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An iconic vessel to Britons, the name Ark Royal had been handed down through five ships, from the Ark Royal built in 1587 that helped defeat the Spanish Armada to this vessel.
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Defiance, provoked the fight by discharging a piece of her ordnance and presently out of his own ship, called the Ark Royal, thundered upon a
In Doublet and Hose A Story for Girls Lucy Foster Madison 1898
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The Ark Royal is the fifth vessel to bear the name - the first was involved in action against Spanish Armada in 1588, while the second served during World War I.
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The Ark Royal is the fifth vessel to bear the name - the first was involved in action against Spanish Armada in 1588, while the second served during World War I.
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The Ark Royal is the fifth vessel to bear the name - the first was involved in action against Spanish Armada in 1588, while the second served during World War I.
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There have been five ships called Ark Royal, all of which were aircraft-carriers except the first, a wooden sailing ship that saw battle in 1588 in the defeat of the Spanish Armada.
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"Ark Royal," followed by the rest of the fleet, dashed into the midst of the Armada.
Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada Emily Sarah Holt 1864
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One can almost hear his self-satisfied laugh as he wrote this unlucky sentence, “The thing is too grotesque to talk about seriously; but can we trust a single uncertified detail from the hands of a man who throughout his story of the Armada always calls the Ark Royal the Ark Raleigh? ...
The Life of Froude Paul, Herbert 1905
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One can almost hear his self-satisfied laugh as he wrote this unlucky sentence, "The thing is too grotesque to talk about seriously; but can we trust a single uncertified detail from the hands of a man who throughout his story of the Armada always calls the Ark Royal the Ark
The Life of Froude 1894
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Referring to the decision to scrap the carrier, Ark Royal, Murphy added: Recent dramatic events mean that the defence review must be reopened and perhaps even rethought.
SAS poised to rescue British oil workers stranded in Libyan desert 2011
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