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HMS Ark Royal Association

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The Official Website of the HMS Ark Royal Association

The aim of this newly-formed Association is to bring together all who served on Her Majesty's Ships Ark Royal and to re-establish and maintain links to organizations previously affiliated to the ships.

Our membership already includes six former commanding officers, former Ark Royal V ship's company of all eras from the original 1985 crew through to the final decommissioning crew of 2011; and Ark Royal IV ship's company members from the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. 

Full Membership of the HMS Ark Royal Association is open to all serving or former naval, military, NAAFI or laundry staff, including attached squadrons, who served a period of at least four weeks aboard:

  1. HMS Ark Royal V (R07) at any time between 1st July 1985 and 11th March 2011
  2. HMS Ark Royal IV (R09) at any time between 25th February 1955 and 14th February 1979

Associate Membership is available to any close relative of a deceased former member of the crew of HMS Ark Royal.

Honorary Membership may also be available at the discretion of The Committee, please contact us for more information.

 

News & Updates

4th July 2018

Blazer badgeHMS Ark Royal Association wire embroidered blazer badges are back in stock.

On sale now to Association members on our Slops page.

11th June 2018

HMS Ark Royal AssociationWe regret to report that Association member Len Smith, who served on HMS Ark Royal IV (R09) as a Leading Patrolman in the 1950s, crossed the bar last weekend. We will post funeral details as and when we have them.

Rest in peace shipmate.

10th May 2018

Blazer badgeWe are pleased to announce that we have taken delivery of our first HMS Ark Royal Association merchandise.

Lapel pins and blazer badges are now on sale to Association members on our new Slops page.

3rd May 2018

HMS Ark Royal AssociationImportant News: Due to unforeseen circumstances, the venue for the Annual General Meeting and Reunion on Saturday 9th June 2018 has been moved to the Editor's Draught, Wellington Street, Leeds. It is only a couple of hundred yards up the road from the previous venue.

The Annual General Meeting will commence at 6pm in the upstairs function room. The Reunion and Social will commence in the downstairs bar on completion (expected to be around 7pm). All are welcome.

Diary Dates

15 September 2018

HMS Ark Royal Association Members & Guests Dinner at The Still & West, Old Portsmouth.

11 November 2018

Remembrance Sunday at The Cenotaph, London.