HMS Bonaventure (F139)

HMS Bonaventure at anchor in February 1943
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Bonaventure
Builder	Greenock & Grangemouth Dockyard Company Greenock, Scotland Converted at Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company
Launched	27 October 1942
Commissioned	26 January 1943
Recommissioned	22 January 1945
Out of service	Returned to Clan Line on 23 March 1948
Identification	Pennant number F139
Fate	Scrapped from 25 December 1963
Badge	On a Field Barry wavy of 6 white and blue: within a horse shoe inverted Gold, a Griffin red.
General characteristics
Class and type	Cameron-class steamship modified to submarine depot ship
Displacement	10,423 tons later 8,067 tons
Length	487 ft (148 m)
Beam	63 ft (19 m)
Draught	30 ft (9.1 m)
Propulsion	2 x steam triple expansion and exhaust turbine
Speed	16 knots (30 km/h)
Armament	2 × 4 in (102 mm) AA guns 12 × 20 mm (0.79 in) AA guns

HMS Bonaventure was a submarine depot ship of the Royal Navy. She was initially built for civilian service with the Clan Line, but on the outbreak of the Second World War she was requisitioned by the Navy and after being launched, was converted for military service.