File:HMS Ark Royal Visits HMNB Clyde for the Final Time MOD 45152036.jpg

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current	06:18, 7 January 2017		2,500 × 2,000 (1.72 MB)	127.0.0.1 (talk)	The Royal Navy’s mighty HMS Ark Royal visits HM Naval Base Clyde in Scotland for the last time. <p>After celebrating 25 years in Fleet commission at a special ceremony attended by HM The Queen in Portsmouth on November 5, the Royal Navy’s aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal sailed into the Clyde for the final time. </p> <p>The Invincible class carrier was considered in the Fleet reductions required under SDSR and Ark will now retire gracefully having delivered a quarter of a century of proud and sterling service to the country. </p> <p>Her role as the current Royal Navy flagship will initially be taken on by amphibious assault ship HMS Albion in early December. </p> <p>The Mighty Ark, as she is affectionately known in the Senior Service, paid her visit in order to deammunition at Glen Mallan Jetty on Loch Long. </p> <ul> <li>Organization: ROYAL NAVY</li> <li>Object Name: NE100502005</li> <li>Category: RNA</li> <li>Supplemental Categories: Ships, Aircraft Carriers</li> <li>Keywords: Royal Navy, Equipment, Ship, Aircraft Carrier, Carrier, CVS, Invincible Class, HMS Ark Royal, Aircraft, Helicopter, Sea King</li> <li>Country: UK</li> </ul>

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