HMCS Bonaventure information

	HMCS Bonaventure in 1961
History
Canada
Name	Bonaventure
Namesake	Bonaventure Island
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)
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
General characteristics
Class and type	Majestic-class aircraft carrier
Displacement	normal: 16,000 long tons (16,257 t); full load: 20,000 long tons (20,321 t);
Length	waterline: 629.9 ft (192.0 m); flight deck: 704 ft (215 m);
Beam	79.9 ft (24.4 m); deck width: 112.5 ft (34.3 m);
Draught	24.5 ft (7.5 m)
Propulsion	Parsons single-reduction geared steam turbines, four Admiralty 3-drum type 350 psi (2.4 MPa) boilers, two shafts; 40,000 hp (30,000 kW)
Speed	24.5 knots (45.4 km/h)
Complement	1,200 (1,370 war)
Sensors and ; processing systems	AN/SPS-10 surface search; AN/SPS-12 air search; AN/SPS-8 height finder;
Armament	4 × 3 in (76 mm) 50 twin-mounted guns; 8 × Bofors 40 mm guns;
Aircraft carried	34 including 16x McDonnell F2H-3 Banshee jet fighters; Grumman CS2F Tracker ASW; Sikorsky HO4S ASW helicopters; Sikorsky CHSS-2 Sea King ASW helicopter;

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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[FOOTNOTEArbuckle198714-1] Arbuckle 1987, p. 14.

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History
HMCS Bonaventure in 1961
Canada
Name	Bonaventure
Namesake	Bonaventure Island
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
Displacement	normal: 16,000 long tons (16,257 t) full load: 20,000 long tons (20,321 t)
Length	waterline: 629.9 ft (192.0 m) flight deck: 704 ft (215 m)
Beam	79.9 ft (24.4 m) deck width: 112.5 ft (34.3 m)
Draught	24.5 ft (7.5 m)
Propulsion	Parsons single-reduction geared steam turbines, four Admiralty 3-drum type 350 psi (2.4 MPa) boilers, two shafts; 40,000 hp (30,000 kW)
Speed	24.5 knots (45.4 km/h)
Complement	1,200 (1,370 war)
Sensors and processing systems	AN/SPS-10 surface search AN/SPS-12 air search^{[note 3]} AN/SPS-8 height finder
Armament	4 × 3 in (76 mm) 50 twin-mounted guns^{[note 4]} 8 × Bofors 40 mm guns
Aircraft carried	34 including 16x McDonnell F2H-3 Banshee jet fighters^{[note 1]} Grumman CS2F Tracker ASW Sikorsky HO4S ASW helicopters Sikorsky CHSS-2 Sea King ASW helicopter^{[note 2]}