HMS Ark Royal

HMS Ark Royal was built for the Royal Navy during the years of 1935 to 1937. He was the first British aircraft carrier purpose built, knots converted to become a carrier.

HMS Ark Royal served between the years of 1938 to 1941.

HMS Ark Royal operated in some of the most active naval theatres during World War II. She was involved in the first aerial and U-boat kills of the war, operations off Norway, the search for the German battleship Bismarck, and the Malta Convoys. Ark Royal survived several near misses and gained a reputation as a 'lucky ship'. She was torpedoed on 13 November 1941 by the German submarine U-81 and her luck ran out; she sank the following day.