The people of Portsmouth, England, on Monday turned out to bid farewell to the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal, destined for a Turkish scrap yard after its decommissioning two years ago.

The new 220 million aircraft carrier Ark Royal on the Tyne being launched by the Queen Mother Credit: PA 2002: Status Quo play for fans and sailors on board the HMS Ark Royal in Portsmouth.

HMS Ark Royal was involved in the invasion of Iraq ... the Portsmouth-based aircraft carrier "remains fully capable of delivering air power to enemy targets". Despite this, the BBC has learned ...

Ark Royal's sister ship - HMS Invincible - was towed to a scrapyard in Turkey after being sold on the same website. Ark Royal's operations have included leading the UK's naval forces during the ...

The British Royal Navy has put a mothballed aircraft carrier up for ... sold another carrier, HMS Invincible, by auction to a Turkish scrap company. While the Ark Royal will likely be sold for ...

THE Royal Navy's former flagship HMS Ark Royal has been put up for sale on the Ministry of Defence's auction website. Just two weeks after the aircraft carrier was decommissioned at its home port ...

In November 1941, a German U-boat sank HMS Ark Royal, a British aircraft carrier. Ark Royal had been a thorn in the side of the German navy during the early years of World War II. Ark Royal is one ...

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The HMS Prince of Wales aircraft carrier reached another milestone ... To be able to support these UAS, the Royal Navy initiated project Ark Royal, which could possibly involve modifying the ...

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Bidding has closed in the sale of the Royal Navy's former flagship aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal. Proposals include selling the ship for scrap metal, transforming it into a casino and sinking it ...