Thanks Snowy, I'll get scouring on Youtube later on.

Dago, that scrapyard is awesome!

I love the 4CV.

I've been trying to find a picture that I have seen of some being pushed overboard, so it did happen. Found this in an article too

There was an article on these vehicles in the motoring section of the Daily Telegraph on May 28 1998 (how time flies!). According to this the first trials of using helicopters to lift light vehicles took place in 1957 using 2CV's built by Citroen in Slough of all places. The article states that they subsequently entered service in late 1959 and were based on the commando carriers HMS Bulwark and HMS Albion. Despite being built in Britain, all of the vehicles were right hand drive. A total of 65 were produced for the Admiralty, 35 of which were delivered in 1960 and 30 in 1961 (which conflicts somewhat with the date that the article gives for their entry into service). They were withdrawn from active service in 1964, though some continued to be employed by teh Navy in dockyards. According to the article some that were too worn out for further service were scrapped by being pushed from the carriers into the Indian Ocean

Amazing what you can find on the interweb when you start looking

I also now want one of these, anyone got a nice big gun they can sell me?

i heard that someone found some bren guns in egypt and turrets/tripod things(?) he got the turrets shipped home for £1000 but wasn't allowed the guns they're probs still in the sand somewhere

It's an interesting one. My father in law served on HMS Bulwark, and was an helicopter technician at the time. He remembers well the pickups, and spent some time talking to the chap who did a lot of the research a while back (the guy that wrote the article in 2cvgb handbook, I think, whose dad worked on their development (maybe) ).
My f-i-l is not sure that they were pushed overboard, and said it was more likely that they were left wherever the last port of call was before they returned home. Unfortunately, it wasn't something that stuck in his mind and so can't be sure what actually happened - certainly he remembers them being on his ship, he thought himself lucky that he never had to touch them, and that they took up valuable room in 'his' helicopter bays.

Cheers, Ben