{"product_id":"hms-ark-royal-r09-audacious-class-aircraft-carrier-c1973-photo-print","title":"HMS Ark Royal R09 Audacious Class Aircraft Carrier c1973 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, steams at speed through the Mediterranean in about 1973 alongside the American carrier USS Forrestal (CVA-59), during cross-deck operations between the two navies. Seen from the air, Ark Royal cuts a broad white wake, with \u003ca title=\"Royal Navy Aircraft Photo prints\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hampshireprints.co.uk\/collections\/royal-navy-aircraft-photo-prints\"\u003eaircraft\u003c\/a\u003e ranged along her flight deck and her island and large radar aerials standing out above it. In the foreground, Forrestal’s much larger deck is packed with the aircraft of Carrier Air Wing 17, which was on deployment to the Mediterranean from September 1972 to July 1973.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eIn the early 1970s Ark Royal was the Royal Navy’s only remaining strike carrier. Her air group included the Phantom FG1s of 892 Naval Air Squadron and the Buccaneer S2s of 809 Naval Air Squadron. In 1972 her Buccaneers flew a long-range show of strength over British Honduras. Cross-deck exercises with the US Sixth Fleet, with aircraft from each carrier landing on and launching from the other’s deck, were a regular part of her Mediterranean deployments. She served until February 1979. Plans to preserve her came to nothing, and in September 1980 she was towed from Devonport to Cairnryan to be broken up.\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, especially those who served with 892 or 809 Naval Air Squadron, and anyone with a connection to HMS Ark Royal or USS Forrestal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eImage Taken: c. 1973\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePhotographer: U.S. Navy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e© Public Domain - Restored by Hampshire 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