HMS Bulwark and HMS Albion were due to be scrapped by the MoD.
Russia is behind schedule in building its Ivan Rogov-class ship, which was laid down at the Zaliv shipyard in Crimea in 2020.
The diving group intend to dive a British cargo vessel that sank in 1941 after vicious German Luftwaffe attacks.
In March 2022, a collection of international teams embarked on an expedition to locate and document the wreck of HMS ...