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Royal Naval Aircraft Carriers
HMS Argus
Laid down 1914. Commissioned 1918.
Fate Scrap 1946
Aircraft 12
Displacement 16,020(long tons)
HMS Courageous
Laid down 1915. Commissioned 1916.
Fate Sunk by U-29, 17 September 1939
Aircraft 48
Displacement 27,859(long tons)
HMS Glorious
Laid down 1915. Commissioned 1917.
Fate Sunk by Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, 8 June 1940
Aircraft 48
Displacement 27,423(long tons)
HMS Furious
Laid down 1915. Commissioned 1917.
Fate Scrap 1948
Aircraft 36
Displacement 28,957(long tons)
HMS Eagle
Laid down 1913. Commissioned 1924.
Fate Torpedoed and sunk 11 August 1942, by U-73
Aircraft 30
Displacement 26,000(long tons)
HMS Hermes
Laid down 1918. Commissioned 1924.
Fate Sunk 9 April 1942 by Japanese aircraft from the carriers Soryu, Hiryu and Akagi.
Aircraft 20
Displacement 13,000(long tons)
HMS Ark Royal
Laid down 1935. Commissioned 1938.
Fate Sunk 14 November 1941 by German submarine U-81, off Gibraltar.
Aircraft 54
Displacement 28,165(long tons)
HMS Unicorn
Laid down 1939. Commissioned 1943.
Fate Scrap 1960.
Aircraft 35
Displacement 20,626(long tons)
HMS Illustrious
Laid down 1937. Commissioned 1940.
Fate Scrap 1956.
Aircraft 36
Displacement 23,000(long tons)
HMS Formidable
Laid down 1937. Commissioned 1940.
Fate Scrap 1956.
Aircraft 40
Displacement 23,000(long tons)
HMS Victorious
Laid down 1937. Commissioned 1941.
Fate Scrap 1969.
Aircraft 36
Displacement 23,000(long tons)
HMS Indomitable
Laid down 1937. Commissioned 1941.
Fate Scrap 1955.
Aircraft 45
Displacement 23,000(long tons)
HMS Implacable
Laid down 1939. Commissioned 1944.
Fate Scrap 1955.
Aircraft 54
Displacement 32,624(long tons)
HMS Indefatigable
Laid down 1939. Commissioned 1944.
Fate Scrap 1956.
Aircraft 54
Displacement 32,624(long tons)
HMS Colossus
Laid down 1942. Commissioned 1944.
Fate Loaned to France as Arromanches from August 1946, then sold to France 1951.
Aircraft 48
Displacement 18,330(long tons)
HMS Glory
Laid down 1942. Commissioned 1945.
Fate Scrap 1961.
Aircraft 48
Displacement 18,330(long tons)
HMS Ocean
Laid down 1942. Commissioned 1945.
Fate Scrap 1962.
Aircraft 48
Displacement 18,330(long tons)
HMS Theseus
Laid down 1943. Commissioned 1946.
Fate Scrap 1962.
Aircraft 48
Displacement 18,330(long tons)
HMS Triumph
Laid down 1942. Commissioned 1945.
Fate Scrap 1981.
Aircraft 48
Displacement 18,330(long tons)
HMS Venerable
Laid down 1942. Commissioned 1945.
Fate Sold to Netherlands 1948 and renamed Karel Doorman II then later sold in 1968 to Argentina as Veinticinco de Mayo. Scrapped 2000.
Aircraft 48
Displacement 18,330(long tons)
HMS Vengeance
Laid down 1942. Commissioned 1945.
Fate Transferred to the Royal Australian Navy from 1953 to August 1955. Sold to Brazil as Minas Gerais December 1956. Scrapped 2004.
Aircraft 48
Displacement 18,330(long tons)
HMS Warrior
Laid down 1942. Commissioned 1948.
Fate Loaned to Royal Canadian Navy 1946-48 and not commissioned into RN until November 1948. Returned to UK 1956 and modernised. Sold to Argentina as Independencia 1958.
Aircraft 48
Displacement 18,330(long tons)
HMS Perseus
Laid down 1942. Commissioned 1948.
Fate Scrap 1958.
Aircraft 48
Displacement 18,330(long tons)
HMS Pioneer
Laid down 1942. Commissioned 1945.
Fate Scrap 1954.
Aircraft 48
Displacement 18,330(long tons)
HMS Eagle
Laid down 1942. Commissioned 1951.
Fate Scrap 1978.
Aircraft 60
Displacement 50,752(long tons)
HMS Ark Royal
Laid down 1943. Commissioned 1955.
Fate Scrap 1980.
Aircraft 50
Displacement 53,816(long tons)
HMS Centaur
Laid down 1944. Commissioned 1953.
Fate Scrap 1972.
Aircraft 42
Displacement 27,800(long tons)
HMS Albion
Laid down 1944. Commissioned 1954.
Fate Scrap 1973.
Aircraft 42
Displacement 27,800(long tons)
HMS Bulwark
Laid down 1945. Commissioned 1954.
Fate Scrap 1984.
Aircraft 42
Displacement 27,800(long tons)
HMS Hermes
Laid down 1945. Commissioned 1959.
Fate Scrap Sold to India April 1986, as INS Viraat, decommissioned.
Aircraft 42
Displacement 27,800(long tons)
HMS Invincible
Laid down 1973. Commissioned 1980.
Fate Scrap 2010.
Aircraft 20
Displacement 22,350(long tons)
HMS Illustrious
Laid down 1976. Commissioned 1982.
Fate Scrap 2016.
Aircraft 20
Displacement 22,350(long tons)
HMS Ark Royal
Laid down 1978. Commissioned 1985.
Fate Scrap 2012.
Aircraft 20
Displacement 22,350(long tons)
HMS Queen Elizabeth
Laid down 2019. Commissioned 2017.
Aircraft 50
Displacement 65,000(long tons)
HMS Prince of Wales
Laid down 2011. Commissioned 2019.
Aircraft 50
Displacement 65,000(long tons)
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