January 1941: The wreckage of the S-2 40mm Pom-pom mount and a small crane on HMS Illustrious.

(Photo from the collection of P.O. Shipwright Wilfred George Heydon RN
courtesy of Phil Heydon ISM)

 

1944: HMS Unicorn I-72 (bottom), HMS Renown and HMS Illustrious at Trincomalee, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). The
cruiser HMS Ceylon is seen behind the smoke in the center of the photograph.

(Photo from the collection of Edward Failes RN
courtesy of John Failes)

 

HMS Illustrious seen in 1946.

 

HMS Illustrious seen in 1946.

 

HMS Illustrious seen in March 1947.