Ships in Class
- HMS Eagle (R05) (Commissioned October 1951) (Ex Audacious)
Laid down in 1942 at Harland and Wolff, Belfast as HMS Audacious. Renamed at the start of 1946 as HMS Eagle after the carrier sunk in 1942. Launched in March 1946. Decommissioned January 1972.
- HMS Ark Royal (R09) (Commissioned 1955) (Ex Irresistable)
Named after the third Ark Royal, lost in 1941. Work on HMS Ark Royal started in 1943 at Cammell Laird, Birkenhead. Launched in 1950. Decommissioned February 1979.
- HMS Eagle
Ordered from Swan Hunter, Wallsend-on-Tyne in August 1942. Transferred to Vickers-Armstrong in December that year. Cancelled.
- HMS Africa
Ordered from Fairfield, Govan on 12 July 1943. Re-ordered as Malta Class in 1944. Cancelled 15 October 1945
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