HMS Illustrious
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Aircraft carried | Chinook |
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Decommissioned | 28 August 2014 |
Nickname(s) | "Lusty" |
Commissioned | 20 June 1982 |
Refit | 1990s |
Complement | Fleet Air Arm |
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ID | 1412405 |
About HMS Illustrious
HMS Illustrious was a light aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy and the second of three Invincible-class ships constructed in the late 1970s and early 1980s. She was the fifth warship and second aircraft carrier to bear the name Illustrious, and was affectionately known to her crew as "Lusty".