Ship Type
Aircraft Carrier
Discover aircraft carriers in Royal Navy service.
Aircraft carriers transformed naval warfare by making aircraft a central part of maritime operations.
Classes in this Type Tree
Other / Unspecified (4)
Interwar / WWII (1)
- Hermes-class aircraft carrier – 1 built
Modern (2)
- Invincible-class aircraft carrier – 3 built
- Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier – 2 built
Post-WWII (3)
- Audacious-class aircraft carrier – 2 built
- Centaur-class aircraft carrier – 4 built
- Majestic-class aircraft carrier – 6 built
WWII (3)
- Ark Royal-class aircraft carrier – 1 built
- Illustrious-class aircraft carrier – 4 built
- Implacable-class aircraft carrier – 2 built
WWII / Postwar (1)
- Colossus-class aircraft carrier – 10 built
Ships in this Type Tree
Decommissioned (53)
- HMS Albion (07) – Centaur-class aircraft carrier
- HMS Bulwark (08) – Centaur-class aircraft carrier
- HMS Indefatigable (10) – Implacable-class aircraft carrier
- HMS Eagle (12) – Audacious-class aircraft carrier
- HMS Hermes (12) – Centaur-class aircraft carrier
- HMS Victorious (38) – Illustrious-class aircraft carrier
- HMS Formidable (67) – Illustrious-class aircraft carrier
- HMS Implacable (86) – Implacable-class aircraft carrier
- HMS Illustrious (87) – Illustrious-class aircraft carrier
- HMS Indomitable (92) – Illustrious-class aircraft carrier
- HMS Invincible (R05) – Invincible-class aircraft carrier
- HMS Illustrious (R06) – Invincible-class aircraft carrier
- HMS Ark Royal (R07) – Invincible-class aircraft carrier
- HMS Ark Royal (R09) – Audacious-class aircraft carrier
- HMS Courageous (1916) – Courageous-class aircraft carrier
- HMS Furious (1916) – Courageous-class aircraft carrier
- HMS Glorious (1916) – Courageous-class aircraft carrier
- HMS Argus (1917) – Argus-class aircraft carrier
- HMS Eagle (1918) – Eagle-class aircraft carrier
- HMS Hermes (1919) – Hermes-class aircraft carrier
- HMS Victorious (1937) – Illustrious-class aircraft carrier
- HMS Ark Royal (1938) – Ark Royal-class aircraft carrier
- HMS Formidable (1939) – Illustrious-class aircraft carrier
- HMS Illustrious (1939) – Illustrious-class aircraft carrier
- HMS Indomitable (1939) – Illustrious-class aircraft carrier
- HMS Unicorn (1941) – Unicorn-class aircraft maintenance carrier
- HMS Implacable (1942) – Implacable-class aircraft carrier
- HMS Indefatigable (1942) – Implacable-class aircraft carrier
- HMS Colossus (1943) – Colossus-class aircraft carrier
- HMS Glory (1943) – Colossus-class aircraft carrier
- HMS Nairana (1943) – Escort carrier
- HMS Vindex (1943) – Escort carrier
- HMS Ocean (1944) – Colossus-class aircraft carrier
- HMS Perseus (1944) – Colossus-class aircraft carrier
- HMS Pioneer (1944) – Colossus-class aircraft carrier
- HMS Theseus (1944) – Colossus-class aircraft carrier
- HMS Triumph (1944) – Colossus-class aircraft carrier
- HMS Vengeance (1944) – Colossus-class aircraft carrier
- HMS Warrior (1944) – Colossus-class aircraft carrier
- HMS Victorious (1945) – Illustrious-class aircraft carrier (modernised)
- HMS Eagle (1946) – Audacious-class aircraft carrier
- HMS Albion (1947) – Centaur-class aircraft carrier
- HMS Centaur (1947) – Centaur-class aircraft carrier
- HMS Bulwark (1948) – Centaur-class aircraft carrier
- HMS Ark Royal (1950) – Audacious-class aircraft carrier
- HMS Hermes (1953) – Centaur-class aircraft carrier
- HMS Invincible (1980) – Invincible-class aircraft carrier
- HMS Illustrious (1982) – Invincible-class aircraft carrier
- HMS Hermes (1983) – Centaur-class aircraft carrier
- HMS Ark Royal (1985) – Invincible-class aircraft carrier
- HMS Ocean (1995) – Ocean-class helicopter carrier
- HMS Queen Elizabeth (2014) – Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier
- HMS Prince of Wales (2017) – Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier