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🇬🇧HMS Ark Royal was decommissioned in March 2011. Four Harrier aircraft take off for the final time. | NextGen PHDefense

During its final voyage in 1978, the crew of the HMS Ark Royal famously used a steam catapult to launch an old piano into the sea as part of a traditional end-of-service celebration. This bizarre stunt served as a morale-boosting ritual, marking the decommissioning of the massive carrier by demonstrating the catapult's power with a final, nonmilitary payload. Credit: AP Archive | History In Pictures