The first modern fleet aircraft carrier to join the Royal Navy.
HMS Ark Royal was probably the best known British aircraft carrier during WW2 and was frequently claimed to have been sunk by the Germans. She was involved in the disastrous naval operations in Norway before going to the Mediterranean in June 1940. The ship had a deep displacement of about 27,000 tons as designed and was 800 feet in overall length with a beam of 94 feet and mean draught of 23 feet. Armour protection was provided for hangar area, deck and machinery compartments and was used in the subsequent Illustrious Class. Eight twin 4.5in guns with a dual capability for surface and air defence and 6 multiple pom pom mountings for close range AA use comprised the main armament. The propulsion machinery consisted of three propellers driven by steam turbines giving 102,000 shaft horsepower to provide a designed speed of 30.75 knots which was exceeded on trials
Commissioned: 16 December 1938
Sunk: 14 November 1941
General characteristics:Displacement: 22,585 tons
Length: 243.8m
Beam: 30.5m
Draught: 6.9m
Speed: 31 knots
Armament:
16x4.5in guns (8x2)
48x40mm PomPom AA guns (6x8)
32x0.5in Vickers (8x4)
Aircraft (1941):
30 Fairey Swordfish MkI
24 Fairey Fulmar MkII
Service History:Commissioned - 16 December 1938
Sept 1939 - Operating from Scapa Flow on Anti-Submarine Patrols
Oct 1939 - Hunting for the Graf Spee in the South Atlantic
Apr 1940 - Operating from Scapa Flow to support Norway operations.
June 1940 - Reassigned to Gibraltar with Force H. Attack on the French Fleet at Mers-el-Kebir.
Aug 1940 - Attack on Cagliari
Jan 1941 - Attack on Genoa and against dams on Sardinia.
March 1941 - Search for Scharnhorst and Gneisenau in North Atlantic
May 1941 - Ferrying aircraft to Malta with HMS Furious.
May 1941 - Attacking the Bismarck
July 1941 - Malta Convoy escort Operation Substance
Sept 1941 - Malta Convoy escort Operation Halberd
Sunk - 14 November 1941
Download: https://www.mediafire.com/?aj695yeec4yyhv2Credits:Modelling, skinning template and Class Files - Asheshouse
Texture Artwork - Grief11
Main and Vickers Guns and Life rafts modeled and skinned by RAF_Cobber
Installation Instructions:Checked with SASModActv5.3 - v4.12 compatible.
Requires HD Textures Mod and Carrier Take-Off Mod, both included in SASModAct.
Extract the contents of the download to a temporary folder on Desktop.
Detailed instructions are included in the folder.
Paste the ShipAshe folder into your #SAS folder. If you have an existing ShipAshe folder then the classes will be overwritten.
The class files supercede all earlier ShipAshe classes. Do not overwrite these with earlier ship mods.
Folder structure should be: game root\#SAS\ShipAshe\3do\Ships\HMSArkRoyal\
Notes: The model includes "placeholder" damage meshes and textures only. Further work will be required to produce a visually detailed damage model.
References:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Ark_Royal_%2891%29http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-04CV-Ark%20Royal.htmAircraft Skins:-
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Campaigns and Missions:-
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Squadrons:800 Blackburn Skua MkII 1939-41
810 Swordfish MkI 1939-41
820 Blackburn Skua MkII 1949-41
821 Swordfish MkI 1940-41
803 Blackburn Skua MkII 1939-40
Blackburn Roc MkI
818 Swordfish MkI 1939-40
801 Blackburn Skua MkII 1940
807 Fulmar MKII 1940-41
701 Walrus MkI 1940
808 Fulmar MKII 1940-41
821X Swordfish MkI 1940-41
800Y Fulmar MKI 1941
825 Swordfish MkI 1941
816 Swordfish MkI 1941
812 Swordfish MkI 1941
828 Swordfish MkI 1941
Albacore MkI
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