The Invincible class was a class of light aircraft carrier operated by the Royal Navy. Three ships were constructed, HMS Invincible, HMS Illustrious and HMS Ark Royal.

Dec 23, 2024 · The Invincible class was a class of light aircraft carrier operated by the Royal Navy, with three ordered and built, HMS Invincible, HMS Illustrious and HMS Ark Royal. They were defined as aviation-capable ASW platforms to counter Soviet submarines and only had Sea Harrier aircraft to intercept Soviet maritime patorl bombers.

Mar 20, 2000 · The Invincible class will be replaced as the British Navy’s aircraft carriers by the Queen Elizabeth class. The first two carriers, HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales are due to enter service in 2016 and 2018.

The Invincible class is a class of light aircraft carrier operated by the Royal Navy. Three ships were constructed, HMS Invincible, HMS Illustrious and HMS Ark Royal. The vessels were built as aviation-capable anti-submarine warfare (ASW) platforms …

Aug 3, 2005 · HMS Invincible was the Royal Navy's lead ship of the three light aircraft carriers in her class. She was launched on 3 May 1977 as the seventh ship to carry the name. She saw action in the Falklands War when she was deployed with HMS Hermes and took over as flagship of the British fleet when Hermes was sold to India.

Sep 26, 2016 · Page details technical specifications, development, operational history of the HMS Invincible (R05) Conventionally-Powered Light Aircraft Carrier including pictures.

RO-5 Invincible. The HMS Invincible class of aircraft carriers were designed to replace the early post-war aircraft carriers that were HMS Ark Royal and HMS Hermes.

HMS Illustrious is a light aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy and the second of three Invincible-class ships constructed in the late 1970s and early 1980s. She was the fifth warship and second aircraft carrier to bear the name Illustrious, and was affectionately known to her crew as "Lusty".

HMS Invincible was decommissioned in 2005, and in 2010 the British government, in a major reduction of defense spending, announced the immediate decommissioning of the Ark Royal. The remaining Invincible-class ship, HMS Illustrious , was decommissioned in 2014.

The Invincible class aircraft carriers were a trio of light carriers operated by the Royal Navy, comprising HMS Invincible, HMS Illustrious, and HMS Ark Royal. Designed during the Cold War to counter the Soviet submarine threat in the North Atlantic, these ships were envisioned as aviation-capable anti-submarine warfare platforms.