Entering Portsmouth harbour. 09-00hrs. 6/6/07

HMS Ark Royal R07.


Ordered: December 1978 Builder: Swan Hunter Laid down: 14 December 1978 Launched: 2 June 1981 Commissioned: 1 November 1985
Status: Active in service as of 2007 Homeport: HMNB Portsmouth General characteristics Displacement: 20,600 tons Length: 210 m (689 ft Beam: 36 m Draught: 7.5 m
Propulsion: 4 × Rolls-Royce Olympus TM3B gas turbines providing 97,000 hp (75 MW)
8 Paxman Valenta diesel generators. Speed: 30+ knots, Range: 5,000 miles at 18 knots (9,300 km at 33 km/h)
Complement: 685 crew 366 Fleet Air Arm. Armament: 3 × Mark 15 Phalanx CIWS
2 × GAM-B01 20 mm guns Aircraft carried: Sea Harrier FA.2, Harrier GR.7 fighter/bombers; Sea King ASaC, Merlin HM Mk.1 helicopters
Motto: Zeal Does Not Rest Notes: Pennant = R07