A-Z list of the Aircraft Carriers of the Royal Navy  1939-1945
Database

Here is a database of Fleet Air Arm and Commonwealth aircraft carriers used during 1939 till 1945. For each of the XXX aircraft carriers listed below, are Photographs, Profiles, a Short Description and History of Development (5 to 40 lines), Technical Data, Battle Honours and Operational History, Squadrons, Surviving or Preserved Aircraft Carriers and any Associations are given. The lists are sorted alphabetically by the names used by the Royal Navy. If you are uncertain about the latest or current name of an aircraft carrier, the alternative name in usage is also listed here. 

Also see the index of Uncompleted Aircraft Carriers 1939-1945
Naval aircraft carriers laid down before August 1945 but not yet commissioned.

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Complete Index:

Here you find a complete index of all records in the database, in alphabetical order.

A-B	C-F	G-P	Q-Z
Acavus Activity Adula Albatross Albion Alexia Amastra Ameer Ancylus Arbiter Archer Argus Ariguani Ark Royal I (renamed Pegasus) Ark Royal II Ark Royal III Assistance Atheling Athene Attacker Audacious Audacity Avenger Battler Begum Biter Bulwark	Campania Centaur Charger Chaser Colossus Courageous Cullin Sound Dasher Deer Sound Eagle I Eagle III Emperor Empire Faith Empire Lawrence Empire MacAlpine Empire MacAndrew Empire MacCabe Empire MacCallum Empire MacColl Empire MacDermott Empire MacKay Empire MacKendrick Empire MacMahon Empire MacRae Empire Morn Empress Engadine Fencer Formidable Furious	Gadila Glorious Glory Hercules Hermes Hermes (Light Carrier) Holm Sound Hunter Illustrious Implacable Indefatigable Indomitable Khedive Leviathan Macoma Magnificent Majestic Maplin Michael E Miralda Nabob Nairana Ocean Patia Patroller Pegasus Perseus Pioneer Powerful Premier Pretoria Castle Puncher Pursuer	Queen Rajah Ranee Rapana Ravager Reaper Ruler Searcher Shah Slinger Smiter Speaker Springbank Stalker Striker Terrible Thane Theseus Tracker Triumph Trouncer Trumpeter Unicorn Venerable Vengeance Victorious Vindex Vindex (Seaplane carrier) Vindictive Warrior

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