Enter the name of the ship without the HMS prefix. Escort carriers are not included in this quiz. Ships which were sold to other nations prior to their commission in the Royal Navy are also not included.
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Class
Fate
Answer
Only Ship
Sold for scrap 1946
HMS Argus
Courageous Class
Sunk by U-29, 17 September 1939
HMS Courageous
Sunk by Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, 8 June 1940
HMS Glorious
Sold for scrap 1948
HMS Furious
Only Ship
Torpedoed and sunk 11 August 1942 by U-73
HMS Eagle
Only Ship
Sunk 9 April 1942 by Japanese aircraft from the carriers Soryu, Hiryu and Akagi
HMS Hermes
Only Ship
Sunk 14 November 1941 by U-81 off Gibraltar
HMS Ark Royal
Only Ship
Sold for scrap 1960
HMS Unicorn
Illustrious Class
Sold for scrap 1956
HMS Illustrious
Sold for scrap 1956
HMS Formidable
Sold for scrap 1969
HMS Victorious
Sold for scrap 1955
HMS Indomitable
Implacable Class
Sold for scrap 1955
HMS Implacable
Sold for scrap 1956
HMS Indefatigable
Colossus Class
Loaned to France as Arromanches from August 1946, then sold to France 1951
HMS Colossus
Scrapped 1961
HMS Glory
Scrapped 1962
HMS Ocean
Class
Fate
Answer
Scrapped 1962
HMS Theseus
Scrapped 1981 in Spain
HMS Triumph
Transferred to the Royal Australian Navy from 1953 to August 1955. Sold to Brazil as Minas Gerais December 1956. Scrapped 2004
HMS Vengeance
Loaned to Royal Canadian Navy 1946-48 and not commissioned into RN until November 1948. Returned to UK 1956 and modernised. Sold to Argentina as Independencia 1958
HMS Warrior
Scrapped 1958
HMS Perseus
Scrapped 1954
HMS Pioneer
Audacious Class
Scrapped 1978
HMS Eagle
Scrapped 1980
HMS Ark Royal
Centaur Class
Scrapped 1972
HMS Centaur
Scrapped 1973
HMS Albion
Scrapped 1984
HMS Bulwark
Sold to India April 1986, as INS Viraat, decommissioned