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Pretty simple title, I think. :D

At the time these carriers were retired from the RN, both of the above nations were in the market for carriers or could conceivably have bought one. Eagle was retired in 1972, which was two years after Canada's HMCS Bonaventure went into retirement. The former Royal Canadian Navy was not happy at all that they had essentially been made into part of the army and lost a lot of its best people in 1969-1972, so I figure its entirely possible that Canada's Department of Defense decides to get something to replace Bonaventure.

Ark Royal was decommissioned in 1978, as Australia's HMAS Melbourne was getting towards retirement itself. Australia was at the time very interested in buying a new carrier and at the time was evaluating which design to choose, and Ark Royal was considerably bigger than any of the designs the Aussies were looking at, and I imagine that since the Brits were gonna scrap the thing, I figure Australia could offer a much lower price for it than any of the other options.

So, how possible is this? I am imagining the two carriers serving their respective navies for another couple decades after the sale, similar to how Hermes continues to serve the Indian Navy.
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