Royal Navy - Ships

 

Aircraft Carriers

Class

Ship(s)   (year of commissioning)

 

 

Majestic (6 ships)

INFO – Majestic Class Aircraft Carrier

 

R 36 HMS Magnificent (loaned to Canada 1946-57)

 

R 49 HMS Hercules (construction halted in 1946 – transferred to India in 1957)

 

R 77 HMS Majestic (construction halted in 1946 – transferred to Australia in 1947)

 

R 93 HMS Terrible (construction halted in 1945 – transferred to Australia in 1948)

 

R 95 HMS Powerful (construction halted in 1945 – transferred to Canada)

 

R 97 HMS Leviathan (never completed / sold for scrap in 1968)

 

 

Colossus (10 ships)

INFO – Colossus Class Aircraft Carrier

 

R 16 HMS Triumph (1946) (converted to a Heavy Repair Ship in 1958)

 

R 31 HMS Warrior (loaned to Canada 1946-48 / sold to Argentina in 1958)

 

R 51 HMS Perseus (1945) (completed as Aircraft Maintenance Vessel)

 

R 61 HMS Colossus (1944) (transferred to France in 1946)

 

R 62 HMS Glory (1945)

 

R 63 HMS Venerable (1945) (sold to Netherlands in 1948 / sold to Argentina in 1968)

 

R 64 HMS Theseus (1946)

 

R 68 HMS Ocean (1945)

 

R 71 HMS Vengeance (1945) (loaned to Australia 1952-55 / sold to Brazil in 1956)

 

R 76 HMS Pioneer (1945) (completed as Aircraft Maintenance Vessel)

 

 

Audacious (2 ships)

INFO – Audacious Class Aircraft Carrier

 

R 05 HMS Eagle (ex Audacious) (1951)

 

R 09 HMS Ark Royal (1955)

 

 

Centaur (4 ships)

INFO – Centaur Class Aircraft Carrier

 

R 06 HMS Centaur (1953)

 

R 07 HMS Albion (1954)

 

R 08 HMS Bulwark (1954)

 

R 12 HMS Hermes (1959)

 

 

Invincible (3 ships)

INFO – Invincible Class Aircraft Carrier

 

R 05 HMS Invincible (1980)

 

R 06 HMS Illustrious (1982)

 

R 07 HMS Ark Royal (1985)

 

 

Queen Elizabeth (0+2 ships)

INFO – Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carrier

CVF – Future Aircraft Carrier

R 08 HMS Queen Elizabeth (2014?)

 

R 09 HMS Prince of Wales (2016?)

 

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