HMS Ark Royal : zeal does not rest : 1981-2011 /Alistair Graham and Eric Grove.

"HMS Ark Royal, probably the most famous warship in the world and a name that is intertwined with the 500-hundred year history of the Royal Navy itself from Drake's Armada to the Gulf War. The book tells the story of the fifth ship to bear the name Ark Royal told through the eyes of the twelve Royal Naval Captains who commanded her."--Back cover.