HMS Ark Royal (R09)
Audacious-class aircraft carrier
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HMS Ark Royal (R09) was an Audacious-class aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy and, when she was decommissioned in 1979, was the Royal Navy's last remaining conventional catapult and arrested-landing aircraft carrier. Wikipedia
Launched: May 3, 1950
Construction started: May 3, 1943
Length: 804′
Builder: Cammell Laird
Aircraft carried: As built: 50; 40 after 1967–1970 refit
Beam: 112 feet (34 m) (as built); 171 feet (52 m) (1978)
Commissioned: 22 February 1955