France Sold a 265-Meter Aircraft Carrier to Brazil in 2000: 23 Years Later, It Sank Along With Everything Still on Board

Once known as the Foch, the carrier had spent decades in French service before being sold to Brazil and renamed São Paulo. The Ship’s Final Voyage Never Reached TurkeyThe São Paulo had been headed for a scrapyard, not the bottom of the Atlantic. the Brazilian navy shows aircraft carrier São Paulo in the Atlantic Ocean. Brazil renamed the Foch São Paulo, but the ship’s second military career was repeatedly disrupted by technical problems. Brazil sank the São Paulo in waters under its jurisdiction about 350 kilometers offshore, where the Atlantic is approximately 5,000 meters deep.