Template:Ship box HMS Ark Royal (R07)

Ark Royal

[edit] HMS Ark Royal (R07)

• Builders:  United Kingdom (Swan Hunter in Wallsend)
• Laid down: 14 December 1978
• Launched: 2 June 1981 (List)
• Operator:  Royal Navy
• Commissioned: 1 November 1985 (List)
• Status: In active service
• Modifications: Enlarged flight deck, removal of Sea Dart SAM, addition of 3 Phalanx CIWS
• Operations: 1993-1994 Operation Deny Flight, 2003 invasion of Iraq - Operation Telic
• Victories: