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Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ark Royal:

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  Ark Royal (1587), the flagship of the English fleet during the Spanish Armada campaign of 1588


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  HMS Ark Royal (1914), merchant ship, converted to an aircraft carrier during the First World War


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  HMS Ark Royal (91), British aircraft carrier launched in 1937 that participated in the Second World War and was sunk by a U-boat in 1941


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  HMS Ark Royal (R09), an Audacious-class aircraft carrier launched in 1950, decommissioned in 1979


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  HMS Ark Royal (R07), an Invincible-class aircraft carrier, launched in 1981, decommissioned in 2011

Battle honours

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  Armada 1588


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  Cádiz 1596


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  Dardanelles 1915


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  Norway 1940


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  Spartivento 1940


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  Mediterranean 1940–1941


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  Bismarck 1941


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  Malta Convoys 1941


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  Al Faw 2003

References

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