HMS Bonaventure on patrol, 4 October 1940
Career
Built By:	Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. (Greenock, Scotland)
Laid down:	30 August 1937
Launched:	19 April 1939
Commissioned:	24 May 1940
Fate:	Sunk, 31 March 1941 by torpedoes from Italian submarine Ambra, south of Crete (139 lost).
Penant:	31
General Characteristics
Type:	Light (Anti Aircraft) Cruiser
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Dimensions:	485 pp, 512 oa x 50.5 x 14 feet (156 x 15.4 x 4.3 m)
Armament:	Original configuration: 8 x 5.25 in (133 mm) dual guns, 1 x 4 in (102 mm) starshell gun, 2 x 0.5 in MG quadruple guns, 2 x 2 pdr (37 mm/40 mm) pom-poms quad guns, 2 x 21 in (533 mm) triple Torpedo Tubes.
Armour:	Original configuration: Belt: 3 inch, Deck: 1 inch, Magazines: 2 inch, Bulkheads: 1 inch.
Propulsion:	Parsons geared turbines, 4 shafts, 4 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 62,000 shp (46 MW) = 32.25 knots maximum speed
Range:	2,414 km (1,500 miles) at 30 knots, 6,824 (4,240 miles) at 16 knots ; 1,100 tons fuel oil
Complement:	480

HMS Bonaventure was a Dido-class cruiser of the Royal Navy. Due to shortages Bonaventure, Dido and Phoebe were completed without one 5.25 inch gun and had a 4-inch starshell gun instead as its main armament. The Dido class was a class of sixteen (including the Bellona sub-class) light cruisers built for the Royal Navy. ... USS Port Royal, a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser, launched in 1994. ... The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the senior service of the British armed services being the oldest of its three branches. ... HMS Phoebe was a Dido class cruiser of the Royal Navy. ...

She was built by Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. (Greenock, Scotland), with the keel being laid down on the 30 August 1937. She was launched on the 19 April 1939, and commissioned 24 May 1940. Greenock (Grianaig in Scottish Gaelic) is a large burgh and a burgh of barony in the unitary authority region of Inverclyde in western Scotland, forming part of a continuous urban area with Gourock to the west and Port Glasgow to the east. ... Motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (English: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within Europe Scotlands location within the United Kingdom Languages English, Gaelic, Scots Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ... August 30 is the 242nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (243rd in leap years), with 123 days remaining. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... April 19 is the 109th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (110th in leap years). ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... May 24 is the 144th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (145th in leap years). ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ...

History

Bonaventure served initially with the Home Fleet on completion, and escorted WS convoys. While on such duty with WS5a on 25 December 1940, the convoy was attacked by Admiral Hipper, although no damage was incurred or inflicted. The Home Fleet is the traditional name of the fleet of the Royal Navy that protects the United Kingdoms territorial waters. ... December 25 is the 359th day of the year (360th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 6 days remaining. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... Admiral Hipper may refer to: Franz von Hipper (1863–1932), German Admiral who served in World War I. Admiral Hipper, a German heavy cruiser lauched in 1937 that served in World War II. This is a disambiguation page — a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ...

Almost immediately afterwards the ship was ordered to the Mediterranean. On 28 December 1940, Bonaventure intercepted the German blockade runner Baden (8204 tons) off Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands. The German ship was en route from Tenerife to France. A capture was not possible due to the bad weather, so Bonaventure sank the ship with a torpedo. The Mediterranean region. ... December 28 is the 362nd day of the year (363rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 3 days remaining. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... Santa Cruz de Tenerife (2003 population 220,022) is a Spanish city on the island of Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Flag of Tenerife Tenerife (English also Teneriffe), a Spanish island, is the largest of the seven Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa. ...

Bonaventure was a part of Force "F" during the Operation Excess convoy to Malta in January 1941, she was attacked by the Italian torpedo boats Circe and Vega south of Pantelleria, but sank Vega on 10 January 1941. In March she escorted a convoy to Malta and was damaged by near misses while at Malta on 22 March 1941. She then participated in the Greek campaign, but on 31 March 1941, while escorting a convoy from Greece to Alexandria, she was torpedoed and sunk by the Italian submarine Ambra south of Crete with 139 lives lost. Operation Excess was a sequence of supply convoys to Malta, Alexandria and Greece in January 1941. ... A convoy is a group of vehicles or ships traveling together for mutual support. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1941 calendar). ... A torpedo boat is a relatively small and fast naval ship designed to launch torpedoes at larger surface ships. ... Location of Pantelleria. ... January 10 is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1941 calendar). ... 22 March is the 81st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (82nd in Leap years). ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1941 calendar). ... During World War II, Operation Lustre was the dispatch of British, Australian, New Zealand and Polish troops from Egypt to Greece in March and April 1941, in response to the failed Italian invasion and the new German threat revealed through Ultra. ... March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (91st in Leap years), with 275 days remaining. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1941 calendar). ... This article needs to be updated. ... Crete (Greek Κρήτη Kriti; called Candia in the Venetian period and Turkish: Girit) is the largest of the Greek islands and the fifth largest in the Mediterranean Sea. ...

See HMS Bonaventure for other ships of this name.