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HMS Invincible R05 (wallpaper 3). HMS Invincible R05 ship images wallpaper gallery 3. HMS Invincible R05 ship pictures and images collection 3. Aircraft Carrier Ship. During the journey south from Ascension Island to the Falklands, on 23 April, Invincible locked her Sea Dart system onto a Brazilian Airlines DC10 in mistake for the Argentine Air Force Boeing 707 that had been monitoring the fleet's movements for several days. Task group commander, Rear Admiral "Sandy" Woodward had the previous day sought permission from Commander-in-Chief Admiral Sir John Fieldhouse to shoot down the 707, which had been nicknamed the "burglar," as he believed it could precede a raid launched from the Argentine aircraft carrier ARA Veinticinco de Mayo against his own carriers. Woodward believed he had been given permission to shoot it down as long as it came within a certain distance, and could be positively identified, although he held this belief as a result of a conversation via the Defence Secure Speech System, and had not had this confirmed in writing. As the 707 was no direct threat to the fleet, Woodward ordered its course tracked, and it was reported to him that the plane was on a "direct line running from Durban to Rio de Janeiro". With this in mind, Woodward gave the order "weapons tight," preventing any ship from engaging the plane, and sent a Sea Harrier up to investigate. HMS Invincible R05 (wallpaper 3). HMS Invincible R05 ship images wallpaper gallery 3. HMS Invincible R05 ship pictures and images collection 3. The Harrier pilot reported that "it was a Brazilian Airliner, with all the normal navigation and running lights on." Details of the Harrier interception appeared in the Brazilian press, with passengers "alleged to have been frightened," with Woodward's reply to Fieldhouse's request for details of the incident being "Inconvenience to passengers' underwear regretted unless any of them were Argentinian." The carriers were originally designed as "through-deck cruisers", without the now characteristic ski ramp, with the Sea Harrier FRS Mk1 in mind. During operational tests, however, it was discovered that using the ski ramp provided the Sea Harrier with far better performance, allowing it to carry more fuel and weapons, making it a far more versatile aircraft for fleet defense. The upgrade of the FRS Mk1, the Sea Harrier FRS Mk 2 has been a greatly successful fighter, and will continue to do its job for a few more years. The third of class, HMS Indomitable, was later renamed HMS Ark Royal so as to continue the tradition of having an aircraft carrier in service named Ark Royal. The original Ark Royal was a British galleon of 800 tons built for Sir Walter Raleigh in 1587. She was the flagship of Lord Howard at the battle against the Spanish Armada in 1588. The name Ark Royal was later employed for a British aircraft carrier built in 1937 and sunk in 1941 by the German submarine U81. HMS Invincible R05 (wallpaper 3). HMS Invincible R05 ship images wallpaper gallery 3. HMS Invincible R05 ship pictures and images collection 3.