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	HMS Illustrious (R06) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The fifth HMS Illustrious (R06) is an Invincible-class light aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy, affectionately known as 'Lusty' to her crew.
		After the RAF airfield was repaired, Illustrious returned to the UK for a more proper shakedown cruise and workup period, with a formal commissioning on 20 March 1983.
		Illustrious remained in theatre while other elements of the task force returned to the United Kingdom to refit.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Illustrious_(R06) (728 words)

	HMS Illustrious - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The second Illustrious was launched at Rotherhithe in 1803 and was like her predecessor a 74-gun Third-rate.
		The third Illustrious was a Majestic-class pre-dreadnought, launched in 1896 and scrapped in 1920.
		The fourth Illustrious was an aircraft carrier commissioned in 1940, the year she became the first carrier to strike against an enemy fleet, and was in service until 1954.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Illustrious (373 words)

	HMS ILLUSTRIOUS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		HMS Illustrious spent only six months in the Mediterranean, but her involvement in that short space of time was to have far-reaching consequences, both locally and halfway around the world.
		Illustrious was part of a convoy escort, along with the battleships Warspite and Valiant and a screen of five destroyers, bound for Malta and Greece, when the carrier was attacked at 12.20 by two Italian SM79 torpedo-bombers north-west of Malta.
		Illustrious turned into the wind and launched four more fighters, which had been due to relieve her CAP at 12.35 in any case, but too late; the Ju87s began their attack at 12.38 from 12,000 feet without fighter opposition, thirty concentrating on the carrier and ten attacking the two battleships.
	world.std.com /~Ted7/Illus.htm (2669 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Warships - Aircraft Carrier HMS Illustrious of the Illustrious class
		HMS Illustrious took part in the strike on the Italian Fleet at Taranto during the night of 11-12 November 1940.
		HMS Illustrious was part of Malta convoys between September-October, and again on Malta convoys from November 1940 to January 1941.
		On 15 September 1940 the British battlesship HMS Valiant, the aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious, the heavy cruiser HMS Kent and 7 destroyers left Alexandria.
	uboat.net /allies/warships/ship/3258.html (973 words)

	Invincible Class
		HMS Invincible viewed from the deck of HMS Illustrious, RAF Harrier GR.7's are in the foreground.
		HMS Ark Royal was similarly modified as per her sister ships, but is also the first of the class to be given the capability to operate the new Merlin HM.1 helicopter and carry the updated Sea King AEW.7 rather than the AEW.2.
		HMS Invincible will return to operational status in 2003 on completion of the refit, this will be her final commission before her planned pay-off for disposal in 2010.
	navy-matters.beedall.com /invinc.htm (2107 words)

	Warships Magazine - WEB SPECIAL - Northern Exposure (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		HMS Illustrious marked both occasions pictorially using sailors who had marched into position on the Flight Deck to form a huge "60" as the ship passed the Thames Barrier.
		HMS Illustrious will be fully operational at the end of June when she will also become the Nation's Flagship and as such will be a focal point for the International Festival of the Sea and Trafalgar 200, which will both be held in Portsmouth from June 28 to July 3 2005.
		The final leg of the instruments' journey was on board the carrier HMS Illustrious when she went up the Thames to the National Maritime Museum, which is marking Trafalgar's bicentenary by mounting an exhibition entitled 'Nelson and Napoleon'.
	www.warshipsifr.com /pages/trafalgar200.html (980 words)

	HMS Illustrious 1939
		HMS Illustrious is shown leaving Devonport with HMS Kenya in new naval art print and painting by Ivan Berryman.
		HMS Illustrious and HMS Kenya at Devonport by Ivan Berryman
		HMS Illustrious slips quietly away from the docks at Devonport, Plymouth with the Fiji class cruiser in the middle distance, 1941.
	www.naval-art.com /hms_illustrious.htm (1038 words)

	HMS ILLUSTRIOUS aircraft carrier profile. Aircraft Carrier Database of the Fleet Air Arm Archive 1939-1945
		HMS Illustrious was built by Vickers Armstrong, Barrow, laid down on 27 April 1937 and launched 5 April 1939.
		HMS Illustrious was heavily damaged by a concerted enemy air attack by German dive-bombers on 10 January 1941, when the armoured flight deck armour was penetrated by an 1100lb (500kg) bomb.
		By May 1942, HMS Illustrious was on operations against Vichy French forces in Diego Suarez Madagascar, and remained in the Indian Ocean from May 1942 until January 1943, where she undertook further operations against Madagascar in September 1942.
	www.fleetairarmarchive.net /Ships/ILLUSTRIOUS.html (1091 words)

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		HMS ILLUSTRIOUS and HMS EXETER are due to arrive in Gibraltar on Wednesday on a routine stop over as part of their current operational deployment.
		The first HMS Illustrious, a 74-gun Third Rate ship of the line, was launched at Buckler's Hard in 1789 and saw action against the French off Toulon in 1793 and at Genoa in 1795.
		The first HMS Exeter was a Third rate of 70 guns which survived the Battle of Beachy Head against the French on 20 June 1690.
	www.panorama.gi /localnews/headlines.php?action=view_article&article=412&offset=0 (147 words)

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		HMS Formidable the Illustrious class Aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy, laid down 17 June 1937, launched 17 August 1939 and commissioned 24 November 1940.
		The "Illustrious" Class ships were to have a hangar protected against 500lb bombs and 6" shells; this meant armouring the flight deck, and extending the vertical armour upwards to meet it.
		HMS Formidable was refitted between January -June 1944 and then her aircraft were involved in the operation "Mascot" attacks on the German Battleship
	hmsformidable.org /Formy_Facts.htm (872 words)

	Invincible Class Aircraft Carriers
		At present Illustrious is the active carrier, Ark Royal is in a major refit at Rosyth and Invincible is undergoing maintenance at Portsmouth.
		In February 1982 it was announced that Invincible was to be sold to Australia where she would replace the aging Melbourne as the flagship of the R.A.N. However, a few months later Invincible sailed together with the larger carrier Hermes to the Falklands.
		H.M.S Illustrious was completed ahead of schedule by her builders, Swan Hunter, in order to sail South for the Falklands Conflict in 1982.
	www.btinternet.com /~warship/Today/invincible.htm (1230 words)

	WAR :: INQ7.net
		The Royal Navy flagship, aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious, arrived in the Gulf Sunday commanded by Rear Admiral James Burnell-Nugent.
		Illustrious carries 15 Harrier jump jets which could potentially be used to spearhead air campaigns in Afghanistan.
		Three submarines with nuclear capability (HMS Superb, HMS Trafalgar and HMS Triumph) — two of which are armed with Tomahawk cruise missiles — complete the armada, the largest assembled by the Royal Navy since the Falklands conflict in 1982.
	www.inq7.net /specials/newwar/troops/troop_2.htm (368 words)

	Royal Navy Aircraft Carrier.Illustrious Class (HMS Illustrious, HMS Victorious, HMS Formidable, HMS Indomitable).
		(HMS Illustrious, HMS Victorious, HMS Formidable, HMS Indomitable).
		All went through various war-time reconstructions including a slight increase in deck space, provisions for deck parking of aircraft which increased capacity to 54 and a large increase in AA guns.
		The increase in size of aircraft, particularly jets, made post-war use of the Illustrious class impractical due to a lack of hangar height.
	www.geocities.com /baltimore_cfs2/hms_illustrious.htm (325 words)

	880 Squadron Hangar Deck (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		I (R/N1985) assigned to 806 Squadron, which was detached for the carrier HMS Illustrious to Heraklion, Crete for air defense, in February of 1941.
		I (4K/N4424) from the HMS Formidable was disembarked from the carrier after it was damaged and flew from bases in Egypt during the Fall of 1941.
		Barracuda MK.II (4A/LS550) from the carrier HMS Victorious was flown by the Commanding Officer (CO) of 829 Squadron during a raid on German shipping at Bodo, Norway on April 26, 1944.
	home.alltel.net /hensons/public_html/hangar.html (397 words)

	H.M.S.Illustrious (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		On January 19th the Illustrious was hit again but despite the damage a miracle was performed by the repairers in HM Dockyard Four days later the Illustrious was able to leave and reach Egypt safely The Illustrious' blitz began seventy Ju87's and Ju88's escorted by CR42's attacked Grand Harbour
		The second Illustrious, also a 74 gun frigate, was launched at Rotherhithe in 1803, she had a long career winning battle honours at Basque Roads and Java before becoming a training ship in 1854.She was broken up in Portsmouth in 1868.
		The third Illustrious, a battle ship with 12 and 6 inch guns was launched in 1896, already obsolete in 1914, she spent most of the war as an Ammunition Store Ship and was scrapped in 1921
	louishenwood.com /Illustrious.html (748 words)

	gibnews.net the press release database (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		HMS Illustrious, the Royal Navy flagship is currently in port for a recreational visit for the 1000+ crew.
		HMS Illustrious has become the first large navy ship to dock in the Gibraltar naval base without the use of tugs.
		The Merlin HM MK1 (formerly Merlin EH101) is an Anti-Submarine (ASW) variant of the EH101 helicopter.
	www.gibnews.net /cgi-bin/gn_print.pl?GPIX051130_1.xml (419 words)

	Heller / Airfix 1:400 HMS Illustrious British WW2 Aircraft Carrier (81089) \| Antics Online
		Illustrious was a fleet aircraft-carrier with a displacementof 23,000 tons standard and 25, 500 tons full load.
		Though late coming, she had hardly been launched when a new 'Illustrious' class of four aircraft-carriers was laid down in 1937 to respond to the already increasing likelihood of war.
		Thus the whole of the vulnerable aircraft accommodation became an armoured box, but so much weight high in the ship limited the protection to only one hangar and, though HMS Illustrious, HMS Victorious and HMS Formidable (all launched in 1939) were not significantly smaller than the Ark Royal, they carried far fewer aircraft.
	www.shipmodels.co.uk /627_1_1425874.html (540 words)

	Defence Internet \| Defence News \| HMS Illustrious sends birthday message to Her Majesty the Queen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		HMS Illustrious is currently leading a Task Group which includes the Type 42 destroyer HMS Gloucester and the Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessel RFA Fort Victoria, one of the Royal Navy’s most capable replenishment ships.
		Illustrious is leading a Task Group of Royal Navy warships, supported by a French frigate, on a deployment into the Indian Ocean to assist coalition forces in regional security operations.
		The Sailors of HMS Illustrious took time out to wish Her Majesty The Queen a...
	www.mod.uk /DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/PeopleInDefence/HmsIllustriousSendsBirthdayMessageToHerMajestyTheQueen.htm (597 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Warships - Light cruiser HMS Ajax of the Leander class
		Consisting of the light cruisers HMS Ajax (flagship), HMNZS Achilles and the heavy cruiser HMS Exeter.
		The subsequent battle saw the cruiser HMS Exeter badly damaged with all her guns put out of action but still seaworthy, she suffered 61 killed and 23 wounded and was forced to make for the Falkland Islands to carry out repairs.
		HMS Ajax and HMS Achilles were both damaged and suffered casualties, HMS Ajax 7 dead and wounded and HMS Achilles 4 dead.
	uboat.net /allies/warships/ship/4002.html (955 words)

	HMS Ark Royal built at Swan Hunter, Wallsend (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		HMS Ark Royal is an Invincible Class aircraft carrier fitted with a 'ski jump' to enable the Sea Harrier aircraft to take off fully loaded with fuel and armaments, which would make them too heavy otherwise for successful vertical take off.
		The fifth Ark Royal was going to be named 'Indomitable' originally, but at the launch of HMS Illustrious in 1978 it was announced she would become the fifth ship to bear the name Ark Royal.
		The fourth HMS Ark Royal launched in 1950 was the most famous Royal Navy warship of the post-war era.
	www.mg002b3988.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /arkroyal.htm (380 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		HMS Illustrious: Recently completed a $20m flight deck modification at Portsmouth Dockyard which involved removal of the Sea Dart SAM launcher and plating over the open bow section.
		HMS Invincible: Now in refit at Portsmouth until February 2000 to bring her up to the same standard as Illustrious.
		HMS Ark Royal (left) in 1995 showing her Sea Dart SAM launcher and open bow.HMS Illustrious (right) in 1998 with SAM.
	www.geocities.com /~davemc/rnreport1.htm (423 words)

	Trafalgar 200 - Ship Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		HMS Illustrious is the second of three Invincible class aircraft carriers and the fifth ship to bear the name.
		Illustrious or "Lusty" as she is fondly know to her crew was built at Swan Hunter on the Tyne and subsequently commissioned in her base port of Portsmouth in 1982.
		Post refit, she is about to embark upon an extensive period of sea trials and exercises as she prepares to become the Fleet Flagship.
	www.trafalgar200.com /tallships_details/illustrious.html (460 words)

	Carrier Aviation
		HMS Hermes (1923), which was the first ship in the world to be designed and built as an aircraft carrier.
		The raid on the Italian Fleet in Taranto Harbour (11 November 1940), by 21 Swordfish Biplanes flying from HMS Illustrious.
		Trails on HMS Perseus during 1950-1952 showed an aircraft weighing 30,000lbs could be launched with a speed of over 90 knots, which was a considerable increase over the air hydraulic catapults then in service.
	www.stevenwillingale.com /cva.htm (1120 words)

	Naval Technology - Invincible Class - Aircraft Carriers
		The two sister ships HMS Illustrious and HMS Ark Royal, both built at the Swan Hunter Shipbuilders yard in Wallsend, were commissioned in 1982 and 1985.
		HMS Ark Royal is armed with three Mark 15 Phalanx close-in weapon systems (CIWS) from Raytheon and General Dynamics.
		HMS Invincible and Ark Royal are equipped with Kelvin Hughes Type 1006 navigation radar and HMS Illustrious has Type 1007, both operating at I-band.
	www.naval-technology.com /projects/invincible (1073 words)

	Navy - Free Pictures - FreeFoto.Com
		HMS Ocean is the Royal Navy's biggest warship at 21,578 tonne and 208m long.
		HMS Ocean is the Royal Navy's first purpose built amphibious helicopter carrier.
		HMS Ocean has 12 troop-carrying helicopters and 6 Lynx helicopters.
	www.freefoto.com /browse.jsp?id=22-02-0 (241 words)

	Navy News - News Desk - News - Sea Harriers under fire in Iraq (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Type 42 destroyer HMS Gloucester has been providing air defence for HMS Illustrious and she has been taking part in exercises with the Royal Saudi and Bahraini air forces who landed Super Puma helicopters on the Illustrious's flight deck.
		Air groups from HMS Illustrious 'attacked' the USS John C Stennis while HMS Triumph provided the submarine threat, and Illustrious also refuelled from the American supply ship USS Tippecanoe, proving the interoperability of the NATO navies.
		Exercise Arabian Gauntlet was a coalition exercise involving the minesweepers HMS Atherstone, HMS Bridport and HMS Inverness and it helped to enhance the mine countermeasure techniques used by the RN ships and their Gulf counterparts as well as the Dutch and Belgian navies.
	www.navynews.co.uk /articles/2000/0003/0000033102.asp (501 words)

	HMS Invincible sunk in 1982 - Above Top Secret Conspiracy Community
		HMS Invincible (R05) was sunk by attack combined of AMM-39 Exocet lauched for Naval Aviation and 3 25 lbs.
		Apparently, the Exocet was shot down by Royal Navy antiaircraft fire and the hulk of the Atlantic Conveyor was mistaken for the HMS Invincible and attacked by the Skyhawks.
		Illustrious replace Invincible and she was like a "joker" being Invincible and Illustrious.
	www.abovetopsecret.com /forum/thread166587/pg1 (1977 words)

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