{"product_id":"h-m-s-ark-royal","title":"H.M.S. Ark Royal","description":"\u003cp\u003eRevell 1:720\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHMS \u003ci\u003eArk Royal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pennant_number\" title=\"Pennant number\"\u003epennant number\u003c\/a\u003e 91) was an \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aircraft_carrier\" title=\"Aircraft carrier\"\u003eaircraft carrier\u003c\/a\u003e of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Royal_Navy\" title=\"Royal Navy\"\u003eRoyal Navy\u003c\/a\u003e that was operated during the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_World_War\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Second World War\"\u003eSecond World War\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDesigned in 1934 to fit the restrictions of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Washington_Naval_Treaty\" title=\"Washington Naval Treaty\"\u003eWashington Naval Treaty\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ci\u003eArk Royal\u003c\/i\u003e was built by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cammell_Laird\" title=\"Cammell Laird\"\u003eCammell Laird\u003c\/a\u003e at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Birkenhead\" title=\"Birkenhead\"\u003eBirkenhead\u003c\/a\u003e, England, and completed in November 1938. Her design differed from previous aircraft carriers. \u003ci\u003eArk Royal\u003c\/i\u003e was the first ship on which the hangars and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Flight_deck\" title=\"Flight deck\"\u003eflight deck\u003c\/a\u003e were an integral part of the hull, instead of an add-on or part of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/superstructure\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"wikt:superstructure\"\u003esuperstructure\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e Designed to carry a large number of aircraft, she had two hangar deck \u003cbr\u003elevels. She was used during a period that first saw the extensive use of\u003cbr\u003e naval air power; several carrier tactics were developed and refined \u003cbr\u003eaboard \u003ci\u003eArk Royal\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eArk Royal\u003c\/i\u003e operated in some of the most active naval \u003cbr\u003etheatres of the Second World War. She was involved in the first aerial \u003cbr\u003eU-boat kills of the war, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Allied_campaign_in_Norway\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Allied campaign in Norway\"\u003eoperations off Norway\u003c\/a\u003e, the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Last_battle_of_the_battleship_Bismarck\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Last battle of the battleship Bismarck\"\u003esearch for the German battleship\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/German_battleship_Bismarck\" title=\"German battleship Bismarck\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eBismarck\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, and the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Malta_Convoys\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Malta Convoys\"\u003eMalta Convoys\u003c\/a\u003e. \u003ci\u003eArk Royal\u003c\/i\u003e survived several near misses and gained a reputation as a 'lucky ship'. She was torpedoed on 13 November 1941 by the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/German_submarine_U-81_(1941)\" title=\"German submarine U-81 (1941)\"\u003eGerman submarine \u003ci\u003eU-81\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e and sank the following day. One of her 1,488 crew members was killed. \u003cbr\u003eHer sinking was the subject of several inquiries, with investigators \u003cbr\u003ekeen to know how the carrier was lost in spite of efforts to save the \u003cbr\u003eship and tow her to the naval base at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gibraltar\" title=\"Gibraltar\"\u003eGibraltar\u003c\/a\u003e. They found that several design flaws contributed to the loss, which were rectified in new British carriers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/www.scalemodellingnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/hms-ark-royal.jpg\" jsaction=\"\" class=\"sFlh5c FyHeAf iPVvYb\" style=\"max-width: 1280px; width: 557px; height: 322px; margin: 0px;\" alt=\"hms-ark-royal - Scale Modelling Now\" jsname=\"kn3ccd\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Revell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57795526099328,"sku":"05038","price":25.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/1601\/9328\/files\/Revell05038.jpg?v=1775219265","url":"https:\/\/pienoismallimarketti.fi\/products\/h-m-s-ark-royal","provider":"Pienoismallimarketti","version":"1.0","type":"link"}