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HMS Bonaventure (31)
HMS Bonaventure 1940 IWM A 1733
Bonaventure at her mooring in 1940
Career (United Kingdom) Royal Navy Ensign
Name: HMS Bonaventure
Builder: Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company (Greenock, Scotland)
Laid down: 30 August 1937
Launched: 19 April 1939
Commissioned: 24 May 1940
Fate: Torpedoed by the Italian submarine Ambra south of Crete, 31 March 1941 (139 lost)
General characteristics
Class & type: Dido-class light cruiser
Displacement: 5,600 long tons (5,700 t) (standard)
6,850 long tons (6,960 t) (full load)
Length: 485 ft (148 m) p.p.
512 ft (156 m) o/a
Beam: 50 ft 6 in (15.39 m)
Draught: 14 ft (4.3 m)
Installed power: 62,000 shp (46,000 kW)
Propulsion: 4 × Parsons geared steam turbines
4 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers
4 × shafts
Speed: 32.25 kn (37.11 mph; 59.73 km/h)
Range: 1,500 mi (1,300 nmi; 2,400 km) at 30 kn (35 mph; 56 km/h)
4,240 mi (3,680 nmi; 6,820 km) at 16 kn (18 mph; 30 km/h)
Capacity: 1,100 short tons (1,000 t) fuel oil
Complement: 480
Armament:

As built :
8 × 5.25 in (133 mm) dual purpose guns (4x2)
1 QF 4-inch gun
8 × 2-pounder pom-pom anti-aircraft guns (2x4)

6 × 21 in (530 mm) torpedo tubes(2x3)
Armour:

Original Configuration:

  • Belt: 3 in (7.6 cm)
  • Deck: 1 in (2.5 cm)
  • Magazines: 2 in (5.1 cm)
  • Bulkheads: 1 in (2.5 cm)
Notes: Pennant number 31

HMS Bonaventure was a Dido-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy. The Bonaventure participated as an escort vessel in Operation Fish, the World War II evacuation of British wealth from the UK to Canada. It was the biggest movement of wealth in history.[1]

References[]

  1. Breuer 2008, p. 62

Coordinates: 33°20′0″N 26°35′0″E / 33.333333°N 26.583333°E / 33.333333; 26.583333


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