HMS Invincible (R05)

HMS Invincible (R05)

Until December 2010, 22 aircraft;

• Multi Mission - Strike, ASuW and ASW
  12 x Harrier GR.7/9
  10 x Sea King ASaC, and Merlin HM Mk.1 helicopters

• Multi Mission - Strike and ASuW
  18 x Harrier GR.7/9
  4 x Sea King ASaC, and Merlin HM Mk.1 helicopters

HMS Invincible was a British light aircraft carrier, the lead ship of three in her class in the Royal Navy. 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 deployed with HMS Hermes, she took over as flagship of the British fleet when Hermes was sold to India. Invincible was also deployed in the Yugoslav Wars and the Second Gulf War. She was decommissioned in 2005 and eventually sold for scrap in February 2011 to Turkish company, Leyal Ship Recycling.