HMCS Bonaventure

HMCS Bonaventure was a Majestic-class aircraft carrier, the third and last aircraft carrier in service with the Royal Canadian 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 resumed 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.

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1957 — 1970  Wikimedia, Wikidata
Bonaventure; CVL 22; HMCS Bonaventure (CVL 22); HMCS Bonaventure, CVL-22; HMS Powerful; NCSM Bonaventure; NCSM Bonaventure (CVL 22)
speed 24.5 knot, mass 16000 tonne, length 192.02 metre, 4 3 inch/50 caliber gun, 8 Bofors 40 mm, 
Majestic-class aircraft carrier, aircraft carrier, Harland and Wolff, Royal Canadian Navy, United Kingdom, 

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Location: KML, Cluster Map, Maps,

1957-01-17T00:00:00Z

1970-07-03T00:00:00Z

1957 — 1970 HMCS Bonaventure

1970-07-03T00:00:00Z

1970-07-03T00:00:00Z

ship decommissioning

1943-11-27T00:00:00Z

1943-11-27T00:00:00Z

keel laying

1957-01-17T00:00:00Z

1957-01-17T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

1943-11-21T00:00:00Z

1943-11-21T00:00:00Z

construction

1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

demolition

1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

World War II Q362

1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Q128160

1945-02-27T00:00:00Z

1945-02-27T00:00:00Z

ship launching

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Frameless

NL-RtSA 4121 304485-01 - Canadees vlootbezoek met het vliegdekschip Bonaventure in Rotterdam, ter hoogte van de Parkkade

Shipbuilding in Belfast, Northern Ireland, November 1944. A28022

HMCS Bonaventure (CVL 22) and USS Newport news (CA-148) at Halifax c1962

McDonnell F2H-3 Banshees in flight over HMCS Bonaventure (CVL 22), in the late 1950s

HMCS Bonaventure's downed Sea King

Majestic class carriers under construction 1944

McDonnell F2H-3 Banshee is positioned on the catapult of HMCS Bonaventure (CVL 22), in 1957

HMCS Bonaventure MIKAN 4821374

Deck view of HMCS Bonaventure (CVL 22) in April 1959

HMCS Bonaventure (CVL 22) underway 1961

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
link	page		Drachinifel page@		Wikidata
commons	image		NL-RtSA 4121 304485-01 - Canadees vlootbezoek met het vliegdekschip Bonaventure in Rotterdam, ter hoogte van de Parkkade		Commons
commons	image		Shipbuilding in Belfast, Northern Ireland, November 1944. A28022		Commons
commons	image		HMCS Bonaventure (CVL 22) and USS Newport news (CA-148) at Halifax c1962		Commons
commons	image		McDonnell F2H-3 Banshees in flight over HMCS Bonaventure (CVL 22), in the late 1950s		Commons
commons	image		HMCS Bonaventure's downed Sea King		Commons
commons	image		Majestic class carriers under construction 1944		Commons
commons	image		McDonnell F2H-3 Banshee is positioned on the catapult of HMCS Bonaventure (CVL 22), in 1957		Commons
commons	image		HMCS Bonaventure MIKAN 4821374		Commons
commons	image		Deck view of HMCS Bonaventure (CVL 22) in April 1959		Commons
commons	image		HMCS Bonaventure (CVL 22) underway 1961		Commons