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	HMCS Magnificent (CVL 21) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		HMCS Magnificent was an aircraft carrier of the Royal Canadian Navy, in service from 1946 to 1956.
		Purchased from the Royal Navy to replace HMCS Warrior, she served in a variety of roles, operating both fixed and rotary-wing aircraft.
		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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMCS_Magnificent (159 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: HMCS Haida (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		HMCS Haida (G-63) is the most famous ship in the Royal Canadian Navy, having sunk more enemy surface tonnage than any other Canadian ship.
		HMCS Haida (G63) is the most famous ship in the Royal Canadian Navy, having sunk more enemy surface tonnage than any other Canadian ship.
		HMCS Haida (G-63) is the most famous ship in the Royal Canadian Navy, having sunk more enemy surface tonnage than any other Canadian (A vessel that carries passengers or freight) ship.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/HMCS-Haida (409 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Royal Canadian Navy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		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.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Royal-Canadian-Navy (5455 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)

	North Luffenham - Canada to England - Assorted Sources
		At Norfolk, the US Navy lent a hand by loading the aircraft onto the HMCS Magnificent at which time she sailed for the Halifax to pick up 410 Squadron aircrew and groundcrew personnel, and then onwards to the UK, arriving at Glasgow, Scotland on November 13th, 1951.
		A 410 Squadron Sabre is hoisted aboard the HMCS Magnificant at Norfolk Virginia - October 1951.
		A 410 Squadron Sabre is hoisted aboard the HMCS Magnificent at dockside in Norfolk, Virginia - October 1951.
	www.marville.org /other/maother-67b.html (1657 words)

	The Naval Museum of Alberta
		The Sea Fury flying off HMCS Magnificent; one of a total of 75 Sea Furys which served with the Royal Canadian Navy between 1948 and 1956.
		FZ 425 was deployed on board HMCS Warrior until August 1947 when it was transferred to the Training Air Group in Dartmouth, N.S. It was retired from service upon arrival of the Sea Furys in 1949.
		In 1960, it was relocated to HMCS Tecumseh, Calgary's naval reserve division.
	www.navalmuseum.ab.ca /Aircraft/NavalAircraft.htm (364 words)

	HMCS Bonaventure
		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.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/hm/HMCS_Bonaventure.html (501 words)

	Naval Museum of Manitoba - Canadian Naval History
		HMCS MAGNIFICENT - Served With the RCN from 1948 to 1957.
		WARRIOR was finally commissioned at Belfast on January 24, 1946, arriving at Halifax on March 31 with the Seafires and Fireflies of 803 and 825 Squadrons.
		WARRIOR accordingly returned to the East coast in February 1947, where she was engaged most of the year in sea training and, latterly, in preparations for her return to the RN.
	www.naval-museum.mb.ca /ships/carriers.htm (1143 words)

	Maccdale index; Mac's Navy Links [The Mirror Site] - a naval photography page.
		HMCS Athabaskan DDH 282 #2{Gulf} #3{Gulf} #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12
		HMCS Charlottetown FFH-339 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12
		HMCS Cormorant AXSL-20 #2 #3 Circa 1980 with Algonquin
	www.geocities.com /Pentagon/4042 (205 words)

	HMCS
		HMCS Rainbow, which the Canadian Navy purchased from the Royal Navy in 1910, was the first ship to include this designation in her name.
		Five crewmembers from HMCS Regina made a small footnote in history when they boarded the Chinese warship Harbin during a cooperative exercise with the Canadian warship.
		HMCS Regina stopped in Chinhae, Republic of [South] Korea (ROK) from Aug. 25 to 29 for its fourth stop during Westploy, a diplomatic deployment to Northeast Asia.
	www.measuroo.com /Acr-H/HMCS.php (209 words)

	Shearwater Aviation Museum
		In March 1948, HMCS Warrior was paid off and replaced by HMCS Magnificent, which arrived with the first batch of Hawker Sea Fury aircraft to replace the obsolete Seafires on 803 and 883 Squadrons.
		The first version of the Tracker, the CS2F-1, was delivered to VS 881 in February 1957 and the squadron embarked in the newly arrived aircraft carrier H.M.C.S. Bonaventure in September 1957.
		With the demise of H.M.C.S. Bonaventure as an aircraft carrier in 1968 the Tracker was re-rolled as a land based maritime reconnaissance aircraft and VS 880 was redesignated a Maritime Reconnaissance squadron, MR 880.
	www.shearwateraviationmuseum.ns.ca /history/rcn.htm (1215 words)

	North Luffenham - Canada to England - Assorted Sources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		It is October 1951 and the HMCS Magnificent takes on a cargo of RCAF F-86 Sabre Mk 2 aircraft at Norfolk Virginia - destination Europe.
		This vessel is identified as the HMCS Magnificent.
		Comparison to other available photos of the HMCS Magnificent on the Internet verify this to be the case.
	www.marville.org /other/maother-67h.html (437 words)

	THE CANADIAN MEDICAL EXPEDITION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		HMCS Cape Scott is the first repair ship for fleet support to be commissioned in the RCN, This ceremony took place at Halifax on January 28, 1959.
		She was used to provide a limited amount of training to naval technical apprentices from HMCS Cape Breton, a sister ship, which lay alongside her in Halifax and served as the technical apprentice training establishment.
		Commander Charles Anthony (Tony) Law was born in London, England, in 1916, the son of a permanent force army officer, Major A.S.Law, RCR, and the former Maude Audette, of Ottawa, daughter of the Hon.Justice Audette of the Exchequer Court.
	www.alsindependence.com /The_Canadian_Medical_Expedition_to_Easter_Island.htm (2079 words)

	Royal Canadian Navy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It was in Esquimalt and Victoria that the only active use of the RNCVR took place, with the reserve being tasked to help man the Rainbow, C1, and C2.
		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 1956 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.
		The RCNAS used stations at HMCS Shearwater and HMCS Patricia Bay to operate carrier-based fighter aircraft (including the British propeller-driven Seafire (a naval derivative of the famous Spitfire) and Sea Fury and the American F2H Banshee, the RCN's only jet fighter) as well as coastal patrol aircraft.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Royal_Canadian_Navy (2275 words)

	Light Fleet Carriers
		HMCS WARRIOR served in the RCN from 1946 to 1948 while on loan from the Royal Navy.
		When it was determined that she was not suited for conditions on the North Atlantic, she was transferred to the West Coast and served her remaining time with the RCN there.
		HMCS MAGNIFICENT (" Maggie") replaced WARRIOR and was borrowed from the Royal Navy between the years of 1948 and 1957.
	www.hazegray.org /navhist/canada/postwar/carriers (940 words)

	About Myself.
		I then spent the better part of the next ten years on board the HMCS Magnificent.
		HMCS Magnificent was replaced by the HMCS Bonaventure.
		Four TBM Avengers From HMCS Magnificent in formation east of the Pannama Cannel.
	gordonvolker.tripod.com /id14.html (764 words)

	hmcs avalon -- hmcs avalon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		hmcs yukon hmcs star nitrous oxide and oxygen delivering systems hmcs matane hmc grinding tools hmcs avalon putting textbooks to the test enc focus enc 1102 18 years defending keeper passing pieces set...
		HMCS Quadra...................Main Gate...outside* 250-339-9002..HMCS Quadra...................Main Gate...outside 250-339-9063..HMCS Quadra...................Main Gate...outside *250-339-9006...
		On September 13, 1942, then Sub-Lieutenant Jenson was the 21-year-old gunnery and signals officer onboard HMCS Ottawa when she was torpedoed and sunk while on convoy escort duty in the North Atlantic...
	www.learnavalon.com /hmcsavalon (2090 words)

	History of the Canadian Navy - Encyclopedia FunTrivia
		HMC Ships Fraser and Restigouche as well as HMS Calcutta made a hasty retreat from the port after taking on almost 20,000 civilians and servicemen but German tanks on the waterfront quickly ended the evacuation.
		HMCS Protecteur, based out of Esquimalt, BC and HMCS Preserver, out of Halifax, NS provide Canada's small but formidable fleet with the flexibility to operate for long periods of time far from home.
		During the Persian Gulf War in 1991, HMCS Protecteur became the lone floating gas station for hundreds of coalition warships patrolling in the Persian Gulf region.
	funtrivia.com /en/subtopics/History-of-the-Canadian-Navy-163194.html (2530 words)

	The Ultimate Canadian Forces Maritime Command - American History Information Guide and Reference
		MARCOM hurriedly modernized and deployed HMCS Terra Nova, a Restigouche-class destroyer-escort, along with HMCS Athabaskan and the supply ship HMCS Protecteur to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Desert Shield and later Operation Desert Storm, where these vessels were involved in escort duties of various coalition naval forces and non-combatants.
		Currently the investigation is focusing on hatches that were improperly closed, thus allowing seawater inside while the sub 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 together 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.historymania.com /american_history/CF_Maritime_Command (1345 words)

	HMS MAGNIFICENT aircraft carrier profile. Aircraft Carrier Database of the Fleet Air Arm Archive 1939-1945
		HMS Magnificent was built by Harland and Wolff, laid down 29 July 1943 and launched 16 November 1944.
		In May 1953, HMCS Magnificent, with 871 and 881 squadrons embarked, represented Canada at the Coronation Review at Spithead.
		Magnificent took part in the Suez crisis in the Middle East in 1956 she arrived in Port Said, Egypt, with a deck load of vehicles and army personnel as Canada's contribution to the UN presence there.
	www.fleetairarmarchive.net /Ships/MAGNIFICENT.html (407 words)

	Q - Royal Canadian Navy World War II
		Commanding Officer of HMCS Moose Jaw (Flower Class Corvette - K164) from 14 February 1942 to 29 August 1943 and Commanding Officer (again) of HMCS Moose Jaw (Flower Class Corvette) from 7 October 1943 to 3 February 1944.
		To HMCS Magnificent as Executive Officer in 1951.
		HMCS MAGNIFICENT (21) CVL, XO, (18.1.51-?) Captain [1.7.52]
	www.rcnvr.com /Q%20-%20RCN%20-%20WW2.php (1207 words)

	Salty Dips Volume 8 - Sneak Preview
		The remarkable achievements of the naval aviation component of the ice breaker HMCS Labrador are described by one of the naval pilots of the Bell helicopters, those little yellow machines which made possible much of the hydrographic survey work conducted in the Arctic by Labrador.
		This account by a young officer in HMCS Skeena describes very well the operational developments associated with the Battle of the Atlantic in the 1943-44 period which gave rise to optimistic hopes of final victory against the U-boats.
		He was in HMCS Levis, the first corvette sunk in 1941; and he was in the frigate HMCS Teme when she was torpedoed and became a constructive total loss in 1945.
	www.noac.ottawa.on.ca /SDipsVol8.htm (1390 words)

	List of aircraft carriers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Magnificent (Canada): (1944) - Returned to Britain 14 June 1957, BU 1960s
		Powerful (UK): 16,000 ton aircraft carrier, not completed during World War II and sold to Canada in the 1950s as the HMCS Bonaventure.
		HMCS Warrior (Canada): (1944) - Returned to Britain 1948, sold to Argentina 1958 and renamed Independencia, BU Wasp (USA): 14,700 ton unique aircraft carrier, commissioned 25 May 1940 through 15 September 1942 when sunk.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/list_of_aircraft_carriers (2626 words)

	Canadian Naval Aviation Photo Archive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Grumman Avenger was a WWII era plane that flew from MAGNIFICENT as an ASW aircraft.
		The Sikorsky H04-S served on both MAGNIFICENT and BONAVENTURE, although on Bonnie in much reduced numbers; one helo was retained after the Sea Kings were acquired for use as a plane guard.
		Note HMC Dockyard in the background, with Maggie and one of the cruisers (presumably) under the bridge.
	www.hazegray.org /navhist/canada/navyair (531 words)

	HMCS MICMAC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Acting as a plane guard for the Canadian aircraft carrier HMCS MAGNIFICENT.
		MAGNIFICENT, the two ships encountered a drifting Dominican passenger vessel, the Gilbert Jr.
		The vessel, with 12 women passengers, a crew of 2 and a load of livestock including a horse was "buttoned on" by MICMAC and towed some 200 miles to Willemstadt, Curaco.
	www.jproc.ca /micmac/214_action_photos.html (161 words)

	U, V - Royal Canadian Navy World War II
		To HMCS York (Toronto) on 10 December 1942 as Command Accounting Officer for Commander Reserve Divisions.
		He was active in the Navy League, the HMCS Sackville restoration from 1982 to 1986 and the reunion.
		This training greatly assisted him after joining the Navy in 1942 at HMCS Star in Hamilton, Ontario and once transferred to Naval Head Quarters in Ottawa where they were learning to track German subs.
	www.rcnvr.com /U-V%20-%20RCN%20-%20WW2.php (1258 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Warships - Destroyer HMCS Haida of the Tribal class
		Other events were the cruises in Northern waters in September 1948 and the grounding of the aircraft carrier HMCS MAGNIFICENT off Port Mouton on the 4th June 1949.
		HAIDA had made a trip to Plymouth, England with MAGNIFICENT in June and when she returned, she was to be prepared for overseas action.
		Reservists from HMCS York, Toronto acted as skeleton crew and she was towed to Toronto by two tugs.
	uboat.net /allies/warships/ship/4441.html (2955 words)

	Naval Museum of Manitoba - Canadian Naval History
		All flew from the Aircraft Carrier HMCS MAGNIFICENT in 871 Squadron.
		The Sea Fury was the last piston engined fighter to be used by the Navy, and one of the best of it's type, showing itself on many occasions to be superior to the more up-to-date enemy jets of the Korean conflict.
		One of 39 purchased from the U.S. Navy in 1955 by Canada to equip two seaborne fighter squadrons on the Aircraft Carrier H.M.C.S. Piasecki HUP.
	www.naval-museum.mb.ca /navalair/index.htm (293 words)

	HMCS MAGNIFICENT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Here is our current member listing for HMCS MAGNIFICENT This website is one of the largest resources for ex forces personnel, veterans, comrades and colleagues on the net and aims to help you find out about old friends or family who served in HMCS MAGNIFICENT.
		Donald Mitchell served in HMCS MAGNIFICENT between 1952 and 1953
		William Moffatt served in HMCS MAGNIFICENT between 1955 and 1955
	www.comradesandcolleagues.com /CANADIAN_NAVY/HMCS_MAGNIFICENT.asp (256 words)

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