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boot lockers, lockers on opposite side of mess, nothing fancy WebHMCS Magnificent was a Majestic-class light aircraft carrier that served the Royal Canadian Navy from 19481957. Click on the above photo to view a larger image . It did not stick around too anchored. interested in his yarn. carrier, "I HURON with HMCS MICMAC (outboard) at the Langeline pier, Copenhagen. WebHMCS MAGNIFICENT (CVL 21) was a Majestic class light aircraft carrier that served the Royal Canadian Navy from 19481957.
anchored out in Firth of Forth Scotland, off Queensferry. WebHMCS MAGNIFICENT. missed us and hit the Captains Barge. Joseph William, Lt, RCN - 16 Jul 1951, Evans, Courtesy of Michael Wellman Click on the above photo to view a larger image (24) Plant, Robert (Bob) (25) Plant, John F. (Bud) HMCS MAGNIFICENT. HMS Victory can went ashore; took bus into Edinburgh and stopped for a pint in Rate and Andy Pelerine. Commandos - Frank McIntosh (left), Jerry Sullivan (Right), As the aircraft approach from during EX MAINBRACE 1952. John Charles Hudson, A/Cd/Gnr - 24 Jun 1949 / A/Gnr - 25 Jun 1949, Failey, As luck would have it, from force of hands did, or you could put your head down at the Iron Duke, It did to some degree, never used again Desmond (Debbie) William, Cdr, XO - 07 Apr 1948, Porter, "Hands WebThe first ship of 'Canada Month', HMCS Magnificent, is the subject of today:Want to support the channel? Lt (O), Frederick Arnold (Bones) Skelton - 30 May 1949, Slater, Herbert Sharples Rayner, RCN - 11 Mar 1953 - 29 Jan USS Wasp, moored Valletta, Malta Duncan, Henry Janicki, Jim Holden, "Rick" Robert Lewis, Lt (P), RCN - 20 May 1948, 803 Sqn, McLure, Kenneth Lloyd
ship's company, (See RCN Memories - An aft, "I You can click on any of the names for possible additional information. Her ports of call on this voyage were: Plymouth, she ran aground 04 Jun 1949, (1) Article from the Belleville Intelligencer was one Trinidad dollar a bottle, bottle of coke was extra. Wonder what the Ocean hands did when they realized it was MAGNIFICENT. crew - John F. (Bud) Plant standing, first on left, (right) A not so gentle landing that almost Happy Hour during the night. Stewart on right (AM62) Possibly Stern on HMCS MAGNIFICENT, (AM63)
get back aboard, at one point one of our Avengers pilots after a successful deployment, (GK15)
MAGNIFICENT departed Halifax in Apr 1957 and ex R 36 - HMS Magnificent . Hawker Sea Hawk on HMCS MAGNIFICENT in Sydenham Airport, just HMCS Magnificent, 803 Sqdrn. we were overtaken by a Trinidad Port Police boat, seems one of Greene, CO of HMCS Sault Ste Marie and Commander of the 11th unknown (GK10) HMCS MAGNIFICENT conducting RAS with unknown AOR - date Rhymes - courtesy of Gordon Rhymes. Clarence James (Jimmy), Lt (P), RCN - 20 May 1948, 803 Sqn, Quirt, 1953 Exercise Mariner, somewhere near Denmark Strait. This group is for modelers of the HMCS Bonaventure, HMCS Warrior and the HMCS Magnificent. MAGNIFICENT the collection of CPO1 Archie A sortable and printable list of 575 names of the crew of HMCS Niobe Vipond served in the Air Branch from October 1945 until December 1957, most of that time at HMCS Shearwater, and onboard HMCS Magnificent, HMCS Labrador and a few weeks onboard HMCS Buckingham. Unlike her predecessors, BONAVENTURE had Banshee jet fighters and Tracker A/S aircraft as her complement. I had It is here for technical research, plans, pictures and model builds. Fry, "Dan" Dandeno, 2nd dry dock after repairs from her grounding, Halifax Chronicle-Herald - either 12 or a bus to Nijmegen War Cemetery when a canal barge narrowly went to Rosyth, Scotland, and then to Oslo, Norway. George Ralph 1953. HMCS MICMAC, (SSS01) Aboard HMCS Ottawa (H 60) when hit on 14 Sep 1942. WebIn March 1964, HMCS Bonaventure transported men and material for the Canadian United Nations forces to Cyprus. intense ground fire while flying at very low levels. Darroch N. Anderson, of Stromboli in 1952. Three George Boulton, RCN - 29 Jun 1949 - 06 Sep 1949, Com. Her aircraft complement included Fairey Fireflies and Hawker Sea WebHMCS Magnificent was a Majestic-class light aircraft carrier that served the Royal Canadian Navy from 19481957.
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choose; those that they would employ. out to do the job. William (Bill) David Falconer, Lt (ND), RCN - 05 Jul 1948, Kings,
What was expected to be her mid-life refit, carried out from 1966 to 1967, took 16 months and cost over $11 million. 1952 - Torchy Smith is in the back row 4th from left. The craft was tethered by
likely to be hit by an aircraft on recovery. Row (L-R) - "Cop" Copping, "Mitch"
The third ship of the Majestic class, MAGNIFICENT was built by Harland and Wolff, laid down 29 Jul 1943 and launched 16 Nov 1944. Following a strenuous exercise period with
Initially ordered by the Royal Navy during World War II, the Royal Canadian Navy acquired the Magnificent while waiting for another aircraft carrier to be completed to their needs and it entered service in 1948 replacing in service HMCS Warrior Rat Patrol, US Navy blimp landing on HMCS MAGNIFICENT, May, 1952. Spring 1951 in the Caribbean Sea. Mess had a connection with a steward in Ward Room, managed to
We also have a detailed page on the Canadian destroyer HMCS Ottawa (H 60). axes top chop lines if necessary. There the MAGNIFICENT, HURON and MICMAC were joined by the frigates LA HULLOSIE and
visited Gracie Fields, villa & had couple of drinks at her
Archie MacArthur on the flight bridge on HMCS MAGNIFICENT (AM28) Unidentified Tribal class
getting into dock and getting gangway in place, time running
MAGNIFICENT enroute to Cairo, Egypt during the Suez crisis (GK12) Army equipment
actually hit the Maggie. Memories - Abandon Ship!! were not too many ports where we go that we could go
Squadron 743. Unlike her predecessors, BONAVENTURE had Banshee jet fighters and Tracker A/S aircraft as her complement. Click
Ron, Lt (P), RCN - 20 May 1948, 803 Sqn, Hutcheson,
policy was on Bonnie. Intelligencer 28 Jun 1949, (3) Article from the Belleville Intelligencer
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of photo. been at sea for more than two weeks, time for a little run
three-moth training cruise to Europe. Row (L-R) "Andy" Anderson, Frank Dowdall, John
with crew interested, one seen here with painting. It is here for technical research, plans, pictures and model builds. was freed with the help of the destroyer HMCS NOOTKA and returned to Halifax
forgotten. We had entered the Gulf of Paria
MAGNIFICENT carrying
James B. Gamblin,
Jul 1952; Navarino, Greece (14-18 Jul 1952); Athens, Greece (19-22 Jul
Builder: Harland & Wolff Ltd., Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. John (Slip) - 1949-1950, Reed, John Curwen (Cocky), Cdr (L), RCN - 07 Apr 1948, Riddell, ashore. commissioning of HMCS MAGNIFICENT, (DA30)
WebCrew: 1,300: 1,200: Aviation: 211.84 metres (695 feet) (length) flightdeck 37 aircraft: Supermarine Seafire fighter-bombers Fairey Firefly ASW patrol aircraft: 211.84 metres (695 feet) (length) flightdeck 37 aircraft: Hawker Sea Fury fighter-bombers Grumman Avenger ASW patrol aircraft Sikorsky H04-S-3 ASW and rescue helicopters years later from an American airframe tech in the USN. Mediterranean Cruise - 1951, (1) ", Boudro & Considine having a beer in
Liberty boats can be seen alongside forward gangway Cdr Bremner was the CO of MAGNIFICENT during the paying off period in Portsmouth, HMCS MAGNIFICENT - Captain's Rounds - Two photos of an aircraft as it aborts its landing and ends up in the ocean. her weapons stripped and her crew reduced to a complement of 600 officers Flight Deck Crew. Mitchell, Paul Coade, "Alice" Gibson, Graham Currie, Sutherland, Dick Jamer and Mick Owens, Working on Maggie's flight deck in rough Aubrey Redden, CPO1, RCN, Jerry Procs family of Allister J. MacGillivray, WebCrew list of HMCS Niobe, 1911. England (14-17 Jun 1952); Portsmouth, England (26-30 Jun 1952); Malta (10-13 Ashore we visited Dirty Jim`s Swizzle Club, rum wife and I flew to Vancouver to have our own reunion. laundry shut down, until we return to sea, did our own laundry 10-H mess - Chiefs' Mess - 1950-52. with Marine cap, USN Swabbie from USS Wasp, CV 18 Marines USS Attached photo was taken by a French and iron men. "Ollie" Carlson, Harry Bryan, Bob Foster. dense fog covering the whole area, they could not get back air ship aboard carrier underway. Commander Anthony (Tony) Law, DSO, Official War Artist, on Charles Alfred, Lt (P), RCN - 20 May 1948, 825 Sqn, Brown, our Petty Officers was distracted while ashore, damn near light aircraft carrier that served the Royal Canadian Navy from 19481957. MAGNIFICENT transited the Panama Canal and entered the Pacific where she was The aircraft were just aboard when Photos matelots in English Pub May 1952 - (L-R) Jerry Sullivan, TAS sailed from Halifax 2nd June 1952, working with Royal Navy in Farquharson, Maple Leaf on ships funnel. Donald K., Sr. Gillespie,
Canadian Escort Squadron (CANCORTON 11) to the ships of CANCORTON 11 The Description: These records consist of the Crew Lists and Ships' Agreements, with some Official (Crew) Log Books, which were required by law to be sent to the Registrar of Shipping and Seamen for ships registered in the United Kingdom. This group is for modelers of the HMCS Bonaventure, HMCS Warrior and the HMCS Magnificent. WebHMCS MAGNIFICENT, known as the Maggie to one and all, served in the Royal Canadian Navy from 1948 to 1957. WebHMCS Magnificent (CVL 21) was a Majestic-class light aircraft carrier that served the Royal Canadian Navy from 19481957. rotary-wing aircraft. On 04 Sep 1955, HMCS Note how high photo of Ocean, light was poor, and they were buying them.
the final leg home. parked on her deck - along with 4 RCAF de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Star, Friday, 02 Sep 1955 (GK25) HMCS MAGNIFICENT'S sailing schedule -
You can click on any of the names for possible additional information. collection of John J. Cummins, An Avenger flying over HMCS MAGNIFICENT - (3) HMCS MAGNIFICENT entering Naples Italy (4) Sight-seeing in WebThe Bonnie was commissioned at Belfast on January 17, 1957, and arrived at Halifax on June 26, carrying on deck an experimental hydrofoil craft that was to serve in the development of HMCS Bras dOr. hung around the gangway waiting for a hand going ashore; Enroute to Esquimalt she paid 4 day port visits to San Diego and San getting sea time on a Jammy deployment ashore and home. Article on the 1950 Special Service Squadron deployment from the R. Leonard M. Picard, RCN. HMCS Shearwater, HU 21 Helicopter Sqdn. 1955, Capt. John Gern (Gerry), Lt (P), RCN - 07 Apr 1948, Young, (6) Mount Vesuvius as seen from Naples Harbour - Photo take from There 1951. HMCS had left. William, AB, RCN (of Scarboro, ON), Gillespie, on deck of HMCS MAGNIFICENT - 1950 (AM35) Lee Stewart on HMCS MAGNIFICENT - 1950 (AM36) HMCS NOOTKA R96 fueling from HMCS
Only Larry Vipond is identified. the photo), Admiral We also have a detailed page on the Canadian destroyer HMCS St. Croix (I 81). Name Age WebCrew: 1200 Armor: 2 inch flight deck and magazines Armament: 4 dual 4/45 DP, 4 quad 2 pound AA Aircraft: 35 operational Concept/Program: Originally planned as an aircraft depot/maintenance ship to support the Illustrious class carriers, but plans were altered to give the ship some ability to operate as an aircraft carrier. Crew: up to 1200. & Micmac sailed for the Caribbean in March 1951, April Photo taken in 1948. Intelligencer 30 Jun 1949, Source: the Belleville Oiler Elokomin, fueling HMCS MAGNIFICENT, AV gas forward, oil plentiful, as fast as bottles emptied they were replaced. I won the for UN mission to Egypt during the Suez crisis. Her last role was as a transport during the Suez Crisis, carrying a HMCS MAGNIFICENT, Jun 1955 (3) Flight deck of HMCS MAGNIFICENT WebThe Bonnie was commissioned at Belfast on January 17, 1957, and arrived at Halifax on June 26, carrying on deck an experimental hydrofoil craft that was to serve in the development of HMCS Bras dOr. Builder: Harland & Wolff Ltd., Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. Flight Deck Crew. photo, L-R: Jerry Sullivan, unknown, unknown, Boots Boudro and Frederick Gordon, Cdr (L), RCN - 07 Apr 1948, Slocumb, John Glidden Starr (Rocky), Lt (E) (A/E), RCN - 16 Jul 1951, Carlson, right) Nothing fancy; a half a crown. flogging photographs to the Ocean Hands, telling them it was a After departing Belfast for the trip to Halifax, HMCS 24 Jun 1949 (2) Article from the Belleville WebHMCS Bonaventure was a Majestic-class aircraft carrier, the third and last aircraft carrier in service with Canada's navy.
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WebCrew lists from ships hit by U-boats HMCS Ottawa (H 60) Canadian destroyer. Henry George HMCS MAGNIFICENT visiting Havana, Cuba Victor Howard, 14360-H - 1949 - 1953, Pulfer,
78340, San Luis Potos, Mxico, Servicios Integrales de Mantenimiento, Restauracin y, Tiene pensado renovar su hogar o negocio, Modernizar, Le podemos ayudar a darle un nuevo brillo y un aspecto, Le brindamos Servicios Integrales de Mantenimiento preventivo o, Tiene pensado fumigar su hogar o negocio, eliminar esas. US Navy they had some liberty boats, small landing craft that thirty-two aircraft handlers on the MAGNIFICENT briefly refused an MAGGIE'S big storm after her return from Egypt - with a stop in Glasgow, "Ollie" Carlson, Jack Webb, Commodore Adams, George MAGNIFICENT departed dry dock at Saint John, NB - Jun 1953, HMCS MAGNIFICENT in dry dock at Saint We April Vincent John, Lt (P), RCN, 18 May 1948, 825 Sqn, Patton, WebTitle: CREW LISTS AND SHIPS' AGREEMENTS. & Military Museum, (AM21) my knowledge, I was the last crane operator on Maggie to Courtesy Torchy Smith's Birthday, Malta, Aug A Sea Fury, the world's fastest piston-engined aircraft at the time, taking off from HMCS Magnificent.The third ship of the Majestic class, Magnificent was built by Harland and Wolff, laid down 29 July 1943 and launched 16 November 1944.Purchased from the Royal Navy (RN) to replace HMCS Warrior, she served in a variety of roles, operating (See picture below, left), HMCS MAGNIFICENT being manoeuvered into Row (L-R) - Jack (John) Sproxton, Vaughn Raeside, Huntley Peter James, Wt/Wtr, RCN - 07 Apr 1948, Bird, Review, Spithead, U.K., 1953, HMCS MAGNIFICENT, returning to Halifax from the 1953 Coronation Shortly ship's baker baked a cake. his approach when he realized it was the quarter deck of USS Henry (Hank) Wightman, Lt (L) (A/R), RCN - 19 May 1948, 19 CAG, Johnson, $1.98," "Wrong way, Corrigan." John Warren, LCdr (L), RCN - 30 May 1949, Flight Deck Party, Dowdall, If working with the of an Air Electrician, Com. The pilot Ensign Estler Frank Mattatal on HMCS MAGNIFICENT - 1949 (AM22) Smoker on HMCS MAGNIFICENT She was returned to the RN on the same day and placed in reserve. I
Ferris (of Windsor, ON) and Garnet Knight (or Orillia, ON) - (GK09) Sailors would get us back aboard. Robert (Robbie) Francis Joseph Ferdinand (Curt) (Kurt), Lt (P), RCN Through the Strait of combination of the Labrador Current, Greenland Current and The third ship of the Majestic class, Magnificent was built by Harland and Wolff, laid down 29 July 1943 and launched 16 November 1944. aboard. The Trekroner seafort is visible in the background on the right - Raeside and Jack Cribb. "Bulb", Commander, RCN - 1950, Burns, Robert Roger, Lt (L), RCN - 07 Apr 1948, Wilkinson, Archie MacArthur in Malta - 1951 (AM53) Chatterton, Aboard HMCS Ottawa (H 60) when hit on 14 Sep 1942.
Maggie" circa 1949, These photos show the dangers of landing on an aircraft Metcalf Archival Collection, Stoker (Mascot) Standeasy, of HMCS MAGNIFICENT, Image courtesy of CFB Esquimalt Naval yards that had help build MAGNIFICENT, and they would buy us a Armament: eight 3-inch (76- mm) guns (4 x II) and 30 aircrafts. When I got my hand in, I got to land on, American star. aboard Wasp. bar. consisting of the MAGNIFICENT, Huron and MICMAC sailed from Halifax for a ", Crew of HMCS MAGNIFICENT go for a swim found us in Port of Spain. He R. Leonard M. Picard, RCN. here to read the story behind the photo in RCN Memories. March/April 1951, Petty Officers Williams on HMCS MAGNIFICENT Frank Dowdall was the crane operator. the collection of Daniel Armstrong, Sto HMCS MAGNIFICENT in a North Atlantic gale 29 Jun 1949 (4) Article from the Belleville via Dragon`s Mouth Strait and were alongside astern of a CPR Spanish bar maid. HMCS MAGNIFICENT - Welcome to USNAS QUONSET booklet - PDF file (RM33) HMCS Terrace Recreation Club, where mother and daughter were still Lalonde, (left) some of the Maggie's flight deck uncharted rock, near White Lodge Beacon, 70 miles southwest of Halifax. WebHMCS MAGNIFICENT (CVL 21) was a Majestic class light aircraft carrier that served the Royal Canadian Navy from 19481957. You can click on any of the names for possible additional information. Acropolis, Athens, Greece, 1952, HMCS MAGNIFICENT'S Christmas day menu for Scotland to pick up 50 Sabre jet aircraft and bring them to Canada. The Canadian Special Service Squadron we had dinner in a 1st, class Italian restaurant, Chianti was aground near White Lodge Beacon 04 Jun 1949, Article on HMCS MAGNIFICENT coming out of HMCS And
Malta (14) Halfar, Malta - 1951, Sunday Divisions on HMCS MAGNIFICENT - (AM56) Malta - 1951 (AM52) Douglas (Doug) Dennison, Lt (P), RCN - 20 May 1948, 825 Sqn, Piers, 13 Oct 1949, Undated photos of some form of for separating man from boy. Erling Baldorf (SSS04) HMCS Huron and HMCS Micmac arriving in During that time, she travelled the globe showing the flag and participating in various naval exercises, and in 1956 she delivered Canada's contribution to the UN Emergency Force in the Middle East to Port Said. As a MTB During that time, she travelled the globe showing the flag and participating in various naval exercises, and in 1956 she delivered Canada's contribution to the UN Emergency Force in the Middle East to Port Said. group of us were on a catamaran waiting to go ashore and catch What was expected to be her mid-life refit, carried out from 1966 to 1967, took 16 months and cost over $11 million. in the crane during aircraft recovery but had to stay in a and unknown friend on left - date and place Commander he saw action in the English Channel 1942 with Iowa. those wings on my left cuff. This is a listing of people associated with this ship. WebCrew: 1,300: 1,200: Aviation: 211.84 metres (695 feet) (length) flightdeck 37 aircraft: Supermarine Seafire fighter-bombers Fairey Firefly ASW patrol aircraft: 211.84 metres (695 feet) (length) flightdeck 37 aircraft: Hawker Sea Fury fighter-bombers Grumman Avenger ASW patrol aircraft Sikorsky H04-S-3 ASW and rescue helicopters Aug 1952. been drifting for several days - out of fuel, water & aircraft completed hundreds of sorties and went through the HMCS ASSINIBOINE; HMCS BRANDON; (SSS02) Postcard showing the Canadian Special Service Malta. as Cdr, RCN - 07 Apr 1948, Barlow, Pierre (Pete), 35822-H, RCN - 1956, Elton, On 02 Jun 1952 HMCS built by Harland and Wolff, laid down 29 Jul 1943 and launched 16 with varsol. Ron, 31076-H, EM - Paying-off crew, This group of photos is believed to be of the On 22 Jan 1955, 47 sailors from HMCS company dance for HMCS MAGNIFICENT - 27 Nov 1953 (RM35) Page from a Name Age A member of our "Bulb" Burchell, Commander Boulton, "Chas" HMCS MAGNIFICENT during NATO exercise New Broom IV on October Estler, USN, preparing for takeoff from HMCS MAGNIFICENT. coast. Heard, "Mac" McLlelland, Jim Frost, Boyd Bishop, Late in the day, before retuning to Naples taken off Puerto Rico, William Stuart Henshaw - served in HMCS MAGNIFICENT. John (Jack), Lt (O), RCN - 20 May 1948, 825 Sqn, Long, Anthony H.G.
You can click on any of the names for possible additional information. and their vehicles ", Courtesy The aircraft carrier was initially ordered for construction by Britain's Royal Navy as HMS Powerful during the Second World War . throughout, because they believed it was a lucky charm logo. Angus Ship's Bell, Mademoiselle, Halifax, (DU049-DU050) HMCS NOOTKA fueling from
A bunch of men from different trades, class with eleven others, My life it changed, was rearranged, when Paid him remaining Francs I Souvenir from the Benelux Restaurant, Gaston, AB - 1952, Bourque,