Originally posted by 55heroes
:@@:In the Royal Navy Official Page you can read:
The fifth vessel to bear the proud name. Ark Royal was built by Swan Hunters Ship Builders’ yard at Wallsend in December 1978 and launched by Her
Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. HMS Ark Royal was accepted into service on July 1 1985.
HMS Ark Royal is larger than her 2 sisters, Invincible and Illustrious, at 210 metres (683 feet) long. She has a maximum beam of 36 metres (117 feet)
and a displacement of 20,000 tonnes.
4 Olympus gas turbine engines (like Concorde’s) propel the ship, which give a maximum speed in excess of 30 knots. A steeper ski jump than in the
other ships of this class is fitted at the forward end of the flight deck.
HMS Ark Royal is planned to remain in active service until 2015 when the next generation of aircraft carriers will enter service.
The Ship's motto is 'Zeal Does Not Rest'
www.royal-navy.mod.uk...
:)I repeat:
HMS Ark Royal is larger than her 2 sisters, Invincible and Illustrious, at 210 metres (683 feet) long. She has a maximum beam of 36 metres (117
feet) and a displacement of 20,000 tonnes
Of course, this is the begin of the history:
R05 Vickers - Short: HMS Invincible
R06 Swan Hunter - Short: HMS Illustrious
R07 Swan Hunter - Long: HMS Ark Royal
But the end the History shows:
R05 Vickers - Short: HMS Invincible Sunk in Falklands 30/5/82
R06 Swan Hunter - Short: HMS Illustrious Renamed as R05 HMS Invincible
R07 Swan Hunter - Long: HMS Ark Royal Renamed as R06 HMS Illustrious
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R08 Indeterminate buildshipper - Long hull: Renamed as R07 Ark Royal
If you have a two long hull ships, the argentine position has the thruth
And the heroes of FAA (Argentine Air Force) Enrique Ureta and Gerardo Isaac, are not a liers.
They finished the Invincible UK Carrier, in a unnecessary war.