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During the 1990s, the Royal Navy deployed the aircraft carriers {{HMS|Ark Royal|R07|6}} and {{HMS|Invincible|R05|6}} during the [[Yugoslav Wars]]. ''Ark Royal'' was the first to deploy as the lead ship of Task Group 612, which also included two frigates and three support ships.<ref>{{cite web |title=Navies in peacekeeping and enforcement: The British experience in the Adriatic sea |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/13533319408413525 |website=Taylor & Francis Online |access-date=3 September 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=News report: British naval task force for Adriatic |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1993/01/11/News-report-British-naval-task-force-for-Adriatic/4114726728400/ |access-date=3 September 2024 |work=UPI |date=11 January 1993}}</ref> |
During the 1990s, the Royal Navy deployed the aircraft carriers {{HMS|Ark Royal|R07|6}} and {{HMS|Invincible|R05|6}} during the [[Yugoslav Wars]]. ''Ark Royal'' was the first to deploy as the lead ship of Task Group 612, which also included two frigates and three support ships.<ref>{{cite web |title=Navies in peacekeeping and enforcement: The British experience in the Adriatic sea |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/13533319408413525 |website=Taylor & Francis Online |access-date=3 September 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=News report: British naval task force for Adriatic |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1993/01/11/News-report-British-naval-task-force-for-Adriatic/4114726728400/ |access-date=3 September 2024 |work=UPI |date=11 January 1993}}</ref> |
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Previous formations
The Royal Navy has operated aircraft carriers since the comissioning of HMS Argus (I49), the world's first aircraft carrier with a full length flight deck, in 1918. During the Second World War, it operated 85 aircraft carriers of various types which were organised into squadrons (for example, 21st Aircraft Carrier Squadron) and deployed in task forces, with battleships, destroyers and cruisers providing escort. Force H is an example of one such task force which was deployed in the Mediterranean and comprised the aircraft carriers HMS Ark Royal and HMS Eagle, alongside various battleships and cruisers.
In 1950, during the Korea War, the Royal Navy deployed several aircraft carriers as part of a Commonwealth Task Force which also comprised seven cruisers, eight destroyers, 14 frigates, two submarines, two depot ships, twelve tankers and a hospital ship.[1] The aircraft carriers usually operated with a screen of six destroyers.[2] In 1956, during the Suez Crisis, the Royal Navy formed a combined naval task force with the French Navy, named Task Force 345, which comprised five aircraft carriers, in addition to numerous cruisers, destroyers, frigates, minelayers, minesweepers and assault ships.[3]
The 1982 Falklands War led to a deployment of a 127-ship naval task force to retake the Falkland Islands after they had been invaded by Argentina. The aircraft carrier group, named Task Group 317.8, included the aircraft carriers HMS Hermes and HMS Invincible, alongside numerous escort and support ships.[4][5]
During the 1990s, the Royal Navy deployed the aircraft carriers HMS Ark Royal and HMS Invincible during the Yugoslav Wars. Ark Royal was the first to deploy as the lead ship of Task Group 612, which also included two frigates and three support ships.[6][7]
- ^ "Korea - 1950-1953 - "A Police Action?" - The War At Sea". Britain's Small Wars. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
- ^ "HMS "Ocean" in the Korean War". Royal British Legion. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
- ^ "10 Photographs Of 'Operation Musketeer'". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
- ^ "A Sad and Bloody Business Land Force Lessons from the Falklands, Forty Years On". Army University Press. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
- ^ "The Falklands War: A chronology of events". The History Press. 31 March 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
- ^ "Navies in peacekeeping and enforcement: The British experience in the Adriatic sea". Taylor & Francis Online. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
- ^ "News report: British naval task force for Adriatic". UPI. 11 January 1993. Retrieved 3 September 2024.