Kapal induk kelas Invincible

Kelas Invincible adalah kelas kapal induk ringan dioperasikan oleh Royal Navy. Tiga buah kapal telah dibangun, HMS Invincible, HMS Illustrious dan HMS Ark Royal. Kapal tersebut dibangun sebagai platform aviation-capable anti-submarine warfare (ASW) untuk melawan ancaman kapal selam Perang Dingin Atlantik Utara Soviet, dan awalnya dimulai dengan pesawat Sea Harrier dan helikopter anti-kapal selam Sea King HAS.1.

Tiga kapal telah aktif di sejumlah lokasi, termasuk Atlantik Selatan selama Perang Falklands, Adriatik selama Perang Bosnia, dan di Timur Tengah pada Invasi Irak 2003.

 Ships in class 
 Name Pennant Image Builder Ordered Laid down Launched Commissioned Fate  R05100px Vickers Armstrong, Barrow. 17 April 1973 Hansard HC Deb 04 March 1977 vol 927 c337W, this lists Invincible as ordered in financial year 1973-74, the explanation for this is given in the following source:Hansard HC Deb 24 November 1977 vol 939 cc869-70W Question to the Secretary of State for Defence about contracts, 24 November 1977.For the first ASW Cruiser (HMS Invincible) the planned order date when tender invited was February 1973. The contract was placed in April 1973. 20 July 1973 Gardiner, Robert Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995, pub Conway Maritime Press, 1995, ISBN 0-85177-605-1 page 501. 3 May 1977  11 July 1980  Broken up at Aliağa, 2011  R06100px Swan Hunter, Wallsend  14 May 1976  7 October 1976  1 December 1978  20 June 1982  Decommissioned awaiting disposal. (ex-Indomitable) R07100px Swan Hunter, Wallsend  December 1978  14 December 1978  2 June 1981  1 November 1985  Broken up at Aliağa, 2014

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