Construction Programme
| Pennant | Name | Hull builder | Ordered | Laid down | Launched | Accepted into service |
Commissioned | Decommissioned | Estimated building cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R05 | Invincible | Vickers Armstrong, Barrow. | 17 April 1973 | 20 July 1973 | 3 May 1977 | 19 March 1980 | 11 July 1980 | 3 August 2005 | £185,500,000 |
| R06 | Illustrious | Swan Hunter | May 1976 | 7 October 1976 | 1 December 1978 | 18 June 1982 | 20 June 1982 | planned 2014 | £215,400,000 |
| R07 | Ark Royal | Swan Hunter | December 1978 | 14 December 1978 | 2 June 1981 | 2 July 1985 | 1 November 1985 | 11 March 2011 | £332,900,000 |
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