HMS Ark Royal was an
aircraft carrier of the
Royal Navy that served in the
Second World War. Designed in 1934 to fit the restrictions of the
Washington Naval Treaty, she was built by
Cammell Laird and Company, Ltd. at
Birkenhead, England, and completed in November 1938. Her design differed from previous aircraft carriers. Ark Royal was the first ship on which the hangars and
flight deck were an integral part of the hull, instead of an add-on or part of the
superstructure. Designed to carry a large number of aircraft, she had two hangar deck levels. She served during a period that first saw the extensive use of naval air power; a number of carrier tactics were developed and refined aboard Ark Royal. She served in some of the most active naval theatres of the Second World War, including
operations off Norway, the
search for the German battleship Bismarck, and the
Malta Convoys. She was torpedoed on 13 November 1941 and sank the following day. Her sinking was the subject of several inquiries; investigators were keen to know how the carrier was lost, given there were efforts to save the ship and tow her to the naval base at
Gibraltar. Several design flaws were discovered during the investigation and were rectified in new British carriers. (more...)
... that a stained glass window in St. Paul's Church, King Cross,
Halifax built in 1911, is dedicated in memory of Edward Wainhouse, whose daughter married the first
vicar of the prior church built in 1846?
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Sikhpilgrim at the Harmandir Sahib, known informally as the "Golden Temple", located in the city of
Amritsar,
Punjab,
India. The temple is the best-known of the Sikh
gurdwaras and was completed in 1604. In the early nineteenth century,
MaharajaRanjit Singh covered the upper floors of the gurdwara with
gold, giving it its distinctive appearance.
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