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	HMCS Bonaventure - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation HMCS Bonaventure (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Bonaventure - named after Bonaventure Island, a bird sanctuary in the Gulf of St. Lawrence - was commissioned into the Canadian Navy on January 17, 1957, upon completion of its refit and modernization.
		Despite this, and because of the hard work and dedication of her crew, the Bonaventure was able by 1958 to conduct around the clock (SUSTOP) operations, keeping four Trackers and two HO4S's in the air at all times, saturating an area of 200 square miles (518 km²) with ASW aircraft.
		With the unification of the Canadian Armed Forces the Bonaventure was de-commissioned in Halifax on July 3 1970 (only three years after her refit) and was scrapped in Taiwan in 1971.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/HMCS-Bonaventure.html (624 words)

	Bonaventure Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Bonaventure Island (officially île Bonaventure) is a 4.16 km² island 3.5 km off the Gaspé coast and 5 km north of Percé Rock.
		Bonaventure Island was one of the first seasonal fishing ports of New France.
		The aircraft carrier HMCS Bonaventure was named after the island.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bonaventure_Island (240 words)

	HMCS Bonaventure (CVL 22) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		HMCS Bonaventure was the last aircraft carrier in the Royal Canadian Navy.
		Bonaventure - named after Bonaventure Island, a bird sanctuary in the Gulf of St. Lawrence - was commissioned into the Canadian Navy on 17 January 1957, upon completion of its refit and modernization.
		With the unification of the Canadian Armed Forces the Bonaventure was de-commissioned in Halifax on 3 July 1970 (only three years after her refit) and was scrapped in Taiwan in 1971.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMCS_Bonaventure (607 words)

	Canadian Navy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		A planned transfer of two aircraft carriers from the Royal Navy, HMCS Warrior and HMCS Magnificent, was slowed, and when Warrior was found to be unsuitable for a North Atlantic winter, she was sent to the west coast and the next year was replaced by Magnificent, with Warrior being given back.
		Canada still had two light cruisers, HMCS Ontario and HMCS Uganda, a number of Tribal class and other destroyers, and a mass of frigates, corvettes, and other ships, the majority of which were mothballed by 1947.
		HMCS Ontario and HMCS Quebec (formerly HMCS Uganda) were scrapped, and Magnificent was paid off, to be replaced by HMCS Bonaventure, a more modern aircraft carrier.
	www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/c/ca/canadian_navy.html (973 words)

	Search Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Bonaventure, Saint Bonaventure or Bonaventura, Saintbŏnand180;evĕn´cher, bōand180;nävāntoo´rä, 1221-74, Italian scholastic theologian, cardinal, Doctor of the Church, called the Seraphic Doctor, b.
		Des P?ers, Bonaventure Des Périers, BonaventurebōnävăNtür´ dā pārēā´, c.1510-1544, French humanist and poet; protégé of Margaret of Navarre.
		Bonaventure Island Bonaventure Island, 21/2 mi (4 km) long and 3/4 mi (1.2 km) wide, off E Que., Canada, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, c.3 mi (5 km) N of Perce Rock.
	www.encyclopedia.com /searchpool.asp?target=HMCS+Bonaventure (511 words)

	Spotlight on Nation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Community of HMCS Bonaventure is a huge, devout nation, renowned for its complete absence of social welfare.
		HMCS Bonaventure's national animal is the penguin, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the quatloo.
		HMCS Bonaventure is ranked 5th in the region and 87,804th in the world for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector.
	www.nationstates.net /cgi-bin/index.cgi/-1/page=display_nation/nation=hmcs_bonaventure (214 words)

	Stories - The Storm
		HMCS Algonquin was part of the escort group, so that ship shared the experience as well.
		HMCS Bonaventure and her four attendant destroyer escorts, the Algonquin, Iroquois, Sioux and Athabaskan, reached Halifax in mid-December, all reporting damage of varying degrees of severity.
		By the time it reached the eastern Atlantic, the Bonaventure was expected to be well to the southwest of Finisterre, and so the storm was not considered too great a threat to the ship.
	www.jproc.ca /r17/storm.html (1817 words)

	HMCS Bonaventure -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		HMCS Bonaventure was the last (A large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for take-offs and landings) aircraft carrier in the (Click link for more info and facts about Royal Canadian Navy) Royal Canadian Navy.
		As HMS Powerful she was laid down at (Click link for more info and facts about Harland and Wolff) Harland and Wolff in (Capital and largest city of Northern Ireland; the center of Protestantism in Northern Ireland) Belfast on 21 November 1943, and launched 27 February 1945.
		In 1964 new (A Viking pirate chief) Sea King helicopters were added to Bonaventure's arsenal, and in 1966 she docked in (The largest province of Canada; a French colony from 1663 to 1759 when it was lost to the British) Quebec for a "mid-life" refit.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/h/hm/hmcs_bonaventure3.htm (612 words)

	Bambooweb: RCN
		HMCS C1 and HMCS C2 spent the first three years of the war patrolling the Pacific, however the lack of German threat saw them reposted to Halifax in 1917.
		A planned transfer of two light aircraft carriers from the Royal Navy, HMCS Warrior and HMCS Magnificent was slowed, and when Warrior was found to be unsuitable for a North Atlantic winter, she was sent to the west coast and the next year was replaced by Magnificent, with Warrior being given back to the RN.
		HMCS Magnificent stopped being used as an active carrier by the mid-1950s and was used as a vehicle transport during Canada's peacekeeping response to the 1958 Suez Crisis before being paid off and replaced by HMCS Bonaventure, a more modern aircraft carrier which was subsequently updated with an angled flight deck.
	www.bambooweb.com /articles/R/C/RCN.html (1847 words)

	HMCS MAGNIFICENT: A View Through the Lens
		HMCS MAGNIFICENT, known as the Maggie to one and all, served in the Royal Canadian Navy from 1948 to 1957.
		A rare picture of HMCS QUEBEC, one of two cruisers to serve with the RCN briefly in the post-war period.
		HMCS HAIDA is pulled alongside for a Replenishment At Sea (RAS).
	www.hazegray.org /navhist/canada/maggie (555 words)

	CONK! Encyclopedia: Canadian_Navy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The sole remaining aircraft carrier, HMCS Bonaventure, was nearing the end of its service life, being a World War II-era vessel.
		The investigation focused on two hatches that were left open during repairs, thus allowing seawater inside while the submarine was on the surface in a period of rough weather, as well as faulty insulation for wires and a panel near the commanding officer's cabin.
		In addition to supporting naval operations, the new ships will be able to transport an army battle group--a capability Canada's navy has lacked since the departure of the light carrier HMCS Magnificent in the late 1950s when she was used as a transport during the Suez Crisis.
	www.conk.com /search/encyclopedia.cgi?q=Canadian_Navy (1787 words)

	Anchor - HMCS Bonaventure (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Along the southernmost part of Point Pleasant Park sits an anchor from the HMCS Bonaventure, an aircraft carrier in the Royal Canadian Navy from January 7, 1957 to July 3, 1970.
		Bonaventure was named after the bird sanctuary in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
		This aircraft carrier was commissioned at Belfast on January 17, 1957 and arrived at Halifax on June 26.
	www.mikecampbell.net /bonaventure.htm (198 words)

	Canadian Warship index, Mac's Navy Links (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		HMCS Athabaskan DDH 282 #2{Gulf} #3{Gulf} #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12 #13 #14 #15
		HMCS Chicoutimi SSK-879 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
		HMCS Summerside MM-711 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
	gwardnet.d2g.com /mac/maccdale (115 words)

	Bonaventure (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Bonaventure, light fleet aircraft carrier purchased 1952, commissioned 17 January 1957 as HMCS Bonaventure, the name of an island bird sanctuary in the Gulf of St Lawrence.
		With the latest equipment, jet fighters, helicopters, and propellor-driven antisubmarine patrol aircraft, it spent its career training air pilots, participating in naval exercises, and patrolling the Canadian coast.
		As an economy measure, the government sold Bonaventure for scrap in 1970, although it could have had another 10 years of usefulness.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /PrinterFriendly.cfm?Params=A1ARTA0000858 (130 words)

	Westin Bonaventure (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		He was destined by his mother for the church, and is said to have received his cognomen of Bonaventura from St Francis of Assisi, who performed on him a miraculous cure.
		Bonaventure Cemetery, in Savannah, Georgia, is located on the site of a plantation originally owned by John Mullryne, whose daughter Mary married Josias Tatnall, Sr.
		The wife of Tatnall's son, Harriet Fenwick Tattnall, was buried on the plantation in 1802.
	www.wwwtln.com /finance/204/westin-bonaventure.html (1467 words)

	HMCS Bonaventure Photos
		The bow of the HMCS Kootenay (as seen from the HMCS Bonaventure) - 1969.
		CP-121 Tracker aircraft landing on the HMCS Bonaventure - 1969.
		CP-121 Tracker landing on the HMCS Bonaventure - 1967.
	www.rcaf-atc.org /photos/photo-54.html (361 words)

	HMCS Bonaventure (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The HMCS Bonaventure was acquired in the early 1950's by the Royal Canadian Navy[?], which was looking to replace its aging WW2-vintage light carriers[?] (HMCS Magnificent[?] and HMCS Warrior[?]) which were deemed too small and slow for the jet age.
		Several surplus US and UK ships were considered, and the then-mothballed[?] HMS Powerful[?] Majestic Class[?] light fleet carrier was purchased in 1952 from the Royal Navy on the condition that it be refitted with a then novel angled flightdeck[?] and steam catapult[?].
		The HMCS Bonaventure - named after an island bird sanctuary in the Gulf of St. Lawrence - was commissioned into the Canadian Navy on January 17, 1957, upon completion of its refit and modernization.
	www.termsdefined.net /hm/hmcs-bonaventure.html (779 words)

	Air Traffic Control - HMCS Bonaventure
		At the Queen’s Island yard of Harland and Wolff Ltd., in Belfast, Northern Ireland, 900 guests were in attendance for the commissioning of HMCS Bonaventure, Canada’s new light fleet aircraft carrier on 17 January 1957.
		The Tracker was purchased for use with the Royal Canadian Navy on board the HMCS Bonaventure.
		HMCS Bonaventure's final launch was on December 12, 1969.
	www.rcaf-atc.org /other/other/other-63.html (546 words)

	Naval Museum of Manitoba - Canadian Naval History
		HMCS MAGNIFICENT - Served With the RCN from 1948 to 1957.
		The successor s name was to have been HMS Powerful, but the RCN decided to rename her BONAVENTURE after the bird sanctuary in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
		Work on this ship had stopped three months after her launching in February, 1945, with the result that when construction resumed in 1952, improvements could be built into her.
	www.naval-museum.mb.ca /ships/carriers.htm (1143 words)

	ReadyAyeReady.com - The Canadian Navy
		The Queen of Hearts encountering a puddle of water was the unnoficial badge of HMCS Westaskiwin.
		Battle honours are awarded to the ship’s name rather than to the hull itself, so that the honour lives on in future ships of the same name, long after the physical embodiment of the names lies several fathoms deep or has met its demise in the breaker’s yard.
		This is why HMCS Bonaventure is proud to display eight such honours, including Barfleur 1692, and HMCS Carleton to honour Lake Champlain 1776.
	www.readyayeready.com /tradition/badges-and-battle-honours.htm (1875 words)

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		September also marked the first carrier landings of the Banshee on the Bonaventure and pilots praised the angled deck, the mirror landing system and also the Safe Flight Indicator recently installed on all squadron Aircraft.
		The 39 in service with the RCN served from 26 November, 1955 to 12 September, 1962, and when shipborn, operated off of HMCS Bonaventure where this one is seen landing.
		Four Banshees of VF-870 (distinguishable by the triangular tail markings) overfly the Aircraft carrier, HMCS Bonaventure in formation.
	www.airforce.dnd.ca /equip/historical/bansheelst_e.asp (654 words)

	HMCS Athabaskan - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation HMCS Athabaskan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		HMCS Athabaskan - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation HMCS Athabaskan.
		HMCS Athabaskan is a name used by three ships of the Canadian Navy.
		*HMCS Athabaskan (R 79), later renumbered (DDE 219), a Tribal Class destroyer commissioned in 1948.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/HMCS-Athabaskan.html (126 words)

	The Ultimate HMCS Magnificent Dog Breeds Information Guide and Reference
		HMCS Magnificent was an aircraft carrier of the Royal Canadian Navy, in service from 1946 to 1956.
		She was built by Harland and Wolff, laid down 29 July 1943 and launched 16 November 1944.
		Her last role was as a transport during the Suez Crisis, carrying a large part of the Canadian peacekeeping force to Egypt, its vehicles parked on her deck.
	www.dogluvers.com /dog_breeds/HMCS_Magnificent (93 words)

	RCN pennant numbers
		The list is not meant to be exhaustive, but only to show typical uses of the pennant numbers.
		Onboard HMCS Labrador for Artic cruise of 1957.
		With HU-21 Detachment (Det) 2 onboard HMCS Labrador for Artic cruise of 1955.
	www.ody.ca /~bwalker/RCN_pennants.htm (212 words)

	ReadyAyeReady.com - The Canadian Navy
		First, the aircraft carrier, HMCS Bonaventure, a 20,000-ton ship, was commissioned in Belfast in 1957 and carries up to 18 CS2F or Tracker aircraft and up to six helicopters.
		The Bonaventure is expected to remain in service until the mid 1970s.
		You will recall that last September while the Bonaventure was on passage to European waters for a NATO exercise she played an important part in an air-sea rescue incident, when an American plane loaded with U.S. servicemen and their dependents went down in the Atlantic off Ireland.
	www.readyayeready.com /timeline/1960s/rcn-in-1963/part04.htm (1410 words)

	HMCS Bonaventure (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In 1964 then new Sea King helicopters were added to Bonaventure's arsenal, and in 1966 she docked in Quebec for a "mid-life" refit.
		With the unification of the Canadian Armed Forces[?] the Bonaventure was de-commissioned in 1970 (only three years after her refit) and eventually scrapped - the last aircraft carrier to operate with the Royal Canadian Navy.
		It uses material from the wikipedia article HMCS Bonaventure.
	www.eurofreehost.com /hm/HMCS_Bonaventure_2.html (347 words)

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