HMS Ark Royal
# HMS Ark Royal

Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ark Royal:

* Ark Royal (1587), the flagship of the English fleet during the Spanish Armada campaign of 1588
* HMS Ark Royal (1914), planned as freighter, built as seaplane carrier during the First World War, renamed Pegasus in 1934
* HMS Ark Royal (91), British aircraft carrier launched in 1937 that participated in the Second World War and was sunk by a U-boat in 1941
* HMS Ark Royal (R09), an Audacious-class aircraft carrier launched in 1950, decommissioned in 1979
* HMS Ark Royal (R07), an Invincible-class aircraft carrier, launched in 1981, decommissioned in 2011

## Battle honours

* Armada 1588
* Cádiz 1596
* Dardanelles 1915
* Norway 1940
* Spartivento 1940
* Mediterranean 1940–1941
* Bismarck 1941
* Malta Convoys 1941
* Al Faw 2003
