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HMS Invincible (R05) /1982

I uploaded a picture of the Falkfland war fleet and added images of each ship appearing there. But not the HMS Invicible. As we have the 40th annual year of this conflict, it may be a good time to complete this now.

Here we are.

 

HMS Invincible was the Royal Navy's lead ship of her class of three light aircraft carriers. She was launched on 3 May 1977 as the seventh ship to carry the name. She was originally designated as an anti-submarine warfare carrier, but was used as an aircraft carrier during the Falklands War, when she was deployed with HMS Hermes. She took over as flagship of the British fleet when Hermes was sold to India. Invincible was also deployed in the Yugoslav Wars and the Second Gulf War (Iraq War). In 2005, she was decommissioned, and was eventually sold for scrap in February 2011.

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Uploaded on May 4, 2022