HMCS Magnificent (CVL-21)

Základní údaje
Vlajka
Typlehká letadlová loď
TřídaMajestic
Číslo trupuCVL-21
UživateléVlajka Kanadské královské námořnictvo
Jméno podlevelkolepý
Objednána16. října 1942
Zahájení stavby29. července 1943
Spuštěna na vodu16. listopadu 1944
Uvedena do služby21. března 1948
Osudsešrotována, červenec 1965
Takticko-technická data
Výtlak16 000 t
Délka212,8 m
Šířka24,4 m
Ponor7,6 m
PohonAdmiralty
Parsons
40 000 koní
Rychlost24 uzlů (44 km/h)
Posádka1 100 důstojníků a námořníků
Výzbroj24× 40mm QF-2pounder
19× 40mm Bofors
Letadla37× Fairey Firefly a Hawker Sea Fury

HMCS Magnificent (CVL-21) byla lehká letadlová loď Kanadského královského námořnictva. Loď byla původně roku 1942 objednána Britským královským námořnictvem, ale roku 1948 byla přesunuta do Kanady. Jednalo se o jednotku třídy Majestic.

Stavba

Letadlová loď Magnificent byla objednána roku 1942 a kýl lodi byl založen roku 1943 v Belfastu. Loď byla roku 1944 spuštěna na vodu a do služby u Kanadského královského námořnictva byla loď přijata dne 21. března 1948.

Výzbroj

Magnificent byl vyzbrojen dvaceti čtyřmi 40mm protiletadlovými kanóny QF 2-pounder a devatenácti 40mm protiletadlovými kanóny Bofors. Loď nesla třicet sedm palubních stíhacích letounů Fairey Firefly a Hawker Sea Fury.

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HMCS Magnificent (CVL 21) underway c1950.jpeg
The Canadian aircraft carrier HMCS Magnificent (CVL 21) underway.
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The current naval ensign of Canada, since 2013. It was previously the Canadian naval jack from 1968 to 2013.
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A Grumman Avenger AS.3 aircraft flying past the Canadian aircraft carrier HMCS Magnificent (CVL 21), circa 1953.
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Grumman TBM-3W Avenger aircraft on the flight deck of the Canadian aircraft carrier HMCS Magnificent (CVL 21), circa 1953.

In September 1953 the carriers USS Wasp (CVA-18), USS Bennington (CVA-20) and HMCS Magnificent conducted the exercise "Mariner" in the North Atlantic. On the afternoon of 23 September 1953, with 42 planes aloft, the carriers were completely sogged in by fog. After Vice Admiral T.S. Combs and Rear Admiral H.H. Goodwin had ordered to ditch all planes near the submarine USS Redfin (SSR-272) at 1620 hrs, however, the fog lifted and all planes could be recovered safely with only minimum fuel remaining. This was then called the "Mariner Miracle".
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The Royal Navy Majestic-class aircraft carriers HMS Magnificent (left) and HMS Powerful under construction at Harland and Wolff's Musgrave shipyard, Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK). Both carriers would serve with the Royal Canadian Navy, Powerful as HMCS Bonaventure.
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A U.S. Navy Douglas AD-4B Skyraider from Attack Squadron 75 (VA-75) "Sunday Punchers", piloted by LTJG Jim Elster, ready for launch from the Canadian aircraft carrier HMCS Magnificent (CVL 21), after the so-called "Mariner Miracle", in September 1953. The carriers USS Wasp (CVA-18), USS Bennington (AVA-20) and HMCS Magnificent (CVL 21) conducted the exercise "Mariner" in the North Atlantic. On the afternoon of 23 September 1953, with 42 planes aloft, the carriers were completely sogged in by fog. After Vice Admiral T.S. Combs and Rear Admiral H.H. Goodwin had ordered to ditch all planes near the submarine USS Redfin (SSR-272) at 1620 hrs, however, the fog lifted and all planes could be recovered safely with only minimum fuel remaining.
VA-75 was assigned to Carrier Air Group 7 (CVG-7) aboard the Bennington for a deployment to the North Atlantic and the Indian Ocean from 16 September 1953 to 21 February 1954.
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The Canadian aircraft carrier HMCS Magninficent (CVL 21) in the mid-1950s with 15 Grumman Avenger AS.3 of No. 881 Sqn. and two Hawker Sea Fury FB.11 fighters of No. 871 Sqn. on deck.
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Grumman Avenger AS.3 aircraft on the flight deck of the Canadian aircraft carrier HMCS Magnificent (CVL 21), circa 1953.

In September 1953 the carriers USS Wasp (CVA-18), USS Bennington (CVA-20) and HMCS Magnificent conducted the exercise "Mariner" in the North Atlantic. On the afternoon of 23 September 1953, with 42 planes aloft, the carriers were completely sogged in by fog. After Vice Admiral T.S. Combs and Rear Admiral H.H. Goodwin had ordered to ditch all planes near the submarine USS Redfin (SSR-272) at 1620 hrs, however, the fog lifted and all planes could be recovered safely with only minimum fuel remaining. This was then called the "Mariner Miracle".