The Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Invincible in the LPH Landing Platform Helicopter assault role
A Seaking mk 4 troop carrying helicopter of 845 Naval Air Squadron taking off from the British Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Invincible HMS Invincible was the Royal Navy's lead ship of the three light aircraft carriers in her class. She was launched on 3 May 1977 as the seventh ship to carry the name. She saw action in the Falklands War when she was deployed with HMS Hermes. Invincible was also deployed in the Yugoslav Wars. Successfully deployed to the Falklands in 1982 as part of Operation Corporate playing a crucial part during the Falklands War of 1982 when her Sea Harrier jump jets alongside those from HMS Hermes caused heavy losses to the Argentina air forces. Between 1993 and 1995, Invincible was deployed in the Adriatic for Operation "Deny Flight" and then Operation "Deliberate Force" during the Yugoslav Wars. In 1997, flying the flag of Rear-Admiral Alan West, Commander UK Task Group, Invincible led a deployment that included 3 Commando Brigade Royal Marines. During the following two years, Invincible contributed to Operation "Bolton" in southern Iraq before she was redeployed to the Balkans to support the NATO action against Yugoslavia over Kosovo. There, while her helicopters aided refugees, her Harriers were involved in military strikes In 2005, she was decommissioned and eventually sold for scrap to the Turkish company Leyal Ship Recycling in February 2011
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