There are close to 50 aircraft carriers around the world today. Here are some of the most legendary aircraft carriers to ever roam the seven seas.

There are close to 50 aircraft carriers around the world today. Here are some of the most legendary aircraft carriers to ever roam the seven seas.

Lend lease to the United States Navy 1943. His Majesty King George VI came aboard the HMS Victorious and came along on exercise with us to see the workings of an aircraft carrier with the aircraft ...

In 1941, HMS Victorious, a mighty Illustrious-class aircraft carrier, entered the fray to help bring down Nazi Germany’s most feared battleship - the Bismarck. At 766 feet and 23,000 tons, Victorious ...

HMS Victorious was first assigned to the British Home Fleet, and in the spring of 1941 her planes were involved in the pursuit of the German battleship Bismarck. On May 24, a flight of nine ...

United States Marine Corps fighter jets aboard a British aircraft carrier flew combat missions over the Middle East this week – the first time US warplanes have gone into combat from a foreign ...

A Russian patrol ship fired a warning shot yesterday at the British destroyer HMS Defender off the coast of Crimea. This was followed by the dropping of high-explosive OFAB-250s fragmentation ...

With new aircraft carriers due to arrive in Portsmouth in the next few years, I wonder if they will achieve fame and legendary status like that of HMS Victorious? It was aircraft from this carrier ...

The operation is also the first time that U.S. fighters struck from a U.K. aircraft carrier since 1943, aboard HMS Victorious (R38) in World War II, according to the MoD.

The first of the new armored carriers to be commissioned was HMS Illustrious, on April 5, 1939. It was followed by Formidable, commissioned on August 17, 1939, and Victorious, which was ...