Career
Laid down:	July 1943
Launched:	November 1944
Commissioned:	1946
Status:	decomissioned 1956
General characteristics
Displacement:	14,224 tons
Length:	695 feet
Beam:	80 feet
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HMCS Magnificent was an aircraft carrier of the Royal Canadian Navy, in service from 1946 to 1956. Image File history File links HMCS_MAGNIFICENT.jpg HMCS Magnificant Dept. ... Royal Canadian Navy jack, adapted from Flags of the World. ... 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... An aircraft carrier is a warship whose main role is to deploy and recover aircraft—in effect acting as a sea-going airbase. ... The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) was the navy of Canada from 1911 until 1968 when the three branches of the Canadian military were merged into the Canadian Armed Forces. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The third ship of the Majestic Class, she was built by Harland and Wolff, laid down 29 July 1943 and launched 16 November 1944. Purchased from the Royal Navy to replace Warrior, she served in a variety of roles, operating both fixed and rotary-wing aircraft. She was generally referred to as the Maggie. The Majestic-class were initially intended to be part of the Colossus-class, but were instead built to a modified design, still based on the Colossus-class. ... Harland and Wolff Heavy Industries began as a shipyard located in Belfast, Northern Ireland. ... July 29 is the 210th day (211th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 155 days remaining. ... 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ... November 16 is the 320th day of the year (321st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 45 days remaining. ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the senior service of the British armed services, being the oldest of its three branches. ... HMS Warrior (R31) (later CVL20) was a Colossus-class aircraft carrier, of the Royal Navy. ... A helicopter is an aircraft which is lifted and propelled by one or more large horizontal rotors (propellers). ... An aircraft is any machine capable of atmospheric flight. ...

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. She was replaced by Bonaventure. Combatants Israel, France, United Kingdom Egypt Commanders General Sir Charles Keightley (C-in-C), Vice-Admiral Pierre Barjot (Deputy) Gamal Abdel Nasser Strength 45,000 British, 34,000 French, 175,000 Israeli 300,000 Egyptians Casualties 200 Israelis, 107 British, 43 French dead or wounded Military: 1,650 dead, 4... Norwegian Blue Helmet during the Siege of Sarajevo, 1992 - 1993, photo by Mikhail Evstafiev. ... HMCS Bonaventure was the last aircraft carrier in the Royal Canadian Navy. ...