Hermes class carrier

The Hermes Class were basically heavily modified Centaur Class light aircraft carriers They were thus a class of their own.

• HMS Albion - Involved in Suez Crisis, and the Indonesian Confrontation. She was scrapped in 1973.
• HMS Bulwark - Involved in numerous events throughout her career. She was scrapped in 1981.
• HMS Centaur - The only ship to be built to the original configuration. She was scrapped in 1972.
• HMS Hermes - Flagship of the Task Force sent to the Falkland Islands during the war in 1982, put into reserve in 1984 and sold in 1986 to India, to become INS Viraat. Expected to be in service until 2010.