CVA-01
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CVA-01 was a proposed United Kingdom aircraft carrier, designed during the 1960s. The ship was intended to be the first of a class that would replace all of the Royal Navy's carriers, most of which ha
Official drawing of the CVA-01
Second page of the now-declassified RAF document "The Validity of a Royal Navy Plan to use Carrier-borne Strike Aircraft to Neutralise Indonesian Air Strike Forces"
Ark Royal (left) alongside the US Navy carrier Nimitz in 1978
The Invincible-class carrier Illustrious operating alongside USS John C. Stennis in 1998
Type 82 destroyer
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The Type 82 or Bristol-class destroyer was a 1960s guided missile destroyer design intended to replace County-class destroyers in the Royal Navy. Originally eight warships were planned to provide area
CVA-01
…to two until finally, following a government review in the form of the 1966 Defence White Paper, the project was cancelled – along with the proposed Type 82 destroyer class, which were intended primarily as escorts for carrier groups. Factors contributing to the cancellation of CVA-01 included inter-service rivalries…
HMS Bristol