A series of photos here of the Second World War aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal revived memories ... on May 27 and had it not been for Ark Royal’s Swordfish, the 42,000-ton Nazi raider, which ...

On board she carried 9 of the three-seater Fairey Swordfish torpedo bombers ... another aircraft carrier carrying Fairy Swordfish, the Ark Royal. She was a mere 50 miles away.

Yet, a relentless Royal Navy force ... an initial air strike of Fairey Swordfish torpedo planes was aborted after the strike force mistakenly attacked the light cruiser HMS Sheffield.

The black and white snaps were taken in 1939 and show Royal Naval biplanes coming a cropper while practising take-offs and landings on HMS Courageous ... moment a Fairey Swordfish biplane crashed ...

In November 1941, a German U-boat sank HMS Ark Royal ... Bismarck as it was sailing to France on May 26. Ark Royal quickly launched 15 Swordfish torpedo-bombers carrying new torpedoes with ...

But you can’t judge a warbird by its ungainly appearance. The Fairey Swordfish preyed viciously on enemy shipping. Fairey’s killer flying fish wielded a 1,670-pound torpedo, as well as two ...

As he came in to land on Ark Royal ... fly the Fairey Battle fast bomber. The following year he transferred to the Fleet Air Arm and joined 810 squadron, equipped with the Fairey Swordfish torpedo ...

Actors are rehearsing for an award-winning play which is coming to the Theatre Royal in Bath ... showing life across Somerset this week. Fairey Swordfish: People across the county celebrated ...

After finishing a service on the Bristol Pegasus engine of a Fairey ... that the Swordfish in your interesting message was, at the time the photograph was taken, based at HMS Ukussa near ...