Replacements are years away and still Britain’s last aircraft carrier, ‘HMS Illustrious ... to catch the lattermost stages of the Falklands War. She also served in the Gulf Wars and ...

HMS Invincible was the lead ship of three light aircraft carriers. She was launched on 3 May 1977 and is the seventh ship to carry the name. She saw action in the Falklands war when she was ...

Over the Falkland Islands in May 1982 - an aerial duel was unfolding. The British pilots needed to protect their carrier, her ...