HMS Ark Royal (R07) Built at Swan
Hunter was initially going to be called HMS Indomitable. HMS Ark
Royal was launched 2nd June 1981 and completed on the 1st November 1985.
In 2000 she was modernised at Rosyth, and was the Flagship
for the NTG03 Royal Navy task force during the Operation Iraqi Freedom.
These superb Naval art Prints by Ivan Berryman show HMS Ark Royal in her
modernized configuration. and are only available direct form naval art prints
a division of Cranston Fine arts
HMS Ark Royal (1970s Carrier) by Ivan Berryman
HMS Ark Royal was the fourth ship in the Royal Navy to bear this memorable name. By far the most impressive, this mighty ship was built to include the angled flight deck, a revolutionary development at the time, with steam catapult. The end of fixed wing aircraft saw Ark Royal quickly become obsolete, being paid of in 1978.
Item Code : B0052
HMS Ark Royal (1970s Carrier) by Ivan Berryman - Editions Available
Robert Taylors tribute to HMS Ark Royal, Britains last conventional aircraft carrier, seen steaming with her Phantoms on deck. Launched in 1950, HMS Ark Royal entered service in 1955 and her flag flying tours over the next two decades took her to the far corners of the world.
HMS Ark Royal IV - Flagship of the Flag Officer Aircraft Carriers - a mobile airfield and a most impressive sight as she launches a Phantom from one of her catapults. She had a standard displacement of 43,000 tons, a beam of 168 feet, and was 846 feet long. Ships company numbered 2,570 and her Air Group consisted of Phantom Interceptors, Buccaneer strike and Gannet AEW aircraft together with Wessex SAR and Sea King ASW helicopters. She served her Nation and the Royal Navy for 23 years and sailed 800,000 miles of valuable service, finally being decommissioned in 1979.
