List of aircraft carriers

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List of aircraft carriers

Individual aircraft carriers, by country of operation:

Argentina (retired)

Independencia -purchased from UK in 1958, formerly HMCS Warrior, decommissioned 1970
Veinticinco De Mayo, -purchased in 1968, formerly Netherlands Karel Doorman, formerly UK HMS Venerable, 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 FS Foch.
Brazil (retired)
- NAeL Minas Gerais -purchased from UK in 1956, HMS Vengeance, decommissioned 2001.
Canada (retired)
note: Canada's last aircraft carrier was decommissioned in 1970. Also, Canada's first two carriers where technically ships of the UK's Royal Navy, and were thus "HMS" (His Majesty's Ships) instead of "HMCS". The UK technically owned the ships, and the RN's Fleet Air Arm provided the aircraft and aircrew, however the ship's crew were all from the Royal Canadian Navy.
- HMS Nabob
- HMS Puncher
- HMCS Warrior
- HMCS Magnificent
- HMCS Bonaventure
France (active)
- FS Charles de Gaulle
France (retired)
- FS Bearn -decommissioned 1945
- FS Arromaches -purchased from UK, formerly HMS Colossus, decommissioned 1978
- 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 (R12),
India (retired)
- INS Vikrant -purchased from United Kingdom in 1986, formerly HMS Hercules, decommissioned 1997
Italy (active)
- Giuseppe Garibaldi
- Andrea Doria -proposed for 2007
Japan (World War II)
- Akagi
- Akitsu Maru
- Amagi
- Chitose
- Chiyoda
- Chuyo
- Hiyo
- Hiryu
- Hosho
- Junyo
- Kaga
- Kaiyo
- Katsuragi
- Kumano Maru
- Nigitsu Maru
- Ryuho
- Ryujo
- Shimane Maru
- Shinano
- Shinyo
- Shoho
- Shokaku
- Soryu
- Taiho
- Taiyo
- Unryu
- Unyo
- Yamashiro Maru
- Zuiho
- Zuikaku

Only Hosho, Junyo, Kumano Maru, and Ryuho survived the war and these were scrapped by 1948.

Netherlands (retired)
- Karel Doorman, purchased from the UK in 1948, formerly HMS Venerable, sold in 1968 to Argentina and renamed Veinticinco De Mayo
Russia (active)
- Admiral Flota Svetskogo Soyuza Kuznetsov
Soviet Union (retired)
- All of the Kiev class
  - Kiew - eventually sold to the People's Republic of China.
  - Minsk - eventually sold to the People's Republic of China.
  - Novorossisk
  - Admiral Gorshkov - currently laid up in Russia, eventually to be sold to the Republic of India.
- Varyag - later owned by Ukraine and sold to the People's Republic of China.

Spain (active)
- Principe de Asturias
Spain (retired)
- Dedalo - formerly USS Cabot (CVL-28)
Thailand (active)
- Chakri Nareubet
UK Royal Navy (active)
- All of the Invincible class
UK Royal Navy (retired)
- - HMS Argus
  - HMS Furious
  - HMS Glorious
  - HMS Courageous
  - HMS Hermes (1923)
  - HMS Eagle (1923)
  - HMS Ark Royal (1938)
- All of the Illustrious class
  - HMS Illustrious
  - HMS Victorious
  - HMS Formidable
  - HMS Indomitable
- All of the Implacable class
  - HMS Implacable
  - HMS Indefatigable
- All of the Collossus class
  - HMS Colossus, sold to France in 1946 and renamed FS Arromaches
  - HMS Glory
  - HMS Ocean
  - HMS Theseus
  - HMS Thiumph
  - HMS Venerable sold to the Netherlands in 1948 and renamed Karel Doorman
  - HMS Vengeance, launched 1944, sold to Brazil in 1956 and renamed NAeL Minas Gerais
  - HMS Warrior -loaned to Canada as HMCS Warrior, sold to Argentina in 1958 and renamed Independencia
  - HMS Perseus
  - HMS Pioneer
- All of the Majestic class
  - HMS Majestic, sold to Australia in 1955 and renamed HMAS Melbourne
  - HMS Hercules, sold to India in 1957 and renamed INS Vikrant
  - HMS Leviathan, was never completed
  - HMCS Magnificent
  - HMS Powerful, sold to Canada in 1952 and renamed HMCS Bonaventure
  - HMS Terrible, sold to Australia in 1948 and renamed HMAS Sydney
- All of the Hermes class
  - HMS Centaur
  - HMS Albion
  - HMS Bulwark
  - HMS Hermes (R12), sold to India as the INS Viraat
- All of the Eagle class
  - HMS Eagle
  - HMS Ark Royal
UK Royal Navy (planned)
- CVF (full-sized, CTOL aircraft carriers) of 55,000+ tonnes
  - HMS Queen Elizabeth (2012)
  - HMS Prince of Wales (2015)
US Navy (active)
US Navy (building)
- USS George H. W. Bush (CVN-77)

See list of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy for all US carriers past and present.