H.M.S. "ARK ROYAL" WWII British Royal Navy Aircraft Carrier Ship 1930s Ad Card

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H.M.S. "ARK ROYAL" WWII British Royal Navy Aircraft Carrier Ship 1930s Ad Card
NOTE:
THESE ARE NOT POSTCARDS
THEY ARE TRADE/ADVERTISING CARDS.
THEY ARE MUCH SMALLER THAN A STANDARD POSTCARD
AND
THERE IS ADVERTISING TEXT ON THE BACK!
THE CARD DIMENSIONS ARE APPROXIMATELY
3 '' x 2 1/2 ''  or  7.5 cm. x 6.2 cm.
THIS IS AN ORIGINAL 1930s TRADE - ADVERTISING CARD
H.M.S."ARK ROYAL"
Aircraft Carrier
Projected under the 1934 estimates, Hypts.
Ark Royal was laid down in 1935 by Canlmell
Laird and completed in October 1938 at a
cost of over Sterling 3,200,000. Two series of
hangars accommodate 60 planes, which are
hoisted to the flight deck, 8U0 feet long, by .
an equipment of three special lifts. Boats
are stowed in embrasures in the ships sides, .
the cranes for handling them being on spon-
sons. The main armament consists of sixteen
4-5-inch guns on high-angle mountings. She
has a speed of 31 knots with 102,000 h.p.,
and a displacement of 22,000 tons. Up-to-
date accommodation is provided for the |
personnel, totalling 1,600. The Ark Royal is
named after the first British aircraft carrier,
a merchant ship converted for carrier duties
early in the Great War, and since renamed
Pegasus,
THE REVERSE SIDE HAS TEXT ABOUT THE IMAGE ON THE FRONT SIDE
SEE IMAGES ABOVE
THE CARD DIMENSIONS ARE APPROXIMATELY
3 '' x 2 1/2 ''  or  7.5 cm. x 6.2 cm.
NOTE:
THE IMAGE ABOVE IS LARGER THAN THE CARD
TO SHOW THE DETAIL.
THIS CARD IS  NOT A MODERN REPRODUCTION
IT IS NOT PERFECT
THERE MAY BE:
SLIGHT PAPER LOSS - SMUDGING - ROUNDED CORNERS - WEAK CORNERS
SEE THE IMAGES ABOVE!
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WE COMBINE SHIPPING
BUY 1 TO 4 TRADE ADVERTISING CARDS AND THE TOTAL TO SHIP IS
BUY 5 TRADE ADVERTISING CARDS AND SHIPPING IS FREE
NOTE:
ON LARGER INTERNATIONAL ORDERS WE MAY REQUIRE REGISTERD
MAIL AND WILL SPLIT THE COST WITH THE BUYER.
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