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  HMS Ark Royal  
1938 - 1941 .
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HMS Ark Royal
Class Ark Royal Class

Builder

 Cammell Laird.

Laid down

 16. September 1935

Launched

 13. April 1937

Commissioned

 16. December 1938
Decommissioned 13. November 1941
Identification Pennant D91

Deckcode -
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September 1939 - September 1939
Home Fleet North Western Approaches
Capt: -
800 NAS Sea Skua (9)   LCdr. G. N. Torry RN  (31. Aug. 1939 . 29 Sep.1939)
803 NAS Sea Skua (9) A7  
810 NAS Swordfish (12)    
820 NAS Swordfish (9)    
821 NAS Swordfish (?)    
sinking of U-39
 

 

 

 810 NAS
 

 

 

 820 NAS 821 NAS  

last update 1. September 2020

        
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Loch Ewe
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1939

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800 NAS Sea Skua (9) 11.1. - 24.3.
3.4. - 24.5
29.7. - 27.8.
2.10. - 15.2. 1940
803 NAS Sea Skua (9) 3.4. -18.4
30.4. - 8.5.
10.5. - 28.6.1939
29.7. - 22.8.1939
24. 8. - 1.10.1939
 
810 NAS Swordfish (12) 11.1.  - 30.1. Dekheila
16.2. - 24. 3
27.4 - 2.6.1939
30.7. - 27.9.
2.10 - 3.12
4.12. - 15.2.1940
820 NAS Swordfish (9), Walrus (1) 11. 1 - 24.3
27.4 - 28.6
30.7. - 9.8.1939
1.9. - 15.2. 1940
Trade Protection September 1939 - March 1940
last update 20. October 2013
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24. April 1940 - 1. May 1940

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800 NAS Sea Skua (9), Roc (2) 22.4. - 2.5.
4.5. - 25.5.
31.5. - 14.6
803 NAS Sea Skua (9) 28.4. - 25.5.
31.5 - 17.6 1940
801 NAS Sea Skua (9), Roc (3) 22.4. -25.5.1940
810 NAS Swordfish (12) 20.3.-  2.4.
10.4.- 8.10
29.10. - 28.4.1941
820 NAS Swordfish (9) -
Norway 1940 Operation DX
last update 20. October 2013
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7. May 1940 - 13. June 1940

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800 NAS Sea Skua (12) -
803 NAS Sea Skua (11) -
810 NAS Swordfish (12) -
820 NAS Swordfish (9) -
701 NAS* Walrus (5) 7.6. - 14-7
Norway 1940
* 701 NAS on Board from 7. June 1940
last update 20. October 2013
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Scapa Flow
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23. June 1940 -

Mediterranean
800 NAS Sea Skua (12) -
803 NAS Sea Skua (11) -
810 NAS Swordfish (12) -
820 NAS Swordfish (9) -
Force H
last update 20. October 2013
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Gibraltar
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8. July 1940 -

Mediterranean
800 NAS Sea Skua (12) -
803 NAS Sea Skua (11) -
810 NAS Swordfish (12) -
820 NAS Swordfish (9) -
Force H
last update 20. October 2013
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Gibraltar
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31. July 1940 - 4. August 1940

Mediterranean
800 NAS Sea Skua (12) -
803 NAS Sea Skua (11) -
810 NAS Swordfish (12) -
820 NAS Swordfish (9) -
Force H
last update 20. October 2013
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Gibraltar
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30. September 1940 - 1. Oktober 1940

Mediterranean
800 NAS Sea Skua (12) -
803 NAS Sea Skua (11) -
810 NAS Swordfish (12) -
820 NAS Swordfish (9) -
Force H
last update 20. October 2013
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Alexandria
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2. Oktober 1940 - 8. October 1940

Mediterranean
800 NAS Sea Skua (12) -
803 NAS Sea Skua (11) -
810 NAS Swordfish (12) -
820 NAS Swordfish (9) -
Force H
last update 20. October 2013
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8. October 1940 - 3. November 1940

Refitted at Liverpool, repairs to her machinery and the installation of a new flight deck barrier
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3. November 1940 - 6. November 1940
Mediterranen -
Capt: -
808 NAS Fulmar I & II 7 LCdr. G. N. Torry RN  (31. Oct. 1940 . 13. Nov. 1941)
       
       
       
       
 

 

 

    
last update 20. October 2013
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Gibraltar
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May 1941 - June 1941

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800 NAS Sea Skua (12) 17.6.1940 - 25. 8. Gibraltar
29.8. - 8.10.1940 Crail
31.10.1940 - 17.1.1941 Malta
 
807 NAS Fulmar (12) -
803 NAS Fulmar (12) -
810 NAS Swordfish (12) -
818 NAS Swordfish (9) -
820 NAS Swordfish (9) -
Atlantic (hunt for Bismark)
last update 20. October 2013
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Sunk

13. November 1941

Commanding Officers 
Capt. Arthur Power 16 Nov. 1938  
     
     
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last update 1. September 2020

written 1. November 2011

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