HMS Ark Royal (09)
Quick Facts
- Ship Name
- HMS Ark Royal
- Type
- Aircraft Carrier
- Class
- Audacious-class aircraft carrier
- Pennant Number
- 09
- Launched
- 1950
- Built at
- Cammell Laird
- Commissioned
- 1955
- Armament
- Carrier air group
- Propulsion
- Steam turbines
- Role
- Aircraft carrier
- Notable for
- Last conventional CATOBAR British carrier
- Fate
- Decommissioned in 1979
- Status
- Decommissioned
HMS Ark Royal R09 was the last conventional catapult-equipped fleet carrier operated by the Royal Navy.