(the) Ark Royal

(the) Ark Royal
the Ark Royal [the Ark Royal]
a British aircraft carrier (= a large ship with an area where aircraft can take off and land). There is a tradition in the ↑Royal Navy of naming important ships Ark Royal. The first one was a ship that fought the Spanish ↑Armada. Another famous Ark Royal was sunk in ↑World War II.

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