HMS Illustrious was laid down at Swan Hunter on the River Tyne in 1976, and launched in 1978. As the ship neared the end of its fitting out period, the Falklands War broke out and as a consequence ...

An curved arrow pointing right. HMS Illustrious just made its final voyage out of Portsmouth harbour. The ship is bound for Turkey where it has been sold to a recycling plant for £2.1 million.

HMS Illustrious will assume the helicopter and commando carrier role until 2014, when HMS Ocean returns from a planned refit. The ship will then be taken out of service.

A crowd gathered to commemorate the memory of 29 sailors who died in the HMS Illustrious liberty boat disaster. Members of ...

The Royal Navy has been accused of renaming new attack submarine HMS Agincourt to avoid upsetting the French. The seventh ...

What You Need to Know: In 2013, during a NATO anti-submarine warfare exercise off Oman, the USS Dallas, a Los Angeles-class attack submarine, stealthily "sank" the Royal Navy's HMS Illustrious.