Example sentences of "ark royal " in BNC.
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| 1 | LISBON — The British aircraft carrier Ark Royal cut short a five-day goodwill visit here yesterday as controversy flared between US and Portuguese officials over the arrest of 121 American and British sailors during an alleged street-fighting rampage . |
| 2 | The Ark Royal , which docked in Lisbon on Wednesday , prepared to return to Portsmouth four days early after shore leave was cancelled following the incident . |
| 3 | The atmosphere is bad and British sailors could get caught up in the bad feeling if they went ashore , ’ said the Ark Royal 's captain , John Brigstocke . |
| 4 | They were launching the Ark Royal . |
| 5 | An order came out from the Chief Constable : ‘ The following inspectors ( there were three of them — I was one ) and sergeants and men will parade at such-and-such a yard at Birkenhead at eleven o'clock for the launching of the Ark Royal . |
| 6 | I had sorrowed over the loss of the Hood , on which my father 's brother had been ‘ sparks , ’ and mourned for the Barham and the Ark Royal . |
| 7 | During the day ‘ Ark Royal 's ’ own fighters were active as the carriers headed back towards Gibraltar . |
| 8 | I said I fully realised the job had to be done but I wished to protest against the shabby trick ‘ Ark Royal ’ had played on us . |
| 9 | Many of the Royal Navy 's most famous ships , including the Ark Royal aircraft carriers and battleships Rodney and Prince of Wales were built there . |
| 10 | Strangely this pledge was nearly fulfilled , for when the crippled Bismarck was making for the shelter of Brest , the U.556 , returning from patrol , came within torpedo firing range of the aircraft carrier Ark Royal , then hurrying north to intercept the German battleship . |
| 11 | Apart from the destruction of the Channel ports , the greatest amusement of 1939 for English listeners lay in the increasingly desperate claims of the German radio to have sunk the aircraft-carrier Ark Royal , the only modern carrier in the Royal Navy at the outbreak of war . |
| 12 | A few weeks after the month which comprised SBAAT/HMS Ark Royal , HMY Britannia and the Cutty Sark Tall Ships Race 1995 Launch Event , Forth Ports made my in-house function redundant ( of which more if we talk ) . |
| 13 | At Malta , we saw the Ark Royal . |
| 14 | The aerodrome was well established , with the headquarters on board the seaplane tender Ark Royal which was anchored in the bay . |