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#1: 'Lady Lex' found Author: JFFulcrum PostPosted: Sun Oct 21, 2018 2:35 pm
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/wonder/video-wreckage-of-wwii-aircraft-carrier-uss-lexington-found-in-coral-sea/vi-BBK36NK
 
There is an incorrect statement in NatGEO video there: first AC sunked in history was HMS Glorious during Norway invasion year before.

#2: Re: 'Lady Lex' found Author: MörserCarlLocation: Tokyo PostPosted: Sun Oct 28, 2018 5:43 am
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Even before HMS Glorious (sunk 8th June, 1940) there was the sinking by U-29 of HMS Courageous on 17th September, 1939. Courageous was originally a first world war cruiser but converted to a carrier in the period between the two world wars.

#3: Re: 'Lady Lex' found Author: dj PostPosted: Sat Nov 03, 2018 5:59 pm
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Terrible journalism or lack thereof on MSN.com.  Doesn't take much skill to research 2 carriers were sunk before the Coral Sea battle.  First carrier sunk by other carrier based aircraft.  Interesting history about the 2 Royal Navy carriers sunk by Germans.  They spotted Swordfish planes and realized that carrier must be close.



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