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HMS Ark Royal, Royal Naval aircraft carriers, naval art prints of the three HMS Ark Royal From the World war two carrier showing in pursuit of the Bismarck and HMS Ark Royal in 1970 with Buccaneer jet aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm.  to the modern HMS Ark Royal, involved in Operation free Iraq. Naval art prints by leading naval artists Brian Wood, Robert Taylor and Ivan Berryman.

HMS Ark Royal was built by Cammell Laird and launched on the 13th of April 1937. Displacement of 22,000 tons, had a top speed of 30.75 knots and carried 72 aircraft. HMS Ark Royal's complement was 1,575 men. She served in the home fleet and south Atlantic in 1939, Home fleet and Mediterranean 1940 and Force H 1941. on the 13th November 1941 she was torpedoed by U-81 in the western Mediterranean, and while under tow was lost the following day.

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HMS Ark Royal and HMS Sheffield off the Mole, Gibraltar by Ivan Berryman.

Having played a vital part in the battle for the Mediterranean for over two years, HMS Ark Royal finally succumbed to a U-Boats torpedo in November 1941. She is shown here with a pair of Swordfish Mk1s of 821 Sqn ranged on the deck, passing the cruiser HMS Sheffield off the Mole, Gibraltar, earlier that same year.

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Signed by Lieutenant Commander John William Jock Moffat RN.

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Sea Wings by Ivan Berryman.

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Flight Against the Bismarck by Philip West.

The Royal Navys week long chase of the formidable German battleship Bismarck culminated in the foul evening weather of 26th May 1941. Despite the deck of HMS Ark Royal pitching through 55 feet, S/Lt John Moffat was one of fifteen Swordfish pilots who took off to attack Bismarck. After 90 minutes of arduous and turbulent flying the Swordfish found their quarry and dived through the intense anti-aircraft fire to drop their torpedoes. One of these hit and jammed Bismarcks rudder and condemned the battleship to sail in slow circles. The Royal Navys own capital ships then closed in and pounded Bismarck into a burning wreck.

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Signed by Lieutenant Commander John William Jock Moffat RN, Commander Sidney Hal Jim Suthers DSC DFC RN, Sub Lieut Bruce Vibert, Lieut (A) N C Gillis RNVR and Sub Lieut (A) Stanley T Brand RNVR.

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The Duel - Nigel Mansell and Ayrton Senna at Monaco, 1992 by Ivan Berryman. (B)

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Malta Relief by Tim Fisher.

Hawker Hurricanes of 249 squadron (RAF) departing off HMS Ark Royal in June 1941 as par tof Force H. The Hurricanes were to become part of the Defence of Malta against the onslought and non stop bombing by the Axis Bombers and HMS Ark Royal would be sunk only a few months later when on the 13th November 1941 HMS Ark Royal was hit by a single torpedo from the German U-boat U81. The torpedo hit on the starboard side near the starboard boiler room causing a 130ft by 30ft hole. Water poured in causing a 10% list immediately. The flooding spread quickly to the middle of the ship and then to the port boiler room, eectric power failed, and after 14 hours while in tow to Gibraltar she capsized and sunk the following day.

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Original painting by Tim Fisher. Image size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm). Price £1600.00

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HMS Ark Royal by Brian Wood.

HMS Ark Royal part of Force H along with the Battleship HMS Renown and Cruiser HMS Sheffield departs Gibraltar to take part in the search for the Bismarck in the Atlantic. During the hunt HMS Ark Royal, Swordfish mistakenly attack the Royal Navy cruiser HMS Sheffiled. Fortunately, the torpedoes were not primed properly and crusier recieived no major damage. Spotter planes from HMS Ark Royal eventually found the Bismarck. and a attack commenced, crippling the Bismarck's rudder. The damage sustained lead to the rest of the Royal Navy surface fleet catching up with the Bismarck and sinking her. HMS ark Royal returns to the mediteranean. later on 13 November 1941: While on her return to Gibraltar in company with the HMS Malaya, HMS Argus, and HMS Hermione supported by Seven destroyers, HMSArk Royal is attacked by the U-81 under the command of Kapitänleutnant Guggenberger in the Mediterranean., and at 1541, a torpedo strikes the starboard side and the ship immediately takes a 10º list. within 20 minutes this list has increased to 18 degrees and Captain Maund orders all only essential crew to remain aboard with the rest of the crew to abandon ship. Destroyer HMS Legion under the command of Commander R. S. Jessel comes alongside and takes most of her crew on board, leaving 250 crew and t Captain Maund to try and save the ship but they have to also abndon ship, and just 14 hours after the torpedo strike HMS Ark Royal rolls over and sinks. from the entire crew their was only only one fatality,Able Seaman E. Mitchell was killed.

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Supreme Courage by Philip West.

Skuas flew from HMS Ark Royal through much of the 1940 campaign off Norway, and one is seen getting airborne in typically grey North Sea weather. The Blackburn Skua had many remarkable firsts to its credit; the first all-metal monoplane built for the Fleet Air Arm (FAA); the first dive bomber in British air services; the first enemy aircraft shot down in WW2 fell to a Skua; the first fighter ace in the FAA (Lt. Bill Lucy DSO) flew Skuas and the first warship (Konigsberg) destroyed by dive bombing was sunk by Skuas.

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