Fleet Aircraft Carriers
| Ship | Nationality | Date joined | Date left | Fate/ next assignment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle | UK | May 1940 May 1941 |
Mediterranean Fleet South Atlantic and Africa Station |
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| Formidable | UK | March 1942 | August 1942 | Operation Torch |
| Hermes | UK | | 9 April 1942 |
Sunk by Japanese air attack off Ceylon (Sri Lanka) |
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| Illustrious | UK | May 1942 January 1944 |
January 1943 November 1944 |
Joined Mediterranean Fleet Joined British Pacific Fleet |
| Indefatigable | UK | November 1944 | November 1944 | Joined British Pacific Fleet |
| Indomitable | UK | January 1942 June 1944 |
July 1942 November 1944 |
Joined Mediterranean Fleet Joined British Pacific Fleet |
| Saratoga | US | April 1944 | May 1944 | USA for refit |
| Unicorn | UK | January 1944 | | Joined British Pacific Fleet. Usually used as an aircraft maintenance ship |
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| Victorious | UK | July 1944 | November 1944 | Joined British Pacific Fleet |
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Famous quotes containing the words fleet and/or carriers:
“On the middle of that quiet floor
sits a fleet of small black ships,
square-rigged, sails furled, motionless,
their spars like burned matchsticks.”
—Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979)
“Now, the wry Rosenbloom is dead
And his finical carriers tread,
On a hundred legs, the tread
Of the dead.
Rosenbloom is dead.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)