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Ark Royal, Renown, and Sheffield—accompanied by destroyers Faulknor, Foresight, Forester, Fortune, Foxhound, and Fury—were dispatched to the Atlantic on 23 May to search for the battleship. [83] On 26 May, a Swordfish from Ark Royal located Bismarck and began to shadow her, while the Home Fleet was mobilised to pursue. [84]
Every Royal Navy unit available was then given the task of destroying Bismarck. HMS Renown and HMS Ark Royal operating at sea in Force H. Photo taken from HMS Sheffield. Force H set sail from Gibraltar to intercept Bismarck with the aircraft carrier Ark Royal, the battlecruiser Renown and the light cruiser Sheffield.
HMS Ark Royal was a light aircraft carrier and former flagship of the Royal Navy. [7] She was the third and final vessel of the Invincible class. She was built by Swan Hunter on the River Tyne and launched by them in 1981. Ark Royal was christened by Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.
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 which participated in the Second World War and was sunk by a U ...
HMS Renown and HMS Ark Royal, seen from HMS Sheffield. At 14:50 on 26 May in bad weather conditions, Ark Royal launched 15 Swordfish for an attack on the Bismarck. The aircraft had not been warned that the Sheffield had been sent forward to shadow the Bismarck, instead they had been told no other ships were in the vicinity.
Ferry missions were covered by Force H, based at Gibraltar (called The Club), consisting of the battlecruiser HMS Renown, aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal, light cruiser HMS Sheffield and the E and F-class destroyers of the 8th Destroyer Flotilla. Its Mediterranean operations were called Club Runs.
Ark Royal was the first ship to be constructed with an angled flight deck and steam catapults, as opposed to having them added after launching. [4] These innovations allowed aircraft to land and take off from the carrier at the same time. Her flight deck as built was 800 by 112 feet (244 by 34 metres). Ark Royal in 1957
At around 12:40, eleven Swordfish from Ark Royal attacked Vittorio Veneto with torpedoes, but did not score any hits. For the next few minutes, the tables turned in favour of the British when the battlecruiser HMS Renown closed the distance on the Italian cruisers, and straddled Trieste with two salvoes.