Aircraft Carriers (HMS Ark Royal & HMS Illustrious)

LONDON - The Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious passes the O2 arena at Greenwich on November 4, 2008 in London. HMS Illustrious and her crew will be taking part in Remembrance Sunday ceremonies this weekend. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid)

HMS Ark Royal in Gibraltar (7/11/2008) :


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HMS Illustrious in the Tyne (24.3.2009)

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AT SEA - JULY 14: HMS Ark Royal patrols the sea during Exercise Auriga on July 14, 2010 at sea in Omslow Bay near North Carolina. HMS Ark Royal, the nation's strike carrier, is leading an international task group during exercise Auriga 2010 a joint US-British amphibious exercise in Onslow Bay, off the cost of North Carolina. Auriga 2010 will demonstrate the UK's ability to deploy, operate and sustain a task group out of area for a prolonged period. At full strength the Ark Royal has a full crew of 1100 to 1200. At 210 metres in length and weighing 20,000 tonnes she is the fifth vessel in the history of Britain's Royal Navy to carry the historic name of Ark Royal and is currently celebrating 25 years at sea.

AT SEA - JULY 14: A Harrier jet of 1(F) Joint Force Squadron hovers as it comes in to land on the flight deck of HMS Ark Royal during Exercise Auriga on July 14, 2010 at sea in Onslow Bay near North Carolina. HMS Ark Royal, the nation's strike carrier, is leading an international task group during exercise Auriga 2010 a joint US-British amphibious exercise in Onslow Bay, off the cost of North Carolina. Auriga 2010 will demonstrate the UK's ability to deploy, operate and sustain a task group out of area for a prolonged period. At full strength the Ark Royal has a full crew of 1100 to 1200. At 210 metres in length and weighing 20,000 tonnes she is the fifth vessel in the history of Britain's Royal Navy to carry the historic name of Ark Royal and is currently celebrating 25 years at sea.

AT SEA - JULY 14: A Harrier jet of 1(F) Joint Force Squadron takes off from the flight deck of HMS Ark Royal during Exercise Auriga on July 14, 2010 at sea in Onslow Bay near North Carolina. HMS Ark Royal, the nation's strike carrier, is leading an international task group during exercise Auriga 2010 a joint US-British amphibious exercise in Onslow Bay, off the cost of North Carolina. Auriga 2010 will demonstrate the UK's ability to deploy, operate and sustain a task group out of area for a prolonged period. At full strength the Ark Royal has a full crew of 1100 to 1200. At 210 metres in length and weighing 20,000 tonnes she is the fifth vessel in the history of Britain's Royal Navy to carry the historic name of Ark Royal and is currently celebrating 25 years at sea..

AT SEA - JULY 14: Sailors on the bridge of HMS Ark Royal make visual checks during a storm during Exercise Auriga on July 14, 2010 at sea in Onslow Bay near North Carolina. HMS Ark Royal, the nation's strike carrier, is leading an international task group during exercise Auriga 2010 a joint US-British amphibious exercise in Onslow Bay, off the cost of North Carolina. Auriga 2010 will demonstrate the UK's ability to deploy, operate and sustain a task group out of area for a prolonged period. At full strength the Ark Royal has a full crew of 1100 to 1200. At 210 metres in length and weighing 20,000 tonnes she is the fifth vessel in the history of Britain's Royal Navy to carry the historic name of Ark Royal and is currently celebrating 25 years at sea.

AT SEA - JULY 14: Sailors don their anti-flash protection as they work in the operations room of HMS Ark Royal during Exercise Auriga on July 14, 2010 at sea in Onslow Bay near North Carolina. HMS Ark Royal, the nation's strike carrier, is leading an international task group during exercise Auriga 2010 a joint US-British amphibious exercise in Onslow Bay, off the cost of North Carolina. Auriga 2010 will demonstrate the UK's ability to deploy, operate and sustain a task group out of area for a prolonged period. At full strength the Ark Royal has a full crew of 1100 to 1200. At 210 metres in length and weighing 20,000 tonnes she is the fifth vessel in the history of Britain's Royal Navy to carry the historic name of Ark Royal and is currently celebrating 25 years at sea.

AT SEA - JULY 14: A US Marine Corp V-22 Osprey lands on board HMS Ark Royal for the first time during Exercise Auriga on July 14, 2010 at sea in Onslow Bay near North Carolina. HMS Ark Royal, the nation's strike carrier, is leading an international task group during exercise Auriga 2010 a joint US-British amphibious exercise in Onslow Bay, off the cost of North Carolina. Auriga 2010 will demonstrate the UK's ability to deploy, operate and sustain a task group out of area for a prolonged period. At full strength the Ark Royal has a full crew of 1100 to 1200. At 210 metres in length and weighing 20,000 tonnes she is the fifth vessel in the history of Britain's Royal Navy to carry the historic name of Ark Royal and is currently celebrating 25 years at sea.

AT SEA - JULY 14: Sailor Harriet Fowles works in the command room of HMS Ark Roya lduring Exercise Auriga on July 14, 2010 at sea in Onslow Bay near North Carolina. HMS Ark Royal, the nation's strike carrier, is leading an international task group during exercise Auriga 2010 a joint US-British amphibious exercise in Onslow Bay, off the cost of North Carolina. Auriga 2010 will demonstrate the UK's ability to deploy, operate and sustain a task group out of area for a prolonged period. At full strength the Ark Royal has a full crew of 1100 to 1200. At 210 metres in length and weighing 20,000 tonnes she is the fifth vessel in the history of Britain's Royal Navy to carry the historic name of Ark Royal and is currently celebrating 25 years at sea.

AT SEA - JULY 14: Sailors take their meals in the galley of HMS Ark Royal during Exercise Auriga on July 14, 2010 at sea in Onslow Bay near North Carolina. HMS Ark Royal, the nation's strike carrier, is leading an international task group during exercise Auriga 2010 a joint US-British amphibious exercise in Onslow Bay, off the cost of North Carolina. Auriga 2010 will demonstrate the UK's ability to deploy, operate and sustain a task group out of area for a prolonged period. At full strength the Ark Royal has a full crew of 1100 to 1200. At 210 metres in length and weighing 20,000 tonnes she is the fifth vessel in the history of Britain's Royal Navy to carry the historic name of Ark Royal and is currently celebrating 25 years at sea.

AT SEA - JULY 14: Female sailors keep the decks ship shape on HMS Ark Royal during Exercise Auriga on July 14, 2010 at sea in Onslow Bay near North Carolina. HMS Ark Royal, the nation's strike carrier, is leading an international task group during exercise Auriga 2010 a joint US-British amphibious exercise in Onslow Bay, off the cost of North Carolina. Auriga 2010 will demonstrate the UK's ability to deploy, operate and sustain a task group out of area for a prolonged period. At full strength the Ark Royal has a full crew of 1100 to 1200. At 210 metres in length and weighing 20,000 tonnes she is the fifth vessel in the history of Britain's Royal Navy to carry the historic name of Ark Royal and is currently celebrating 25 years at sea.

AT SEA - JULY 14: RFA Fort George comes alongside HMS Ark Royal to replenish the ship at sea during Exercise Auriga on July 14, 2010 at sea in Onslow Bay near North Carolina. HMS Ark Royal, the nation's strike carrier, is leading an international task group during exercise Auriga 2010 a joint US-British amphibious exercise in Onslow Bay, off the cost of North Carolina. Auriga 2010 will demonstrate the UK's ability to deploy, operate and sustain a task group out of area for a prolonged period. At full strength the Ark Royal has a full crew of 1100 to 1200. At 210 metres in length and weighing 20,000 tonnes she is the fifth vessel in the history of Britain's Royal Navy to carry the historic name of Ark Royal and is currently celebrating 25 years at sea.

Apache attack helicopters from the British Army's 4 Regiment Army Air Corps are seen soon after landing on board the Royal Navy's aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal, in preparation for naval exercises off the Scottish coast in a September 24, 2010 file photo. Britain will build both of its planned aircraft carriers and keep a "wide range" capabilities, ministers said on Sunday, as they sought to calm fears that next week's military review would severely degrade the armed forces. (Reuters Pictures)

In this image made available from Britain's Ministry of Defence HMS Ark Royal sails into Portsmouth, England for the final time after it was announced that it would be decommissioned as part of the Government's defense review Friday Dec. 3, 2010. The aircraft carrier is the fifth Ark Royal. The first saw battle in 1588 and defeated the Spanish Armada. This latest, and possibly last Ark Royal, saw active service in the Balkans and the second Gulf War. Fleet flagship HMS Ark Royal returned to her home port of Portsmouth for the final time Friday, ending 25 years of service to the Royal Navy across the globe. (AP photo)