List of aircraft carriers by country

List of aircraft carriers by country

The list of aircraft carriers by country includes all aircraft carriers organized by country of origin and service. Where appropriate, a single ship may be listed under multiple countries.

"See also":
* List of aircraft carriers
* List of aircraft carriers in service
* Timeline for aircraft carrier service


"The list below does not include helicopter carriers, aircraft carrying submarines, or ships that weren't commissioned."

"Note: BU means broken up - that is, that the ship was dismantled."

Argentina

Retired:
* Light carriers:
** ARA "Independencia" (V-1): "Colossus" class light carrier in service from 1959 to 1969
** ARA "Veinticinco de Mayo" (V-2): "Colossus" class light carrier in service from 1969 to 1999

Australia

:"See also: Aircraft carriers of the Royal Australian Navy"

Retired:
* Fleet carriers:
** HMAS "Sydney": "Majestic" class carrier in service from 1948 to 1958. Later recommissioned as troop transport
** HMAS "Melbourne": "Majestic" class carrier in service from 1955 to 1982
* Light carrier:
** HMAS "Vengeance": "Colossus" class light carrier on loan from Royal Navy from 1952 to 1955
* Seaplane tender:
** HMAS "Albatross": Unique seaplane tender in service from 1928 to 1933

Brazil

Active:
* Fleet carrier:
** NAeL "São Paulo": "Clemenceau" class carrier in service since 2000

Retired:
* Light carrier:
** NAeL "Minas Gerais": "Colossus" class carrier in service from 1960 to 2001

Canada

Retired:
* Light carriers:
** HMCS "Warrior": "Colossus" class light carrier in service from 1946 to 1948
** HMCS "Magnificent": "Majestic" class carrier in service from 1946 to 1956
** HMCS "Bonaventure": "Majestic" class carrier in service from 1957 to 1970
* Escort carriers of the Royal Navy crewed by Royal Canadian Navy personnel:
** HMS "Puncher": "Bogue" class escort carrier in service from 1944 to 1946
** HMS "Nabob": "Bogue" class escort carrier in service from 1943 to 1944

People's Republic of China

China has three non-functional aircraft carriers.

* Non-operational carriers:
** "Varyag": Currently in storage, non-operational
** "Minsk": Currently an attraction at the Minsk World amusement park in Shenzhen
** "Kiev": Currently an amusement park in Tianjin

France

Active:
* Nuclear powered aircraft carrier:
** "Charles de Gaulle": In service since 2001

Retired:
* Conventional carriers:
** "Béarn": Converted "Normandie" class battleship in service from 1927 to 1948
** "Clemenceau": "Clemenceau" class carrier in service from 1961 to 1997
** "Foch": "Clemenceau" class carrier in service from 1963 to 2000

* Light carriers:
** "Dixmude": "Charger" class escort carrier in service from 1945 to 1966
** "Arromanches": "Colossus" class light carrier in service from 1946 to 1974
** "Lafayette": "Independence" class light carrier in service from 1951 to 1963
** "Bois Belleau": "Bois Belleau" class light carrier in service from 1953 to 1960
* Seaplane carriers and tenders:
** "Foudre": Converted cruiser in service as a seaplane carrier from 1914 to 1918
** "Compinas": Converted merchant ship in service as a seaplane tender from 1915 to 1916
** "Nord": Converted merchant ship in service as a seaplane tender from 1915 to 1919
** "Pas-de-Calais": Converted merchant ship in service as a seaplane tender from 1915 to 1919
** "Rouen": Converted merchant ship in service as a seaplane tender from 1916 to 1919
** "Petrel" class: Eight light inshore seaplane tenders in service from 1931 into World War II
** "Commandant Teste": Seaplane transport and tender in service from 1932 to 1942
** "Belfort": Converted "Amiens" class sloop in service from 1939 to 1946
** "Diligente": Converted "Friponne" class sloop in service during 1940
** "Paul Goffeny": Former German tug type seaplane tender in service from 1948 to 1955
** "Robert Giraud": Former German tug type seaplane tender in service from 1948 to 1963
** "Marcel le Bihan": Seaplane support ship from 1948 to 1961

* Aircraft carrying submarine:
** "Surcouf": Aircraft carrying submarine in service from 1934 to 1942

Planned:
* Light carriers:
** "Engageante": "Friponne" class sloop planned for conversion but not completed
** "Conquerante": "Valliante" class sloop planned for conversion but not completed
** "Sans Souci": "Sans Souci" class seaplane tender captured by Germany in 1940 while building
** "Sans Peur": "Sans Souci" class seaplane tender captured by Germany in 1940 while building
** "Sans Pareil": "Sans Souci" class seaplane tender captured by Germany in 1940 while building
** "Sans Reproche": "Sans Souci" class seaplane tender captured by Germany in 1940 while building

* Carrier development programs:
** "Georges Pompidou" (tentative name) modified version of UK CVF design. The project is currently on hold. [ [http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/engineering/article4183255.ece President Sarkozy ditches Franco-British carrier project - Times Online ] ]

* Planned carriers which did not enter service:
** "Joffre": "Joffre" class carrier construction cancelled in 1940
** "Painleve": "Joffre" class carrier plan cancelled in 1940
** "Verdun": Attack carrier development cancelled in 1961
** PH 75: Projected nuclear powered amphibious assault ship program during the 1970s

Germany

Retired:
* Seaplane tenders:
** "Glyndwr": Converted merchant type seaplane tender in service from 1914 to 1916
** "Adeline Hugo Stinnes 3": Converted merchant type seaplane carrier in service from 1914
** "Answald": Converted merchant type seaplane carrier in service from 1915 to 1919
** "Santa Elena": Converted merchant type seaplane carrier in service from 1915 to 1919
** "Oswald": Converted merchant type seaplane carrier in service from 1918 to 1919
** "Stuttgart": Converted "Stettin" class cruiser in service from 1918 to 1919
** "Krischan": Light tug type seaplane tender in service from 1934 and sunk in 1944
** "Gunther Pluschow": Light tug type seaplane tender in service from 1935 to 1945
** "Bernhard von Tschirschky": Light tug type seaplane tender in service from 1935 and sunk in 1944
** "Hans Rolshoven": Light tug type seaplane tender in service from 1938 and sunk in 1944
** "Greif": Light tug type seaplane tender in service from 1937 to 1945
** "Sperber": Light seaplane tender in service from 1938 to 1949
** "Ostmark": Light seaplane tender in service from 1939 and sunk in 1940
** "Schwabenland": Converted merchant type seaplane tender in service from 1939 to 1945
** "Friesenland": Seaplane tender in service from 1939 to 1945
** "Karl Meyer": "Karl Meyer" class seaplane tender in service from 1940 and sunk in 1944
** "Westfalen": Converted merchant type seaplane tender in service from 1940 and sunk in 1944
** "Max Stinsky": "Karl Meyer" class seaplane tender in service from 1941 to 1944
** "Imelmann": "Karl Meyer" class seaplane tender in service from 1941 to 1944
** "Boelke": "Karl Meyer" class seaplane tender in service from 1942 and sunk in 1945
** "Hans Albrecht Wedel": "Hans Albrecht Wedel" class light seaplane tender in service from 1941 and sunk in 1945
** "Bussard": "Bussard" class light seaplane tender in service from 1942 to 1945
** "Falke": "Bussard" class light seaplane tender in service from 1942 to 1946

Planned:
* Planned aircraft carriers which did not enter service:
** "Graf Zeppelin": "Graf Zeppelin" class carrier cancelled during fitting out
** "Flugzeugträger" B: "Graf Zeppelin" class carrier cancelled during construction
** "Seydlitz": Converted "Admiral Hipper" class cruiser cancelled during conversion

* Planned seaplane tenders which did not enter service:
** "Roon": Converted armored cruiser cancelled during conversion in 1917
** "Richtofen": "Hans Albrecht Wedel" class light seaplane tender cancelled during fitting out in 1942
** "Hermann Kohl": "Hans Albrecht Wedel" class light seaplane tender cancelled during fitting out in 1942

India

Active:
* Aircraft carriers:
** "Viraat": "Centaur" class carrier in service since 1987

Planned:
* Aircraft carriers:
** "Vikramaditya": Modified "Kiev" class carrier planned to enter service in 2010

* Development program:
** "Vikrant" class aircraft carrier (Indigenous Aircraft Carrier): 37,500 ton aircraft carrier. It is being built at Cochin SY, southern India, and is expected to enter service in 2011. There will be two built as of 2007.

Retired:
* Aircraft carriers:
** "Vikrant": "Majestic" class carrier in service from 1961 to 1997 and currently a museum ship

Italy

Active:
* "Giuseppe Garibaldi" (551) (1983) - Current fleet flagship

Planned:
* ""Cavour" (550)" (formerly named "Andrea Doria") undergoing trials, will be new fleet flagship

Retired:
* "Sparviero" (1927) (converted liner "Augustus", not completed as carrier) - Sunk 5 October 1944
* "Aquila" (1926) (converted liner "Roma") - BU 1951-1952
* "Giuseppe Miraglia" (1923) (seaplane carrier) - BU 1950
* "Europa" (1895) (merchantman converted to seaplane carrier) - Stricken 1920----

Japan

Retired:
* "Akagi" (1927) - sunk, Battle of Midway, June 1942
* "Amagi" (1944) - used as anti-aircraft platform and sunk in July 1945
* "Chitose" - seaplane tender from 1934 to 1942, rebuilt as light carrier and sunk at Battle of Leyte Gulf in October 1944
* "Chiyoda" - sunk at Battle of Leyte Gulf, October 1944
* "Chuyo" (1942) - sunk by U.S. submarine "Sailfish", December 1943
* "Hiyō" (1939) - sunk, Battle of Philippine Sea, June 1944
* "Hiryū" (1937) - sunk, Battle of Midway, June 1942
* "Hōshō" (1919) - decommissioned 1946
* "Junyō" (1942) - damaged during Battle of Philippine Sea, June 1944. Never repaired; scrapped postwar.
* "Kaga" (1920) - sunk, Battle of Midway, June 1942
* "Kaiyo" (1943) - disabled by Task Force 57 (British Pacific Fleet) aircraft July 1945 and scrapped postwar
* "Katsuragi" (1944) - used as transport to repatriate Japanese troops postwar and then scrapped
* "Ryuho" (1942) - damaged at Kure by U.S. air raid March 1945 and scrapped postwar
* "Ryūjō" (1933) - sunk, Battle of the Eastern Solomons, August 1942
* "Shinano" (1944) - sunk by U.S. submarine "Archerfish", November 1944
* "Shinyo" (1943) - sunk by U.S. submarine "Spadefish", November 1944
* "Shōhō" (1942) - sunk, Battle of the Coral Sea, May 1942
* "Shōkaku" (1941) - sunk, Battle of Philippine Sea, June 1944
* "Sōryū" (1934) - sunk, Battle of Midway, June 1942
* "Taihō" (1944) - sunk, Battle of Philippine Sea, June 1944
* "Taiyō" (1941) - sunk by U.S. submarine "Rasher", August 1944
* "Unryū" (1944) - sunk by U.S. submarine "Redfish", December 1944
* "Unyo" (1942) - sunk by U.S. submarine "Barb", September 1944
* "Zuihō" (1940) - sunk, Battle of Leyte Gulf, October 1944
* "Zuikaku" (1941) - sunk, Battle of Leyte Gulf, October 1944

Only "Hōshō", "Junyō", "Katsuragi", "Kaiyo," and "Ryuho" survived the war and these were scrapped by 1948.

Planned:
* "Aso" 4th unit of Unryu class
* "Ibuki" Heavy cruiser conversion; scrapped postwar
* "Ikoma" 5th unit of Unryu class
* "Kasagi" 6th unit of Unryu class----

Netherlands

Retired:
* Hr.Ms. "Karel Doorman" (ex-British HMS "Venerable", purchased 1948) - Sold to Argentina 1968 and renamed "Veinticinco de Mayo", BU
* Hr.Ms. "Karel Doorman" (ex-British "Nairana", transferred 1946) - Returned to Royal Navy for disposal in 1948 and replaced by HMS "Venerable"----

Russia

* See list of aircraft carriers of Russia and the Soviet Union----

Spain

Active:
* "Principe de Asturias": 17,000 ton STOVL carrier in active service, commissioned 30 May 1982.

Planned:
* Juan Carlos I (LHD1): 27,000 ton, expected in 2008

Retired:
* "Dédalo" - 11,700 ton "Independence" class light carrier, ex-USS "Cabot", in service 1967 through August 1989.
* "Dedalo" 9,900 ton ex-German cargo ship "Neuenfels" 1901, transferred to Spain 1921, converted to seaplane carrier 1922. Scrapped 1 March 1940----

Thailand

Active:
* HTMS "Chakri Naruebet" (1996)----

Ukraine

Retired:
* "Varyag"----

United Kingdom

"excludes escort carriers built during WW2 by US yards"

Active

* "Invincible" class
** "Illustrious" (1982)
** "Ark Royal" (1985)

Planned

* "Queen Elizabeth" class - supercarrier, CTOL/STOVL ships of 65,000-75,000 tonnes
** HMS "Queen Elizabeth" (2014)
** HMS "Prince of Wales" (2016)

In reserve

*"Invincible class
** HMS "Invincible" (1977)

Former

* "Argus" (1916)
* "Furious" (1916)
* "Glorious" class
** "Glorious" (1916)
** "Courageous" (1916)
* "Vindictive" (1918) - converted to cruiser 1925
* "Eagle" (1918)
* "Hermes" (1923) - first purpose-designed aircraft carrier
* "Ark Royal" (1938)
* "Unicorn" fleet maintenance carrier (1943)
* "Illustrious" class
** "Illustrious" (1939)
** "Formidable" (1939)
** "Victorious" (1939)
* "Indomitable" (1940)
* "Implacable" class
** "Implacable" (1942)
** "Indefatigable" (1942)
* "Audacious" class
** "Eagle" (ex-"Audacious") (1946)
** "Ark Royal" (ex-"Irresistible") (1950)
** "Eagle" - cancelled
** "Africa" - to Malta class then cancelled
* "Colossus" class
** "Colossus" (1943), to France 1946 as "Arromanches"
** "Glory" (1943)
** "Ocean"
** "Theseus" (1944)
** "Triumph" (1944)
** "Venerable" - to Netherlands 1948 as "Karel Doorman", to Argentina 1968 as "Veinticinco de Mayo"
** "Vengeance" (1944) - to Brazil 1956 as renamed "Minas Gerais"
** "Warrior" (1944) - to Canada 1946-1948, to Argentina 1958 as "Independencia"
** "Perseus" (1944)
** "Pioneer" (1944)
* "Majestic" class
** "Majestic" (1945) - to Australia 1955 as "Melbourne"
** "Hercules" (1945) - to India 1957 as "Vikrant"
** "Leviathan" (1945) - was never completed
** "Magnificent" - sold to Canada as HMCS "Magnificent"
** "Powerful" (1945) - to Canada 1952 as "Bonaventure"
** "Terrible" (1944) - to Australia in 1948 as "Sydney"
* "Centaur" class
** "Centaur" (1947)
** "Albion" (1947)
** "Bulwark" (1948)
** "Hermes" (ex-"Elephant") (1953), to India 1986 as "Viraat"
** "Hermes" - cancelled
** "Arrogant" - cancelled
** "Monmouth" - cancelled
** "Polyphemus" - cancelled
* "Malta" class - cancelled 1946
**"Malta"
**"New Zealand"
**"Gibraltar"
**"Africa"
* "Queen Elizabeth" class - cancelled 1966
**"Queen Elizabeth"
**"Duke of Edinburgh"
* "Invincible" class
** "Invincible" (1977)----

United States

* See list of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy
* See list of aircraft carrier classes of the United States Navy
* See list of escort aircraft carriers of the United States Navy----

References

* [http://www.hazegray.org/navhist/carriers/ Haze Gray & Underway World Aircraft Carrier Lists]
*Warrilow, Betty. "Nabob, the first Canadian-manned aircraft carrier" Owen Sound, Ont. : Escort Carriers Association, 1989.
*Chesneau, Roger. "Aircraft Carriers of the World, 1914 to the Present. An Illustrated Encyclopedia" Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0 87021-902-2


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