34-570: R7 or R-7 may refer to: Military [ edit ] R-7 (missile) , the world's first intercontinental ballistic missile, created by the Soviet Union R-7 (rocket family) , a family of expendable space launch vehicles, created by the Soviet Union HMS ; Ark Royal (R07) , a 1985 Invincible class British Royal Navy light aircraft carrier USS R-7 (SS-84) ,
68-760: A 1919 R-class coastal and harbor defense submarine of the United States Navy Transport [ edit ] R7 (Belgium) , the Liège ring road R7 Chestnut Hill East Line , a SEPTA rail route in Philadelphia, USA R7 expressway (Czech Republic) , an expressway in Czech Republic R 7 (Kosovo) , a motorway in Kosovo R7 expressway (Slovakia) , a planned expressway in southern Slovakia R7/A (New York City Subway car) ,
102-580: A British Army WAH-64 Apache attack helicopter landed on Ark Royal for the first time marking an increase in the carrier's capability. On 22 March 2007, Ark Royal was returned to the Royal Navy Fleet after a two-year refit worth £18 million. In May 2007, she once again became the Fleet Flagship, reclaiming the title from her sister ship, Illustrious , which had been flagship since the end of her refit in 2005. On 31 July 2008, Mansergh
136-451: A complement of aircraft only one-half to two-thirds the size of a full-sized fleet carrier . A light carrier was similar in concept to an escort carrier in most respects; however, light carriers were intended for higher speeds to be deployed alongside fleet carriers, while escort carriers were typically relatively slow and usually defended equally slow convoys, as well as providing air support during amphibious operations. In World War II ,
170-622: A model of rail rolling stock manufactured in 1937 R7 (Rodalies de Catalunya) , a rail line in Barcelona, Spain R7 Trenton , a SEPTA rail route in Philadelphia, USA R7 (RER Vaud) , an S-Bahn line in the canton of Vaud R7 road (Zimbabwe) , A road connecting Gweru with Mvuma Aserca Airlines , IATA designator R7, an airline based in Valencia, Venezuela Radial Road 7 or R-7, an arterial road of Manila, Philippines Renault 7 ,
204-616: A risk phrase in chemistry R7 Quad , a model of driver (golf club) ATC code R07 , Other respiratory system products , a subgroup of the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System Leica R7 , a 1992 film-SLR camera Radeon R7 , a series of graphics processing units made by AMD School District of Webb City R-7 , a school district in Jasper County, Missouri, USA Drosophila's R7 photoreceptor,
238-444: A sedan car Rising Auto R7 , an electric crossover SUV Vashon Ranger R7 , an American light-sport aircraft design Yamaha YZF-R7 , a 1999 racing homologation motorcycle by Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R7 (2022 bike) , a supersport motorcycle by Yamaha Other uses [ edit ] R7.com , a Brazilian news portal R7 (drug) , a TrkB agonist under investigation for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease R7: May cause fire ,
272-460: A steeper ski-jump ramp , Ark Royal carried the STOVL (short take off and vertical landing) Harrier jump jet aircraft, as well as various helicopters. With a crew complement of over 1,000 sailors and aviators, she saw active service in the 1990s Bosnian War and the 2003 Invasion of Iraq . Originally due to be retired in 2016, Ark Royal was instead decommissioned on 11 March 2011, as part of
306-644: A time when available carrier decks had been reduced to Enterprise and Saratoga in the Pacific and Ranger in the Atlantic. In addition, they had enough speed to take part in fleet actions with the larger carriers while escort carriers did not. Late in the war, a follow on to the Independence class, the Saipan class , was designed. Two vessels in this class— Saipan and Wright —were completed after
340-760: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages HMS Ark Royal (R07) HMS Ark Royal was a light aircraft carrier and former flagship of the Royal Navy . 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 . She followed sister ships HMS Invincible and HMS Illustrious into service in 1985. Affectionately known as The Mighty Ark , she
374-535: Is the fifth Royal Navy ship to have borne the name of the 1587 flagship that defeated the Spanish Armada in 1588. Originally intended to be named Indomitable to match the rest of the class, this was changed due to the public reaction to the loss of the Ark Royal name after the scrapping of the previous Ark Royal in 1980, after 30 years' service. Slightly larger than her sister ships, and with
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#1732765497691408-570: The Ark Royal after it is decommissioned. We might also look at scrapping it, selling it or recycling it." Other options explored were to moor her as a hotel, casino, museum ship or visitor attraction at the Royal Docks in east London or at Mablethorpe in Lincolnshire, along the lines of USS Intrepid or HMS Belfast . The annual cost of running the ship as a museum was estimated at £1 million. Another option explored
442-520: The Colossus class, though two of these were modified whilst under construction into aircraft maintenance carriers. An additional five carriers, none of which were completed in time for service in World War II, were built with revisions upgrading the design to handle larger and heavier aircraft, receiving the designation Majestic class. In the post-war period, the Royal Navy operated a force of
476-413: The Colossus class, was a scaled-down version of their Illustrious -class fleet carrier. The design could be built in a yard with little or no experience of warship construction. Although built to merchant standards, the design incorporated better watertight subdivision . Expected to have a lifetime of about three years, the last of the design was taken out of service in 2001. The first ten were built as
510-580: The Illustrious returning to service. Once her refit was completed, she received a new captain (Captain Mike Mansergh) in August 2006. Ark Royal then returned to Portsmouth to rejoin the fleet on 28 October 2006, where she underwent ten weeks of training and sea trials before being utilised as a landing platform helicopter , replacing Ocean while she underwent a refit. On 16 November 2006,
544-563: The Ministry of Defence placed the decommissioned Ark Royal up for sale by auction, with 6 July as the final date for tenders. In June 2012, the MoD confirmed it had not reached a decision on the sale of the ship, following the submission of bids nearly a year previously. In September 2012, the announcement was made that the ship had been sold to Leyal Ship Recycling in Turkey for scrapping , for
578-615: The Navy restructuring portion of the 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review . After Ark Royal ' s decommissioning, HMS Albion replaced her as the Royal Navy flagship. Ark Royal was sold for scrap to the Turkish company Leyal Ship Recycling and left Portsmouth in May 2013. The aircraft carrier's keel was laid by Swan Hunter at Wallsend on 7 December 1978. She
612-673: The Sea Dart surface-to-air missiles and covering over of the foredeck to allow for an enlarged deck park for aircraft. She was recommissioned on 22 November 2001 by Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. She sailed to the Persian Gulf for the 2003 Invasion of Iraq. She was commanded by Captain Alan Massey (later Vice Admiral and Second Sea Lord ) and sailed with a complement consisting of helicopters alone rather than her usual mix of helicopters and Harrier aircraft. During one of
646-534: The United States Navy produced a number of light carriers by converting cruiser hulls. These Independence -class aircraft carriers , converted from Cleveland -class light cruisers , were unsatisfactory ships for aviation with their narrow, short decks and slender, high- sheer hulls; in virtually all respects the escort carriers were superior aviation vessels. These issues were superseded by Independence -class ships' virtue of being available at
680-861: The 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption , the then Prime Minister , Gordon Brown , assigned Ark Royal and Ocean to rescue stranded travellers across the English Channel in Operation Cunningham . In June 2010, Ark Royal was in Halifax, Nova Scotia , to take part in the Royal Canadian Navy Centennial Celebrations, where she was visited by Prime Minister David Cameron on his way to the G20 summit in Toronto . During this time, an V-22 Osprey visited
714-597: The development of which is governed by Sevenless See also [ edit ] 7R (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title formed as a letter–number combination. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=R7&oldid=1248413844 " Category : Letter–number combination disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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#1732765497691748-637: The last time in the North Sea on 24 November. The ship then sailed from Hamburg back into Portsmouth, arriving at 9.40 am on 3 December 2010 flying a decommissioning pennant . A Harrier flypast to mark the occasion was planned, but was postponed due to bad weather. A farewell parade by her captain and crew was held in Guildhall Square in Portsmouth on 22 January 2011 and another in Leeds ,
782-487: The latter being a Freedom of the City parade. Her formal decommissioning occurred at Portsmouth on 11 March 2011. She was then to have sailed to Rosyth or Govan , but was instead de-stored at Portsmouth in late March after her decommissioning, with her last crew members leaving her by 25 May. A Ministry of Defence spokesperson stated on 1 December 2010 that, "All options are being considered in terms of what happens to
816-435: The name Ark Royal for one of the new carriers. On 3 December 2010, the amphibious warfare ship HMS Albion was announced as Ark Royal ' s successor as the Royal Navy's flagship. In recognition of the ship's decommissioning, Portsmouth F.C. added the ship's motto to its 2011/12 season kit. On the evening of 19 October, the ship arrived at Portsmouth ready to be decommissioned and laid up . On 5 November she
850-663: The new ship. The unfinished Ark Royal was reportedly offered for sale to the Royal Australian Navy in 1981. HMS Invincible was later offered for sale instead. Ark Royal was deployed in 1993 to the Adriatic Sea during the Bosnian War under the command of Captain Terry Loughran RN (later rear admiral ). In May 1999, she was put into Rosyth for refitting, which included the removal of
884-399: The operations in the war, two Westland Sea King helicopters from 849 Naval Air Squadron collided with each other in mid-air, resulting in the loss of six British and one American. Her deployment to the gulf was filmed throughout by Shine TV for a Channel 5 documentary entitled 'Ark Royal'. In April 2004, Ark Royal entered into extended readiness, following which she entered refit with
918-543: The ship, again increasing its capabilities. On 19 October 2010, BBC News reported that the ship was to be decommissioned and scrapped earlier than expected, as part of the coalition government's spending review, and that an 8% cut to the British defence budget was expected to be announced later that week, only to be replaced in the long run with HMS Prince of Wales . A campaign was begun in November 2010 to retain
952-454: The sum of £2.9m. Ark Royal left Portsmouth on 20 May 2013 to be taken to Leyal Ship Recycling. The ship was towed to scrapyard on 10 June 2013 in Aliağa . Light aircraft carrier A light aircraft carrier , or light fleet carrier , is an aircraft carrier smaller than the standard carriers of a navy . The precise definition of the type varies by country; light carriers typically have
986-540: The ten Colossus carriers, while the five Majestic carriers were sold, during construction, to Australia, Canada and India. The Majestics were followed, after the war, by the four light carriers of the Centaur class. In the 1970s the Royal Navy introduced a new type of light carrier, designed to operate the V/STOL Hawker Siddeley Harrier . Originally classed as "through-deck cruisers",
1020-511: The war's end. After very brief lives as carriers, the Saipan s were converted to command and communication ships. By the start of World War II, the Royal Navy 's HMS Hermes , the first purpose-built aircraft carrier (launched 1919, sunk 1942) was being considered as equivalent to a light aircraft carrier, due to her small size, small aircraft complement and lack of armour. The British 1942 Design Light Fleet Carrier , originally designated
1054-449: Was launched on 2 June 1981 sponsored by The Queen Mother and commissioned on 1 November 1985. Originally intended as Indomitable in line with her sister ships Invincible and Illustrious , public resentment at the scrapping of the previous Ark Royal (the UK's last large aircraft carrier up to that date) in 1980 led the Royal Navy to announce that the name would be revived on
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1088-668: Was relieved as captain by Captain John Clink . In October 2008, Ark Royal was a participant in Exercise Joint Warrior 08-2 . In January 2009, Ark Royal visited Liverpool and then the River Tyne , where she was built. Her voyage from Portsmouth to Liverpool was made with 108 Cadets from the Sea Cadet Corps and the Combined Cadet Force embarked. During the air travel disruption after
1122-599: Was to moor her as a floating helipad in London's Royal Albert Dock , though that would have been against the London Plan to create no new helipads in London. Another option considered was to turn Ark Royal into a hospital ship with the ability to respond to humanitarian disasters. The possibility of scuttling Ark Royal off the Devonshire coast as an artificial reef was also discussed. On 28 March 2011,
1156-488: Was visited by Queen Elizabeth at Portsmouth before sailing to Loch Long for the removal of all her munitions. She then left the River Clyde on 17 November on her final voyage before decommissioning, visiting North Shields on 18–22 November and Hamburg for five days from 25 November. The latter was her last overseas visit, repeating a previous one in 2007. During the voyage, she launched four Harrier GR9s for
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