The Ark Is Hit At Last, 1941, (1942). Creator: Unknown
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The Ark Is Hit At Last, 1941, (1942). Creator: Unknown
The Ark Is Hit At Last, 1941, (1942). Within sight of Gibraltar, to which she was returning, a torpedo from a German submarine struck the Ark. Within 3 minutes she was listing 12 degrees. Of the 1, 541 of her company, only one life was lost. A British Royal Navy aircraft carrier of the Second World War, HMS Ark Royal was designed to carry a large number of aircraft, and had two hangar deck levels. She was involved in the first aerial and U-boat kills of the war, in operations off Norway, in the search for the German battleship Bismarck, and took part in the Malta Convoys. A German submarine torpedoed her off Gibraltar on 13 November 1941 and she sank the following day. From " Ark Royal". [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1942]
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