List of Aircraft Carriers By Country - United Kingdom

United Kingdom

Under construction:

  • Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carrier, STOVL ships of 65,000 tonnes
    • HMS Queen Elizabeth (2016)
    • HMS Prince of Wales (2018)

Modified:

  • Invincible class
    • Illustrious (1982) (No fixed wing capability, as it has been converted to helicopter-only operation. To be decommissioned in 2014.)

Sunk:

  • Hermes (1898) seaplane carrier from 1914, sunk by U-27 31 October 1914
  • Glorious class
    • Glorious (1916), sunk by Scharnhorst and Gneisenau 8 June 1940
    • Courageous (1916), sunk by U-29 17 September 1939
  • Eagle (1918), Sunk by U-73 11 August 1942
  • Hermes (1923) – first purpose-designed aircraft carrier, sunk by Japanese aircraft 9 April 1942
  • Ark Royal (1938), sunk 14 November 1941 after being torpedoed by U-81 on 13 November 1941

Retired:

  • Argus (1916)
  • Furious (1916)
  • Vindictive (1918) – converted to aircraft carrying cruiser 1925
  • Unicorn fleet maintenance carrier (1943)
  • Illustrious class
    • Illustrious (1939)
    • Formidable (1939)
    • Victorious (1939)
  • Indomitable (1940)
  • Implacable class
    • Implacable (1942)
    • Indefatigable (1942)
  • Audacious class
    • Eagle (ex-Audacious) (1946)
    • Ark Royal (ex-Irresistible) (1950)
  • Colossus class
    • Colossus (1943), to France 1946 as Arromanches
    • Glory (1943)
    • Ocean (1944)
    • Theseus (1944)
    • Triumph (1944)
    • Venerable (1944) – to Netherlands 1948 as Karel Doorman, to Argentina 1968 as Veinticinco de Mayo
    • Vengeance (1944) – to Brazil 1956 as renamed Minas Gerais
    • Warrior (1944) – to Canada 1946–1948, to Argentina 1958 as Independencia
    • Perseus (1944)
    • Pioneer (1944)
  • Majestic class
    • Majestic (1945) – to Australia 1955 as Melbourne
    • Hercules (1945) – to India 1957 as Vikrant
    • Magnificent (1944) – sold to Canada as HMCS Magnificent
    • Powerful (1945) – to Canada 1952 as Bonaventure
    • Terrible (1944) – to Australia in 1948 as Sydney
  • Centaur class
    • Centaur (1947)
    • Albion (1947)
    • Bulwark (1948)
    • Hermes (ex-Elephant) (1953), to India 1986 as Viraat
  • Invincible class
    • HMS Invincible (1977)
    • HMS Ark Royal (1985)

Never completed:

  • Audacious class
    • Eagle – cancelled
    • Africa – to Malta class then cancelled
  • Majestic class
    • Leviathan (1945) – was never completed
  • Centaur class
    • Hermes – cancelled
    • Arrogant – cancelled
    • Monmouth – cancelled
    • Polyphemus – cancelled
  • Malta class – cancelled 1946
    • Malta
    • New Zealand
    • Gibraltar
    • Africa
  • CVA-01 – cancelled 1966
    • Queen Elizabeth
    • Duke of Edinburgh

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