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...
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referred to as Maggie in Canadian service. In 1956, Canada received HMCS Bonaventure and Magnificent returned to the United Kingdom in 1956, where it remained...
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birds, Bonaventure Island is a major tourist destination with boat and island tours from May to October. The aircraft carrier HMCS Bonaventure was named...
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Minas Gerais (Colossus class) Canada HMCS Warrior (Colossus class) HMCS Magnificent (Majestic class) HMCS Bonaventure (Majestic class) France Lafayette class...
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nearly the same time, similar incidents happened on HMCS Crescent at Nanjing, China, and on the carrier HMCS Magnificent in the Caribbean, both of whose captains...
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retirement of the piston-engined Hawker Sea Fury. It operated at sea from HMCS Bonaventure or from shore bases as NORAD interceptor aircraft. Amid a reorientation...
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Canada in March 1957. Later in 1957, the RCN paid off HMCS Magnificent and commissioned HMCS Bonaventure, which was better suited for jet aircraft. She flew...
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United States St. Bonaventure Elementary School, a Catholic elementary school in Toronto, Ontario Canadian aircraft carrier, HMCS Bonaventure (CVL 22) nine...
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off its last remaining cruiser HMCS Aurora, the Navy kept two destroyers donated by the Royal Navy, HMCS Patriot and HMCS Patrician, until they were replaced...
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Magnificent (1944) – sold to Canada as HMCS Magnificent HMS Powerful (1945) – to Canada 1952 as HMCS Bonaventure HMS Terrible (1944) – to Australia in...
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