Editing HMS Ark Royal

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{{Use British English|date=December 2017}}
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Five ships of the [[Royal Navy]] have borne the name '''HMS ''Ark Royal''''':

* {{ship|English ship|Ark Royal|1587|3}}, the flagship of the English fleet during the [[Spanish Armada]] campaign of 1588
* {{HMS|Ark Royal|1914}}, planned as freighter, built as seaplane carrier during the First World War, renamed ''Pegasus'' in 1934
* {{HMS|Ark Royal|91}}, British [[aircraft carrier]] launched in 1937 which participated in the [[Second World War]] and was sunk by a U-boat in 1941
* {{HMS|Ark Royal|R09}}, an {{sclass|Audacious|aircraft carrier|2}} launched in 1950, decommissioned in 1979
* {{HMS|Ark Royal|R07}}, an {{sclass|Invincible|aircraft carrier|2}}, launched in 1981, decommissioned in 2011

==Battle honours==
* [[Spanish Armada|Armada]] 1588
* [[Capture of Cádiz|Cádiz]] 1596
* [[Naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign|Dardanelles]] 1915
* [[Norwegian Campaign|Norway]] 1940
* [[Battle of Cape Spartivento|Spartivento]] 1940
* [[Battle of the Mediterranean|Mediterranean]] 1940–1941
* [[Operation Rheinübung|''Bismarck'']] 1941
* [[Malta Convoys]] 1941
* [[Battle of Al Faw (2003)|Al Faw]] 2003

==References==
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[[Category:Royal Navy ship names]]