MAJESTIC Class

(CVL) light fleet carrier

HMCS WARRIOR was unsuited to operating in Canadian climes, and so HMCS MAGNIFICENT was borrowed from the Royal Navy between the years of 1948 and 1957. During this time, 'Maggie' participated in endless training exercises, and during the Crisis in the Middle East in 1956, she arrived in Port Said with a deck load of vehicles and army personnel as Canada's contribution to the UN force there. After returning to the RN, she was laid up for several years and then scrapped in Faslane, Scotland.

MAJESTIC Class
Characteristics:

Original:

Displacement: 19,550 tons full load 
Dimensions: 192.02 x 24.38 x 7.47 meters (630 x 80 x 24.5 feet) 
Propulsion: Parsons single-reduction geared steam turbines, 4 Admiralty 3-drum type 350 psi boilers, 
                    2 shafts, 40,000 hp, 25 knots 
Crew: 1,200 
Aviation: 211.84 metres (695 feet) (length) flightdeck, 37 aircraft: Hawker Sea Fury, Grumman 
                Avenger, Sikorsky H04-S-3 helos 
Radar:
Sonar:
Fire Control:
EW: none 
Armament: 30 40mm guns 

Ships:
 
 
Name
Pendant
Commissioned
Paid Off
MAGNIFICENT
21
7/4/48
14/6/57

Photos:

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HMCS MAGNIFICENT. MOD (UK) photo.
Maggie with several Fireflies on her foredeck. (03/50) USN photo.
 

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