The Royal Navy flagship HMS Ark Royal, which was axed as part of the defence review, set sail yesterday for a farewell tour. The aircraft carrier is to be retired three years early as part of cost ...

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It is exactly the same feeling as that,” said Captain Jerry Kyd, who has previously commanded the UK's last two aircraft carriers HMS Ark Royal and HMS Illustrious. The whole process could take ...

and the British HMS Ark Royal (91), instrumental in key victories like the sinking of the Bismarck. -Japan’s Hiryu represented the fierce capability of the Imperial Japanese Navy, notably at Midway.

It consisted of the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal, the battlecruiser Renown and a light cruiser. But Force H had to find it first. British intelligence had decoded some of the Kriegsmarine’s ...

"In fact there have even been three aircraft carriers all named Ark Royal during the 20th Century." The crew of the new HMS Belfast, he added, would "glory in the tradition of its name" and "share ...

It was the year Live Aid united the world, Eastenders first made its way onto the BBC and the wreck of the Titanic was ...

Dramatic new images have revealed the extent of damage to HMS Royal Oak after it was sunk by torpedoes. The ship was attacked by a German submarine in Orkney's Scapa Flow in 1939, killing 835 crew ...

His comments follow the disclosure yesterday that a Royal Navy task force, headed by the carrier HMS Ark Royal, will set sail on Saturday on a deployment which will take it into the Gulf ...

Frigate Admiral Golovko, tanker Vyazma, and intelligence ship Yantar were traced heading westwards through the Channel by ...

A recet video by the British Museum described how its cuneiform instructions could be followed to find the resting place of ...