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  Aircraft Carriers from HMS Pegasus to HMS Ocean
History of the aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy from the seaplane carrier HMS Pegasus to HMS Furious, to the classic aircraft carriers of world war II and beyond with the latest helicopter carrier HMS Ocean.
HMS Unicorn, HMS Ocean and Transport HMS Empire Halladale at Kure, during the Korean War, 1953.
Sunk in collision with HMS Royal Oak and HMS Glorious, 5th November 1918, in the Firth of Forth.
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  HMS Ark Royal: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com
The first HMS Ark Royal was built at Deptford on the River Thames in 1587, to the order...at Deptford on the River Thames in 1587, to the order of Sir Walter Raleigh.
The second HMS Ark Royal, after a gap of almost 300 years, was a merchant ship converted on the building stocks to be a seaplane carrier was was the worlds first Aircraft carrier Launched in 1914, she served in the Dardanelles campaign and throughout World War I.
She was renamed HMS Pegasus in 1934, to free the name Ark Royal for a new ship, and was broken up in 1950.
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 HMS Albion (R07)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The eighth HMS Albion was a 22,000 ton Centaur-class light fleet carrier built on the Tyne by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson.
Her keel was laid down in 1944, with her being launched in May 1947, but she was not fully completed until May 1954, and after an initial work up with her air group, joined the Mediterranean Fleet in September that same year, becoming flagship of Flag Officer Aircraft Carriers.
In July 1958 the Albion had a sample of what she would one day become, when she embarked 42 Commando, Royal Marines, with all it's vehicles and additional equipment to the Middle East.
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 Hms
Design of this class was based on the earlier cruisers HMS Champion and HMS Calliope, which, in turn, were based on the HMS Caroline class, using the same hull as the Carolines but with two funnels and maximum armor thickness of 4" as opposed to 3" in the Carolines.
HMS Jackal (F22) - HMS Jackal (F22) was a J-class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by John Brown and Company, Limited, at Clydebank in Scotland on 24 September 1937, launched on 25 October 1938 and commissioned on 31 March 1939.
HMS Jackal was attacked by enemy German Ju-88 bombers north-west of Mersa Matruh in Egypt on 12 May 1942 and severely damaged, and sunk by HMS Jervis.
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 GoGibraltarSite
HMS Trafalgar completed her 4-year refit in 04/96 while HMS Turbulent underwent a refit from 08/93 to late 97, Tireless from 06/96 to 06/99 and Torbay from 01/98 to 09/01.
HMS Swiftsure began a 30-month refit 05/10/88 but due to reactor problems this was never completed and she was eventually and formally retired in 05/92.
HMS Sovereign completed her 4-year refit at Rosyth 21/09/97 and was de-commissioned at Faslane 11/09/06 and taken to Devonport where she arrived 22/09/06.
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 Qwika - similar:Battle_class_destroyer
A group of Type 22's, with HMS Coventry in the foreground HMS Chatham, the last of the Batch 3 Type 22s, at the International Fleet Review, 2005 The Type 22 Broadsword class frigates are a class of warships built for the Royal Navy.
HMS Havock Havock and Hornet, the two Havock-class destroyers built in 1893, were the first torpedo boat destroyers of the Royal Navy.
Eventually only a single ship, HMS Bristol was built and served as a prototype for much of the modern technology and armaments seen in later classes of Royal Navy warships.
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