Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ark Royal:
- , the flagship of the English fleet during the Spanish Armada campaign of 1588
- , planned as freighter, built as seaplane carrier during the First World War, renamed Pegasus in 1934
- , British aircraft carrier launched in 1937 which participated in the Second World War and was sunk by a U-boat in 1941
- , an launched in 1950, decommissioned in 1979
- , an , launched in 1981, decommissioned in 2011
Battle honours
- Armada 1588
- Cádiz 1596
- Dardanelles 1915
- Norway 1940
- Spartivento 1940
- Mediterranean 1940–1941
- Bismarck 1941
- Malta Convoys 1941
- Al Faw 2003