HMS Illustrious

HMS Illustrious is the name of five ships in the British Navy :

• HMS Illustrious (1789) , 74-gun ship of the line launched in 1789
• HMS Illustrious (1803) , 74-gun ship of the line launched in 1803
• HMS Illustrious (1896) , warship the Majestic class, the 1898 to 1919 in service stood
• HMS Illustrious (R87) , aircraft carrier of the Illustrious class that stood from 1940 to 1954 in service
• HMS Illustrious (R06) , an Invincible- class aircraft carrier entered service in 1982

literature

• JJ Colledge, Ben Warlow: Ships of the Royal Navy, The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present . Chatham Publishing, London 2006, ISBN 1-86176-281-X , pp. 170 .