List of aircraft carriers
List of aircraft carriers
Individual aircraft carriers, by country of operation:
- Argentina (retired)
- Independencia -decommissioned 1970
- Veinticinco De Mayo -decommissioned 1997
- Australia (retired)
- note: Australia's last aircraft carrier was decommissioned in 1982. The current Sydney and Melbourne are guided missile frigates, and the current Albatross is a naval base on land near Nowra.
- HMAS Albatross
- HMAS Sydney
- HMAS Vengeance
- HMAS Melbourne
- Brazil (active)
- São Paulo - purchased from France in 2001, formerly Foch.
- São Paulo - purchased from France in 2001, formerly Foch.
- Brazil (retired)
- Minas Gerais, purchased from UK in 1956, formerly HMS Vengeance, decommissioned 2001.
- Minas Gerais, purchased from UK in 1956, formerly HMS Vengeance, decommissioned 2001.
- Canada (retired)
- note: Canada's last aircraft carrier was decommissioned in 1970.
- HMCS Nabob
- HMCS Puncher
- HMCS Warrior
- HMCS Magnificent
- HMCS Bonaventure
- France (active)
- FS Charles de Gaulle
- FS Charles de Gaulle
- France (retired)
- FS Foch - sold to Brazil in 2001 and renamed São Paulo.
- FS Clemenceau - sold to breakers in 2003
- India (active)
- INS Viraat, purchased from United Kingdom in 1986, formerly HMS Hermes
- INS Viraat, purchased from United Kingdom in 1986, formerly HMS Hermes
- India (retired)
- INS Vikrant -decommissioned 1997
- INS Vikrant -decommissioned 1997
- Italy (active)
- Giuseppe Garibaldi
- Andrea Doria -proposed for 2007
- Japan (World War II)
- Netherlands (retired)
- Karel Doorman 1948-1968
- Karel Doorman 1948-1968
- Russia (active)
- Soviet Union (retired)
- Varyag - later owned by Ukraine and sold to China.
- Varyag - later owned by Ukraine and sold to China.
- Spain (active)
- Spain (retired)
- Dedalo
- Dedalo
- Thailand (active)
- UK Royal Navy (active)
- All of the Invincible class
- HMS Ark Royal (R07)
- HMS Illustrious (R06)
- HMS Invincible (R05)
- All of the Invincible class
- UK Royal Navy (retired)
- HMS Argus
- HMS Furious
- HMS Glorious
- HMS Hermes (1923)
- HMS Hermes (R12), sold to India as the INS Viraat
- HMS Vengeance, launched 1944, sold to Brazil in 1956 and renamed Minas Gerais.
- UK Royal Navy (planned)
- CVF (full-sized, CTOL aircraft carriers)
- HMS Courageous? (2012)
- HMS Glorious? (2015)
- CVF (full-sized, CTOL aircraft carriers)
- US Navy (active)
- USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72)
- USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70)
- USS Constellation (CV-64)
- USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69)
- USS Enterprise (CVN-65)
- USS George Washington (CVN-73)
- USS Harry S Truman (CVN-75)
- USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74)
- USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67)
- USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63)
- USS Nimitz (CVN-68)
- USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71)
- US Navy (under construction)
- US Navy (planned)
