HMS Ark Royal (91)

English: HMS Ark Royal (91), was the third ship of the Royal Navy to carry the name and the second to be an aircraft carrier. She was designed in 1934 to meet the limits of the Washington Naval Treaty, and was built by Cammell Laird and Company, Ltd. at Birkenhead, England.

Deutsch: Die HMS Ark Royal war ein Flugzeugträger der Royal Navy im Zweiten Weltkrieg und das einzige Schiff der Ark-Royal-Klasse. Sie diente von 1938 bis 1941 in der britischen Marine, bis sie am 13. November vor Gibraltar von einem deutschen U-Boot torpediert wurde und einen Tag später sank.

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  Ark Royal just after launching on 13 April 1937.
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  Photographed soon after completion, circa late 1938 or early 1939
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  Photographed circa 1939, with a Fairey Swordfish aircraft taking off as another approaches from astern.
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  Photographed in 1939, with a flight of No.820 Squadron Fairey Swordfish I aircraft passing overhead.
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  Bombs falling astern of HMS Ark Royal during an attack by Italian aircraft during the Battle of Cape Spartivento
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  Anti air fire over Ark Royal and Renown
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  Blackburn Skua landing
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  Six Blackburn Skuas of No.800 Squadron Fleet Air Arm line up on deck before taking off.
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  HMS Legion moves alongside the damaged and listing HMS Ark Royal in order to take off survivors. The aircraft carrier was torpedoed by the German U-boat U 81 off Gibraltar.
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  Another view of HMS Legion and HMS Ark Royal
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