formidable (1939)
- Victorious (1939)
- Indomitable (1940)
- Implacable class
- Implacable (1942)
- Indefatigable (1942)
- Audacious class
- Colossus class
- Colossus (1943), to France 1946 as Arromanches
- Glory (1943)
- Ocean
- Theseus (1944)
- Triumph (1944)
- Venerable - to Netherlands 1948 as Karel Doorman, to Argentina 1968 as Veinticinco de Mayo
- Vengeance (1944) - to Brazil 1956 as renamed Minas Gerais
- Warrior (1944) - to Canada 1946-1948, to Argentina 1958 as Independencia
- Perseus (1944)
- Pioneer (1944)
- Majestic class
- Centaur class
- Malta class - cancelled 1946
- Malta
- New Zealand
- Gibraltar
- Africa
- Queen Elizabeth class - cancelled 1966
- Queen Elizabeth (CVA-01)
- Duke of Edinburgh
- Invincible class
- Invincible (1977)
[edit] Escort carriers
- Audacity (1941) - torpedoed 1941
- Long Island class
- Avenger class
- Bogue class
- Activity
- Nairana class
- Nairana (1943) - to Royal Netherlands Navy as Karel Doorman 1946
- Vindex (1943)
- Pretoria Castle (1943)
- Campania (1944)
[edit] Merchant aircraft carriers
- Empire class grain carrier conversions
- Empire class oil tanker conversions
- Rapana class
[edit] Seaplane carriers
- Ark Royal (1914) - renamed Pegasus 1934
- Anne (1915) - sold 1919
- Campania (1914) - sunk in collision 1918
- Empress (1914) - sold 1919
- Engadine (1914) - sold 1919
- Pegasus (1917) - sold 1931
- Raven II (1914) - sold 1922
- Riviera (1914) - sold 1919
- Ben My Chree (1915) - sunk 1917
- Manxman (1915) - sold 1920
- Vindex (1915) - sold 1920
- Nairana (1917) - sold 1920
- Slinger - experimental catapult ship
- Albatross (1928) - transferred from Royal Australian Navy 1938
[edit] See also
- See also: CAM ship
