Re: RE: Canadian Military
Well we did have 2 of those until (and a little after) the Korean war (The first one was The Canada I believe, the second one was The Bonaventure). We scraped them, mostly due to the fact that they were built during the 2nd WW and were getting obsolete but also to "accomodate" our southern neighbor. Kinda like we did when we scrapped the Avro Arrow.
Edit: The Bonaventure we bought from the Royal Navy was originaly the HMS Powerful. The others were on loan.
They were light escort AC.
All in all Canada had 5 AC under it's command in it's naval history:
HMCS Bonaventure (1945, ex-British HMS Powerful) - Retired 1970
HMCS Magnificent (1944) - Returned to Britain 14 June 1957
HMCS Warrior (1944) - Returned to Britain 1948, sold to Argentina 1958 and renamed Independencia
HMCS Puncher (1943)
HMCS Nabob (1943)
The Puncher and Nabob where escort carrier (not more than converted cargo with a flight deck).
The Gunslinger said:I'll be happy when we get some aircraft carriers, and not a moment before!
But alas, the very definition of a pipedream...
Well we did have 2 of those until (and a little after) the Korean war (The first one was The Canada I believe, the second one was The Bonaventure). We scraped them, mostly due to the fact that they were built during the 2nd WW and were getting obsolete but also to "accomodate" our southern neighbor. Kinda like we did when we scrapped the Avro Arrow.
Edit: The Bonaventure we bought from the Royal Navy was originaly the HMS Powerful. The others were on loan.
They were light escort AC.
All in all Canada had 5 AC under it's command in it's naval history:
HMCS Bonaventure (1945, ex-British HMS Powerful) - Retired 1970
HMCS Magnificent (1944) - Returned to Britain 14 June 1957
HMCS Warrior (1944) - Returned to Britain 1948, sold to Argentina 1958 and renamed Independencia
HMCS Puncher (1943)
HMCS Nabob (1943)
The Puncher and Nabob where escort carrier (not more than converted cargo with a flight deck).