The Royal Navy flagship HMS Ark Royal, which was axed as part of the defence review, set sail yesterday for a farewell tour. The aircraft carrier is to be retired three years early as part of cost ...

The aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal has been decommissioned at a ceremony in its home base of Portsmouth. The warship was scrapped after 25 years' service as part of the government's defence budget ...

Hundreds of HMS Ark Royal’s former crew will wear black armbands as she makes her final voyage this month. They will watch from the shore as the Royal Navy’s once mighty flagship is towed away ...

HMS Ark Royal was involved in the invasion of Iraq in 2003 HMS Ark Royal - the motto of which is "Zeal Does Not Rest" - celebrated its silver jubilee in July 2010. At the time, commanding officer ...

The Royal Navy's Flagship, HMS Ark Royal sailed up the Thames on Wednesday 13 June to London to support the National Falklands 25th Anniversary Commemorative events.

A memorial service was held on board HMS Ark Royal today for three British servicemen who died when two Navy helicopters crashed. The accident happened on March 22 when two Royal Navy Sea King ...

The Royal Navy's former flagship, HMS Ark Royal, is to be towed to a breakers' yard in Turkey. But how exactly do you scrap an aircraft carrier? There were schemes that offered a future of sorts ...

As the HMS Ark Royal aircraft carrier returns to port for the final time after being decommissioned in the Defence Review, it marks the UK’s exit from an exclusive global club, writes Carl Dinnen.

The mighty HMS Ark Royal cut a forlorn figure as she reached her final resting place today over 2,000 miles from home. A tugboat dragged Britain’s most famous warship, which saw service in Iraq ...

This was the scene at Wallsend on the River Tyne 40 years ago. The aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal was set to be launched, the latest in the long line of illustrious vessels to be constructed at ...