According to information published by Guilherme Wiltgen on February 3, 2023, the former Clemenceau class aircraft carrier Sao Paulo (Foch) was sunk by the Brazilian Navy.
The ship was first commissioned in 1963 by the French Navy and was transferred to Brazil in 2000, where it became the new flagship of the Brazilian Navy.
Despite its designation as the flagship, São Paulo suffered from serviceability issues and was only able to operate for a few months at a time without the need for repairs and maintenance.
On 14 February 2017, the Brazilian Navy announced the ship’s demobilization and decommissioning. In 2021, the carrier was sold to be scrapped, but after Turkey rejected permission to dock, the Brazilian Navy scuttled the ship in the Atlantic Ocean on 3 February 2023, some 350 km off the Brazilian coast in 5,000 meters of water.