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World War 2 - Aircraft carriers sunk

Aircraft carriers that sunk (under any circumstances) during hostilities between September 1939 and August 1945. Does not include ships incomplete at time of sinking,
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Royal Navy
Ship
Torpedoed by U-29, September 1939.
Courageous
Sunk by gunfire from Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, June 1940.
Glorious
Torpedoed by U-81, November 1941.
Ark Royal
Torpedoed by U-751, December 1941
Audacity
Sunk by Japanese aircraft, April 1942.
Hermes
Torpedoed by U-73, August 1942.
Eagle
Torpedoed by U-151, November 1942.
Avenger
Sunk by internal explosion of unknown cause, March 1943.
Dasher
United States Navy
Ship
Crippled by Japanese aircraft and later sunk by her escorts, February 1942.
Langley
Sunk at the Battle of the Coral Sea, May 1942.
Lexington
Crippled by Japanese aircraft during the Battle of Midway and later torpedoed and sunk by I-168, June 1942.
Yorktown
Torpedoed by I-19, September 1942.
Wasp
Crippled by Japanese aircraft and later sunk by Japanese destroyers, October 1942.
Hornet
Torpedoed by I-175, November 1943.
Liscome Bay
Torpedoed by U-549, May 1944.
Block Island
Sunk during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, October 1944.
Princeton
Carriers sunk during the Battle off Samar, October 1944.
Gambier Bay
Saint Lo
Crippled by kamikaze aircraft and later sunk by an escort, January 1945.
Ommaney Bay
Sunk by Kamikaze aircraft, February 1945.
Bismarck Sea
Imperial Japanese Navy
Ship
Sunk at the Battle of the Coral Sea, May 1942.
Shōhō
Carriers sunk at the Battle of Midway, June 1942.
Akagi
Kaga
Hiryū
Sōryū
Sunk at the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, August 1942.
Ryūjō
Torpedoed by USS Sailfish, December 1943.
Chuyo
Carriers sunk at the Battle of the Philippine Sea, June 1944.
Hiyō
Shōkaku
Taihō
Torpedoed by USS Barb, September 1944.
Unyō
Carriers sunk at the Battle of Leyte Gulf, October 1944.
Chitose
Chiyoda
Zuihō
Zuikaku
Torpedoed by USS Queenfish, November 1944.
Akitsu Maru
Torpedoed by USS Archerfish, November 1944.
Shinano
Torpedoed by USS Spadefish, November 1944.
Shinyo
Torpedoed by USS Redfish, December 1944.
Unryū
Sunk whilst moored at Kure Harbour, July 1945.
Amagi
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