Aircraft Carrier
Parent Type: Capital Ships
Quick Facts
- Era
- 20th Century–Present
- Role
- Naval aviation platform
- Notable For
- Carrier air power
Aircraft carriers transformed naval warfare by making aircraft a central part of maritime operations.
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Classes in this Type Tree
Interwar / WWII (1)
- Hermes-class aircraft carrier – 1 built
Modern (2)
- Invincible-class aircraft carrier – 3 built
- Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier – 2 built
Post-WWII (3)
- Audacious-class aircraft carrier – 2 built
- Centaur-class aircraft carrier – 4 built
- Majestic-class aircraft carrier – 6 built
WWII (3)
- Ark Royal-class aircraft carrier – 1 built
- Illustrious-class aircraft carrier – 4 built
- Implacable-class aircraft carrier – 2 built
WWII / Postwar (1)
- Colossus-class aircraft carrier – 10 built
Ships in this Type Tree
Decommissioned (18)
- HMS Albion (07) – Centaur-class aircraft carrier
- HMS Bulwark (08) – Centaur-class aircraft carrier
- HMS Indefatigable (10) – Implacable-class aircraft carrier
- HMS Eagle (12) – Audacious-class aircraft carrier
- HMS Hermes (12) – Centaur-class aircraft carrier
- HMS Victorious (38) – Illustrious-class aircraft carrier
- HMS Formidable (67) – Illustrious-class aircraft carrier
- HMS Implacable (86) – Implacable-class aircraft carrier
- HMS Illustrious (87) – Illustrious-class aircraft carrier
- HMS Indomitable (92) – Illustrious-class aircraft carrier
- HMS Invincible (R05) – Invincible-class aircraft carrier
- HMS Illustrious (R06) – Invincible-class aircraft carrier
- HMS Ark Royal (R07) – Invincible-class aircraft carrier
- HMS Ark Royal (R09) – Audacious-class aircraft carrier
- HMS Victorious (1937) – Illustrious-class aircraft carrier
- HMS Formidable (1939) – Illustrious-class aircraft carrier
- HMS Illustrious (1939) – Illustrious-class aircraft carrier
- HMS Indomitable (1939) – Illustrious-class aircraft carrier
In service (4)
- HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08) – Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier
- HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08) – Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier
- HMS Prince of Wales (R09) – Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier
- HMS Prince of Wales (R09) – Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier
Lost (3)
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- Battlecruiser
- Battleship
- Carrier Strike Group Flagship
- Catapult Aircraft Merchant Ship
- Commando Carrier
- Dreadnought Battleship
- Escort Carrier
- Fast Battleship
- Fleet Carrier
- Helicopter Carrier
- Light Carrier
- Merchant Aircraft Carrier
- Pocket Battleship
- Pre-Dreadnought Battleship
- Seaplane Carrier
- Super-Dreadnought Battleship