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    HMS Illustrious was a light aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy and the second of three Invincible-class ships constructed in the late 1970s and early...
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    HMS Illustrious was the lead ship of her class of aircraft carriers built for the Royal Navy before World War II. Her first assignment after completion...
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  • Navy to bear the name HMS Illustrious. The ship's motto is "Vox Non Incerta" which translates as "No Uncertain Sound". HMS Illustrious (1789) was a 74-gun...
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    The third HMS Illustrious of the British Royal Navy was a Majestic-class pre-dreadnought battleship. The ship was built at the Chatham Dockyard; her keel...
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    United Kingdom. There are two carriers, HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales, currently in service. HMS Unicorn was an aircraft repair ship and...
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    operated by the Royal Navy. Three ships were constructed: HMS Invincible, HMS Illustrious and HMS Ark Royal. The vessels were built as aviation-capable anti-submarine...
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    Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. She followed sister ships HMS Invincible and HMS Illustrious into service in 1985. Affectionately known as The Mighty Ark...
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  • Look up illustrious in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Illustrious may refer to: HMS Illustrious, five ships in the Royal Navy Illustrious (album), a...
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    19 October 2020. "HMS Illustrious en route to the Philippines". GOV.UK. 22 November 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2020. "HMS Illustrious picks up stores for...
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    predecessor HMS Ark Royal, and what may be described as their nearest American contemporaries, the Yorktown and Essex class carriers. The Illustrious class...
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  • board the aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious. The second series was filmed on the amphibious warfare ships HMS Bulwark and HMS Ocean during a six-month exercise...
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    HMS Illustrious was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 7 July 1789 at Bucklers Hard under the direction of Henry Adams...
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    for a scheduled period of maintenance. The LPH role was provided by HMS Illustrious until 2014. On 22 July 2014, Ocean took over the helicopter carrier...
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    Fairey Swordfish biplane torpedo bombers from the aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious in the Mediterranean Sea. The attack struck the battle fleet of the...
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    captain on 5 September 2011. He took command of the aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious in 2012. Connell was promoted to commodore on 10 February 2015. He...
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    Mediterranean. In August 1941, he received command of the aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious. He was appointed chief of Combined Operations and a member of the...
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    it Atlântico. HMS Illustrious - 2011–2014, Invincible-class aircraft carrier equipped and re-purposed as a commando carrier while HMS Ocean was in refit...
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    comprising Royal Navy, Royal Air Force and British Army helicopters. HMS Illustrious was berthed adjacent to Queen Elizabeth during the ceremony. The ship...
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  • Navy who went missing in Gibraltar in 1986. Parkes was serving aboard HMS Illustrious when he disappeared whilst on shore leave in the overseas territory...
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    HMS Victorious was the third Illustrious-class aircraft carrier after Illustrious and Formidable. Ordered under the 1936 Naval Programme, she was laid...
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  • had achieved the rank of Petty Officer (PO). He had served aboard HMS Illustrious and was a trainer in fire fighting techniques whilst based at HMNB...
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    scrap 1946 HMS Unicorn fleet maintenance carrier (1943) - sold for scrap 1959 Illustrious class HMS Illustrious (1939) HMS Formidable (1939) HMS Victorious...
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    frigate and then a destroyer before taking over the aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious and then achieving higher command in the Navy. He served as First Sea...
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    2007. After that he became commanding officer of the aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious in February 2009, Commodore Joint Air Maritime Organisation in February...
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  • roles in Othello and Macbeth. During the Second World War he served on HMS Illustrious, reaching the rank of lieutenant commander. Upon demobilisation he...
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    HMS Illustrious, a 74-gun third rate ship of the line and the second of that name, was built by Randall & Brent at Rotherhithe where her keel was laid...
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    versatility of the carrier was demonstrated in November 1940, when HMS Illustrious launched a long-range strike on the Italian fleet at their base in...
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    officer of HMS Ark Royal in September 2010, commanding officer of HMS Illustrious in 2011 and commanding officer of the Britannia Royal Naval College...
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    Wellingtons. 3 May 1944: HMS Tantalus sank Amagi Maru off Port Blair. 17 May 1944: Operation Transom air raid against Surabaya by HMS Illustrious and USS Saratoga...
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    tender. 13 April – HMS Ark Royal launched. 27 April – HMS Illustrious laid down. 4 May – HMS Victorious laid down. 17 June – HMS Formidable laid down...
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