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Imperial War Museum #FL 2696. Via Wikimedia Commons
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Displacement |
10,423 tons |
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Dimensions |
487' by 63' by 30' 148.4m by 19.2m by 9.1m |
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Maximum speed |
16 knots |
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Armament |
2 4"/40 dual purpose guns 12 20mm Oerlikon AA guns |
| Machinery |
2-shaft triple expansion and exhaust turbine |
Bonaventure was originally built for the Clan Line but was converted to a midget submarine depot ship on 26 January 1943. She transited the Panama Canal on 21 February 1945 en route to Australia with six type XE midget submarines. These subsequently staged a number of raids in the Singapore area, badly damaging heavy cruiser Takao and cutting a number of submarine cables.
References
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