{"product_id":"hms-ark-royal-r09-audacious-class-aircraft-carrier-april-1976-photo-print","title":"HMS Ark Royal R09 Audacious Class Aircraft Carrier April 1976 Photo Print","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003ca title=\"HMS Ark Royal Photo prints\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hampshireprints.co.uk\/search?q=%22hms+ark+royal%22\u0026amp;options%5Bprefix%5D=last\"\u003eHMS Ark Royal\u003c\/a\u003e (R09), a Royal Navy \u003ca title=\"Royal Navy Audacious Class Photo prints\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hampshireprints.co.uk\/collections\/royal-navy-audacious-class-aircraft-carriers-photo-prints\"\u003eAudacious Class\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca title=\"Royal Navy Aircraft Carriers Photo prints\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hampshireprints.co.uk\/collections\/royal-navy-aircraft-carrier-photo-prints\"\u003eaircraft carrier\u003c\/a\u003e, lies alongside at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, in April 1976. Across the pier from her is the brand-new American nuclear carrier USS Nimitz. Both ships are seen from high astern and both are dressed overall with lines of flags, in honour of the birthday of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands. Ark Royal, on the left, shows her angled flight deck, tall lattice masts and radar dome. The pier between the two carriers is lined with parked cars, and the wide waters of the bay stretch away behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eArk Royal was laid down by Cammell Laird at Birkenhead in 1943 and launched by Queen Elizabeth on 3 May 1950. She was the first aircraft carrier to commission with an angled flight deck. A major rebuild from 1967 to 1970 equipped her to operate Phantom fighters and Buccaneer strike \u003ca title=\"Royal Navy Aircraft Photo prints\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hampshireprints.co.uk\/collections\/royal-navy-aircraft-photo-prints\"\u003eaircraft\u003c\/a\u003e. She remained the only ship outside the United States Navy to fly Phantoms at sea. This visit came during her Western Atlantic deployment of 1976, the voyage followed by the BBC documentary series Sailor. She was decommissioned on 14 February 1979 as the Royal Navy’s last conventional catapult carrier, and was broken up at Cairnryan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eYou can read more about the history of HMS Ark Royal \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.hampshireprints.co.uk\/blogs\/royal-navy-warship-and-submarine-classes-complete-guide\/hms-ark-royal-r09-the-carrier-that-launched-pianos-phantoms-and-a-future-king\" title=\"HMS Ark Royal History\"\u003eHERE\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis print is ideal for Royal Navy and Fleet Air Arm veterans and anyone with a connection to HMS Ark Royal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eImage Taken: April 1976\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePhotographer: U.S. Navy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e© Public Domain - Restored by Hampshire Prints\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Hampshire Prints","offers":[{"title":"6 x 4 \/ No Frame 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