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The wreck of the HMS Ark Royal

sorry about the quality, this is the only resolution i could find

u/Primary_Steak7271 — 13 hours ago

List of undiscovered or unconfirmed aircraft carrier wrecks post 2

  1. USS Langley (CV-1) (she was converted into a seaplane tender)
  2. USS Princeton (CVL-23)
  3. USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73)
  4. USS Liscome Bay (CVE-56)
  5. USS Block Island (CVE-21)
  6. USS Bismarck Sea (CVE-95)
  7. HMS Biter (sunk as a target)
  8. IJN Shin'yō
  9. IJN Un'yō

honorable mentions

  1. Brazilian aircraft carrier São Paulo (we know where she sank but i don't think the brazilian navy bothered to find the exact spot that she landed on the sea bed)
  2. USS America (CV-66) (The us navy located her wreck shortly ofterusing her as a target but never released any pictures or the wreck coordinates, they only released the sinking coordinates)
u/Primary_Steak7271 — 10 hours ago
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Wreck of the El Qaher. Bernice Troglodytica, Egypt

Built in 1943 as the Z-Class destroyer Myngs R06, she served the Royal Navy until 1955 when she was sold to Egypt and renamed El Qaher.

On May 16th 1970, she was anchored off Bernice Troglodytica Eqypt when she was attacked by Israeli F-4s. She was struck by either 3 or 4 bombs, completely destroying her superstructure and blowing off her smokestack and a 40mm gun mount. She reportedly burned for 55 minutes before sinking, with her bow remaining out of the water. He stern lays as deep as 90 feet.

u/RockTuner — 22 hours ago
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