HMS Ark Royal

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


 * ENGLISH SHIP Ark Royal, 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 Audacious-class aircraft carrier launched in 1950, decommissioned in 1979
 * HMS Ark Royal (R07), an Invincible-class aircraft carrier, 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