HMS Ark Royal explained

Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ark Royal:

• , the flagship of the English fleet during the Spanish Armada campaign of 1588
• , planned as freighter, built as seaplane carrier during the First World War, renamed Pegasus in 1934
• , British aircraft carrier launched in 1937 which participated in the Second World War and was sunk by a U-boat in 1941
• , an launched in 1950, decommissioned in 1979
• , an, launched in 1981, decommissioned in 2011

Battle honours

• Armada 1588
• Cádiz 1596
• Dardanelles 1915
• Norway 1940
• Spartivento 1940
• Mediterranean 1940–1941
• Bismarck 1941
• Malta Convoys 1941
• Al Faw 2003