Navy

Carrier Strike Force Episode 2: The Seventies At Sea

HMS Ark Royal was a Royal Navy Audacious-class aircraft carrier.

When she was decommissioned in 1979, she was the Senior Service's last remaining conventional catapult and arrested-landing aircraft carrier.

This Royal Navy instructional film from 1975 features HMS Ark Royal with her Phantoms and Buccaneer Mk.2 aircraft alongside others.

The film also features footage off Malta in the Mediterranean Sea. 

More From Forces TV: 

Carrier Strike Force Episode 1: A Trip Back To 1960 On HMS Hermes

Carrier Strike Force Episode 3: The Invincible Years

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