These have included three Invincible-class aircraft carriers used by the U.K. and an array of U.S. aircraft carriers such as ...

HMS Invincible was decommissioned in 2005 and later recycled. The 31-year-old HMS Ark Royal was withdrawn from service last year, following the 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review.

It will take eight months to dismantle. HMS Invincible was the lead ship of three light aircraft carriers. She was launched on 3 May 1977 and is the seventh ship to carry the name. She saw action ...