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List of aircraft carriers in
the Royal Canadian Navy
In the period 1943 - 1970 the Royal Canadian Navy

In the period 1943 - 1970 the Royal Canadian Navy operated 5 aircraft carrier's.
HMCS Warrior: Colossus class light carrier in service from 1946 to 1948; return to Royal Navy
HMCS Bonaventure: Majestic class carrier in service from 1957 to 1970; broken up in Taiwan 1971
HMCS Magnificent: Majestic class carrier in service from 1946 to 1956; return to Royal Navy and stricken
HMS Nabob: Bogue class escort carrier in service from 1943 to 1944; return to US Navy and sold as merchant ship
HMS Puncher: Bogue class escort carrier in service from 1944 to 1946; return to US Navy and sold as merchant ship
MCS Bonaventure (CVL 22)
Majestic class aircraft carrier,
 HMCS Magnificent (CVL 21)
Majestic class light aircraft carrier
 HMS Nabob (D77)
Bogue-class escort aircraft carrier

Photo from Canada's Air Force
Photo from www.navyphotos.co.uk/index3.htm
Photo from www.naval-history.net
Commissioned: 17 January 1957
Decommissioned: 3 July 1970
 Commissioned: 21 March 1948
Decommissioned: 1956
 Commissioned into Canadian Navy:
7 September 1943
Decommissioned: 30 September 1944
     
HMS Puncher (D79)
Bogue-class escort aircraft carrier
 HMS Warrior (R31)
Colossus-class light aircraft carrier
The Royal Canadian Naval Air Service

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Photo from www.navyphotos.co.uk/warrior.htm
The story about
The Royal Canadian Naval Air Service
Commissioned into Canadian Navy:
5 February 1944
Decommissioned: 12 March 1946
 Commissioned to the Royal Canadian Navy 14 March 1946
Decommissioned: 23 March 1948
Aircrafts used by
The Royal Canadian Naval Air Service 1946-1962
Supermarine Seafire XV:
Single-seat carrier-borne fighter, fighter-bomber or tactical reconnais-sance aircraft.
Hawker Sea Fury F.B.X1:
Single-seat carrier-borne fighter bomber.
Avro Anson V:
Twin-engined monoplane.
Lockheed T.33 or Silver Star:
Two-seat jet Trainer.
Grumman Avenger A.S.3:
Three-seat carrier-borne or shore-based anti-submarine strike aircraft.
Grumman Tracker CS2F:
Carrier-based anti-submarine search and attack aircraft.
Bell HTL:
Two-seat General Utility Helicopter.
Sikorsky S-55 (HO4S-3):
Twelve-seat Utility or Anti-submarine Helicopter
Piasecki, or Vertol, Hup-3:
Medical evacuation and light cargo helicopte
Fairey Swordfish:
 Carrier-based torpedo-spotter-reconnaissance aircraft.
Fairey Firefly F.R.1:
Two-seat carrier-borne fighter recon-naissance aircraft.
Fairey Firefly IV:
As for Fairey Firefly F.R.1 with follow-ing changes:–wings clipped;
Fairey Firefly V. (A/S):
Two-seat carrier-borne anti-submarine reconnaissance and strike aircraft.
Supermarine Walrus:
Spotter-reconnaissance amphibian for carrier-borne or catapult duties.
McDonnell Banshee F2H3:
Singleseat jet-propelled fighter. Can-tilever low-wing monoplane.
Beechcraft Expeditor (C.45):
Twin engined light transport. Low-wing cantilever monoplane.
North American Harvard (“T-6”): Two-seat Primary and Advanced Trainer.
 
This report provides detailed information
about the following current topics
A HISTORY OF CANADIAN NAVAL AVIATION 1918-1962
by J. D. F. KEALY and E. C. RUSSELL
The Naval Historical Section Canadian Forces Headquarters Department of National Defence Ottawa 1965		  
HMCS WARRIOR 1946-1948 Page 39
SQUADRONS AND SHORE BASES 1945-1962 Page 47

HMCS MAGNIFICENT 1948-1957 Page 71
HMCS BONAVENTURE Page 99

COMMANDING OFFICERS OF AIRCRAFT CARRIERS AND AIR STATION Page 126

COMMANDING OFFICERS OF AIR GROUPS
Officers Page 128

COMMANDING OFFICERS OF AIR SQUADRONS Page 129

SPECIFICATIONS OF AIRCRAFT CARRIERS Page 133
DETAILS OF RCN AIRCRAFT 1946-1962 Page 134


CHRONOLOGY OF MAIN EVENTS IN CANADIAN NAVAL AVIATION HISTORY 1915-1962 Page 136
     
Main source for this page is
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Canadian_Navy_ships
A HISTORY OF CANADIAN NAVAL AVIATION 1918-1962 by J. D. F. KEALY and E. C. RUSSELL
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