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HMS Bonaventure was the lead ship of the Dido-class light cruisers built for the Royal Navy (RN) during the 1930s and during the Second World War.Completed in 1940, Bonaventure was assigned to the Home Fleet and participated in Operation Fish, the evacuation of British wealth from the UK to Canada in July.
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.
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.
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Bonaventure, and another was planned: English ship Bonaventure (1489) was a warship built in 1489, and gone by 1509. English ship Bonaventure (1551) , also known as Edward Bonaventure , was a ship built in 1551 and wrecked in 1556.
The original Dido-class ships HMS Bonaventure, HMS Charybdis, HMS Hermione and HMS Naiad were lost in the war. The survivor, name ship HMS Dido, was put into reserve in 1947 and decommissioned ten years later. HMS Euryalus was the last of the original class to see service, being decommissioned in 1954 and scrapped in 1959.
Ships built in Scotland along the River Clyde — including ships built in Glasgow, ... HMS Bonaventure (31) HMS Bonaventure (F139) HNLMS Borneo; SS Bothnia; MV ...
HMS Bonaventure was an Astraea-class second class cruiser of the Royal Navy, ordered as part of the eight-ship Astraea class under the Naval Defence Act of 1889. She was commissioned for service in 1895, and survived to serve in the First World War .
Pages in category "Royal Navy Submarine Depot Ships" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. ... HMS Bonaventure (F139) C. HMS Cyclops (F31) D ...