Princess Margaret launches Illustrious in 1978

Princess Margaret named Illustrious - the second of the Navy's three Invincible-class aircraft carriers - at a ceremony in the Swan Hunter shipyard in Tyneside in 1978.

It was hurriedly deployed and commissioned at sea on 20 June 1982 en route to the Falkland Islands, where it played an important role in the aftermath of the conflict.

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