Map showing the movements of 'HMS Ark Royal', 1939-1941, (1942). Map of the Atlantic Ocean, western Europe and Africa, indicating journeys and principal engagements of the British Royal Navy aircraft carrier 'Ark Royal' during the Second World War: Hunting of the 'Graf Spee', October-December 1939; Guarding Sierra Leone Convoys, 1941; Trapping the 'Bismarck', May 1941; Covering British Landings, April 1940; Attacking 'Scharnhorst', June 1940; Covering Evacuation, May 1940; Narvik Operations, May 1940; North Sea Patrol, September 1939; Action at Oran, July 1940; Mediterranean Convoys, Air Attac
Map showing the movements of 'HMS Ark Royal', 1939-1941, (1942). Map of the Atlantic Ocean, western Europe and Africa, indicating journeys and principal engagements of the British Royal Navy aircraft carrier 'Ark Royal' during the Second World War: Hunting of the 'Graf Spee', October-December 1939; Guarding Sierra Leone Convoys, 1941; Trapping the 'Bismarck', May 1941; Covering British Landings, April 1940; Attacking 'Scharnhorst', June 1940; Covering Evacuation, May 1940; Narvik Operations, May 1940; North Sea Patrol, September 1939; Action at Oran, July 1940; Mediterranean Convoys, Air Attacks on Italy, July 1940-November 1941; Voyage to Alexandria, March 1940. A German submarine torpedoed her on 13 November 1941 and she sank the following day. Only one of her 1,488 crew members was killed. From "Ark Royal". [His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1942]
Size: 4128px × 5332px
Photo credit: © The Print Collector / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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