List of aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy

Active Ships

• Invincible class
  • HMS Invincible
  • HMS Illustrious
  • HMS Ark Royal

Decommissioned Ships

• HMS Argus

• HMS Furious

• Glorious class
  • HMS Glorious
  • HMS Courageous

• HMS Hermes (1923)

• HMS Eagle (1923)

• HMS Ark Royal (1938)

• HMS Unicorn

• Illustrious class
  • HMS Illustrious
  • HMS Formidable
  • HMS Victorious

• HMS Indomitable

• Implacable class
  • HMS Implacable
  • HMS Indefatigable

• Colossus class
  • HMS Colossus, sold to France in 1946 and renamed FS Arromaches
  • HMS Glory
  • HMS Ocean
  • HMS Theseus
  • HMS Triumph
  • HMS Venerable sold to the Netherlands in 1948 and renamed Karel Doorman
  • HMS Vengeance, launched 1944, sold to Brazil in 1956 and renamed NAeL Minas Gerais
  • HMS Warrior -loaned to Canada as HMCS Warrior, sold to Argentina in 1958 and renamed ARA Independencia
  • HMS Perseus
  • HMS Pioneer

• Majestic class
  • HMS Majestic, sold to Australia in 1955 and renamed HMAS Melbourne
  • HMS Hercules, sold to India in 1957 and renamed INS Vikrant
  • HMS Leviathan, was never completed
  • HMCS Magnificent
  • HMS Powerful, sold to Canada in 1952 and renamed HMCS Bonaventure
  • HMS Terrible, sold to Australia in 1948 and renamed HMAS Sydney

• Centaur class
  • HMS Centaur
  • HMS Albion
  • HMS Bulwark
  • HMS Hermes, sold to India as the INS Viraat

• Audacious class
  • HMS Eagle
  • HMS Ark Royal