HMS Ark Royal : Invincible Class Aircraft Carrier Wallpaper

HMS Ark Royal R07 :
Invincible Class Aircraft Carrier Wallpaper
image by operations.mod.uk

HMS Ark Royal R07:
Invincible Class Aircraft Carrier Wallpaper
image by operations.mod.uk

HMS Ark Royal R07:
Invincible Class Aircraft Carrier Wallpaper

Ark Royal on the River Clyde
photo by Iain Cameron.
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• HMS Ark Royal (R07), the last Invincible-class light aircraft carrier to be completed, is the fifth ship of the Royal Navy named in honour of the flagship of the English fleet that defeated the Spanish Armada.
  
• Ark Royal is slightly larger than her sister ships and during construction she was fitted with a steeper ski-jump ramp, (twelve degrees, as opposed to seven degrees of the Invincible) to improve STOVL take-off performance for the Harrier aircraft.
  
• HMS Ark Royal is currently the flagship of the active fleet.

• Ark Royal was deployed in 1993 to the Adriatic during the Bosnian War.

• Ark Royal, commanded by Captain Alan Massey (Now Vice Admiral and Second Sea Lord), took part in the 2003 invasion of Iraq where her complement singularly consisted of helicopters rather than her usual mix of helicopters and Harrier aircraft. During operations in the war two Westland Sea King helicopters, from 849 Naval Air Squadron, collided in mid-air with the loss of one American and six British lives.

• Ark Royal is expected to remain in service until 2016, at which time she will be replaced with HMS Prince of Wales. This new vessel is expected to displace three times that of the Invincible class and offer a steep change in operational capability.

• Her current commanding officer (since 31 July 2008) is Captain John Clink. He relieved Captain Mike Mansergh who had been CO since August 2006.

  Ark Royal was a participant in Exercise Joint Warrior 08-2, 04 - 17 October 2008. She arrived at Liverpool docks on 16 January 2009, during which time the public were allowed to tour the ship. She left Liverpool again on 19 January 2009.

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