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...

of her 12-inch guns were remounted in the Tyne Turrets. HMS Illustrious (87) was an Illustrious-class aircraft carrier commissioned in 1940. In the same...

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...

her class of aircraft carrier, HMS Illustrious (87) during June 1944. It disbanded, aboard Illustrious's sister ship, HMS Victorious, into the 47th Naval...

served as a trials and training carrier in 1955 and 1956, replacing HMS Illustrious (87) which was laid up in December 1954 and sold for scrapping in November...

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...

predecessor HMS Ark Royal, and what may be described as their nearest American contemporaries, the Yorktown and Essex class carriers. The Illustrious class...

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...

enclosing the hangar in an armoured box. The lead ship of this new type, HMS Illustrious, was commissioned in 1940. Prior to the beginning of the war, President...

Air Squadron (24 July–7 August and 15–21 October 1945) (Sea Otter) HMS Illustrious (87) Nil G. Drucker (2001). "Index of Fleet Air Arm Air Stations in the...

her class HMS Illustrious (87), however, the formation was cancelled following Victory over Japan Day. The squadron moved to RNAS Crail (HMS Jackdaw) on...

spent entirely on aircraft carriers—HMS Ocean (R68), HMS Glory (R62), HMS Illustrious (87), HMS Victorious (R38) and HMS Eagle (R05). In 1971 Wilson took...

HMS Victorious was the third Illustrious-class aircraft carrier after Illustrious and Formidable. Ordered under the 1936 Naval Programme, she was laid...

made their presence felt by subjecting the British aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious to heavy attack. The crews were confident that they could sink it as...

HMS Illustrious HMS Illustrious (CV, 87) RN Raid on Taranto, Italy (11–12 November 1940) Operation JUDGMENT RN Force H (Cunningham) HMS Illustrious (CV...

Alexandria. Force A comprised HMS Warspite, Valiant, Nubian, Mohawk, Dainty, Gallant, Greyhound, Griffin, Jervis and Illustrious to sail from Alexandria, covering...

HMS Formidable was an Illustrious-class aircraft carrier ordered for the Royal Navy before the Second World War. After being completed in late 1940, she...

scrap 1946 HMS Unicorn fleet maintenance carrier (1943) - sold for scrap 1959 Illustrious class HMS Illustrious (1939) HMS Formidable (1939) HMS Victorious...

Fairey Swordfish biplane torpedo bombers from the aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious in the Mediterranean Sea. The attack struck the battle fleet of the...

Norway and Dunkirk in 1940 and then moved to the Mediterranean aboard HMS Illustrious. During this time he was involved in the Battle of Taranto, the defence...

HMS Eagle was an early aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy. Ordered by Chile during the South American dreadnought race as the Almirante Latorre-class...

HMS Invincible was the Royal Navy's lead ship of her class of three light aircraft carriers. She was launched on 3 May 1977 as the seventh ship to carry...

1944) HMS Formidable (67) (June - July 1944) HMS Glory (R62) (1947 - September 1954) HMS Hermes (R12) (May 1960 - April 1978) HMS Illustrious (87) (1945...

HMS Ark Royal (pennant number 91) was an aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy that was operated during the Second World War. Designed in 1934 to fit the...

aircraft carriers. Days later, he ordered the Ju 87 gruppen to sink the new carrier HMS Illustrious. It had played the key role in the Battle of Taranto...

her class, HMS Queen Elizabeth, was named on 4 July 2014 in honour of Elizabeth I and was commissioned on 7 December 2017. Her sister ship, HMS Prince of...

father's rank in the Grand Duchy of Hesse; and, from birth, his style of Illustrious Highness and title of Count of Battenberg instead derived from the rank...

including Operation Judgment, where the ship escorted the aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious as her aircraft attacked the Italian Fleet at Taranto on the evening...

most numerous class of battleships. The nine ships, HMS Majestic, Caesar, Hannibal, Illustrious, Jupiter, Magnificent, Mars, Prince George, and Victorious...

HMS Indefatigable was one of two Implacable-class aircraft carriers built for the Royal Navy (RN) during World War II. Completed in 1944, her aircraft...