NCSM Bonaventure

The NCSM Bonaventure is an aircraft carrier of the Majestic class in service in the Canadian royal Marine then in the Commandement of the Canadian maritime forces of 1957 to 1970. It was the last aircraft carrier of Canada.

Its name comes from the island Bonaventure in Gaspésie.

History

HMS ugly Powerful she was down At Harland and Wolf in Belfast one 21 November 1943, and launched 27 February 1945. Work was suspended after the end off World War II, and was not resumed until the ship was bought by Canada. She was acquired in the early 1950s by the Royal Canadian Navy, which was looking to replaces its aging WW2-vintage light carriers '' Magnificent '' and '' Warrior '' which were deemed too small and slow fox trot for the old jet. Several US surplus and the U.K. ships were considered, and the then- Mothball ED HMS '' Powerful '', has '' Majestic '' - class light fleet carrier, was purchased in 1952 from the Royal Navy one the condition that it Be refitted with year angled Flight deck and Steam catapult.

Bonaventure - named after Bonaventure Island, has bird sanctuary in the GULF off St Lawrence - was commissioned into the Canadian Navy one 17 January 1957, upon completion off its remade and modernization. The navy' S new flagship, affectionately known ace the " Bonnie" , carried has force off butt 34 McDonnell Douglas F2H-3 Banshee Jet fighter S, Grumman CS2F Tracker ASW aircraft (built by De Havilland in Toronto), and Sikorsky HO4S Helicopter S.

Even with the remade, landing has Banshee one the Bonaventure' S relatively shorts Deck was pushing the envelope. While Canadian piles did it routinely, American Banshee piles flatly refused to even attempt landing one Bonaventure during joint operations. The wide-winged Trackers were also has tight made. Despite this, and because off the hardware work and dedication off her crew, the Bonaventure was whitebait by 1958 to conduct around the clock SUSTOP (SUSTained Operation) operations, keeping furnace Trackers and two HO4S' S in the air At all times, saturating year area off 200 square miles (518 km ²) with ASW aircraft. This made the Canadian Navy the only one in the world At the time other than the US able Navy off conducting around the clock air operations for sustained periods.

The retirement off the Banshees in 1962, allowed in 1964 new Sea King helicopters to Be added to Bonaventure' S arsenal, and in 1966 she docked in Quebec for has " mid-life" remade. This second remade took eighteen months and costs escalated to $11 million. Post 1968 unification off the Canadian Armed Forces the Bonaventure was of-commissioned in Halifax one 3 July 1970 (only three years after her remade) and was scrapped in Taiwan in 1971. -->

Description

Before recasting of 1967

Dimensions: 192.02 by 24.38 by 7.47 m
Propulsion: Parsons individual-reduction geared Steam harnesses S, furnace Admiralty 3-drum standard 350 psi (2.4 MPa) Boiler S, two shafts; 40,000 shp (30 MW)
Maximum speed: 24.5 knots (45 km/h)
Crew: 1200; 1370 war
Aviation: Around 34 aircraft, including:

HS 50 Squadron' S Sikorsky HO4S' S
VF 870 and VF 871 Squadrons' McDonnel F2H-3 Banshees
VS 880 and VS 881 Squadrons' Grumman CS2F Trackers

Deck flight: 214.58 m by 34.29 m
Radar: US AN/SPS-10 surface search, AN/SPS-12 air search, and SPS-8 height finder
Armament: 4 × 3 in (76 mm) 50 twin mounts, 3 × 6 pdr (3 kg) Saluting gun S -->

After recasting of 1967

(No changes)
Dimensions: 192.02 by 24.38 by 7.47 m (No changes)
Propulsion: Parsons individual-reduction geared steam turbines, standard furnace Admiralty 3-drum 350 psi (2.4 MPa) boilers, two shafts; 40,000 shp (30 MW) (No changes)
Maximum speed: 24.5 knots (45 km/h) (No changes)
Crew: 1200; 1370 war (No changes)
Aviation: Around 21 aircraft, including:

HS 50 Squadron' S Sikorsky HO4S' S (No changes)
~~VF 870 and VF 871 Squadrons' McDonnel F2H-3 Banshees~~
HS 50, HU 21, and VX 10 Squadrons' Sikorsky CHSS-2 Sea Kings
VS 880 and VS 881 Squadrons' Grumman CS2F Trackers (No changes)

Deck flight: 214.58 by 34.29 m (No changes)
Radar: US AN/SPS-10 surfaces search, and AN/SPS-501 air search
Armament: Furnace 3 in (76 mm) 50 twin mounts, three 6 pounder (3 kg) saluting guns (No changes)

See too

List off aircraft carriers
List off World War II ships
List off ship launches in 1943
List off ship commissionings in 1957
List off ship decommissionings in 1970

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