_underway_1961.jpeg) HMCS Bonaventure in 1961
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| History | |
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 Canada | |
| Name | Bonaventure |
| Namesake | Saint Bonaventure |
| Builder | Harland & Wolff, Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Laid down | 27 November 1943 |
| Launched | 27 February 1945 |
| Acquired | 23 April 1952 |
| Commissioned | 17 January 1957 |
| Decommissioned | 3 July 1970 |
| Homeport | Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| Motto | Nos toz seus (Not for us alone)[1] |
| Nickname(s) | "Bonnie" |
| Fate | Broken up in Taiwan 1971 |
| Badge | On a field barry wavy of ten argent and azure a horseshoe with base or in which a wyvern wings displayed gules gorged with a coronet of Canada[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Majestic-class aircraft carrier |
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| Draught | 24.5 ft (7.5 m) |
| Propulsion | Parsons single-reduction geared steam turbines, four Admiralty 3-drum type 350 psi (2,400 kPa) boilers, two shafts; 40,000 hp (30,000 kW) |
| Speed | 24.5 knots (45.4 km/h; 28.2 mph) |
| Complement | 1,200 (1,370 war) |
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HMCS Bonaventure was a Majestic-class aircraft carrier, the third and last aircraft carrier in service with Canada's navy. The aircraft carrier was initially ordered for construction by Britain's Royal Navy as HMS Powerful during the Second World War. Following the end of the war, construction on the ship was halted and it was not until 1952 that work began once again, this time to an altered design for the Royal Canadian Navy. The ship entered service in 1957 renamed Bonaventure and, until the vessel's decommissioning in 1970, was involved in major NATO fleet-at-sea patrols and naval exercises and participated in the Cuban Missile Crisis. During her career Bonaventure carried three hull identification numbers, RML 22, RRSM 22 and CVL 22. Following her decommissioning Bonaventure was sold for scrap and broken up in Taiwan.
- ^ a b Arbuckle 1987, p. 14.
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