HMS Hermes served with distinction in the conflict ... She is the last of the Centaur-class carriers and is the longest-serving aircraft carrier in the world. For more than a decade she served ...

It served on HMS Illustrious, HMS Centaur and later went to Trinidad where it served with the survey vessel HMS Vidal. In 1960, it returned to England to 700 Squadron at Yoevilton, and finally to ...