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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/HMS_Bonaventure_%28F139%29.jpg/300px-HMS_Bonaventure_%28F139%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="215" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/HMS_Bonaventure_%28F139%29.jpg/450px-HMS_Bonaventure_%28F139%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/HMS_Bonaventure_%28F139%29.jpg/600px-HMS_Bonaventure_%28F139%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="784" data-file-height="562" /></a></span><div>HMS <i>Bonaventure</i> at anchor in February 1943</div> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">History</th></tr> <tr><th height="30" colspan="2" style="background-color:#B0C4DE;text-align:left;padding-left:2px;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;"><span class="flagicon"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" 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title="Greenock & Grangemouth Dockyard Company">Greenock & Grangemouth Dockyard Company</a> <a href="/wiki/Greenock" title="Greenock">Greenock</a>, Scotland</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">Converted at <a href="/wiki/Scotts_Shipbuilding_and_Engineering_Company" title="Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company">Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company</a></li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Launched</td><td>27 October 1942</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Commissioned</td><td>26 January 1943</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Recommissioned</td><td>22 January 1945</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Out of service</td><td>Returned to <a href="/wiki/Clan_Line" title="Clan Line">Clan Line</a> on 23 March 1948</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Identification</td><td><a href="/wiki/Pennant_number" title="Pennant number">Pennant number</a> F139</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Fate</td><td>Scrapped from 25 December 1963</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Badge</td><td>On a Field Barry wavy of 6 white and blue: within a horse shoe inverted Gold, a Griffin red.</td></tr> <tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">General characteristics</th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Class and type</td><td><a href="/wiki/Cameron-class_steamship" title="Cameron-class steamship"><i>Cameron</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Steamship" title="Steamship">steamship</a> modified to <a href="/wiki/Submarine_tender" title="Submarine tender">submarine depot ship</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Displacement</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">10,423 tons</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">later 8,067 tons</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Length</td><td>487 ft (148 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Beam</td><td>63 ft (19 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Draught</td><td>30 ft (9.1 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Propulsion</td><td>2 x steam triple expansion and exhaust turbine</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Speed</td><td>16 knots (30 km/h)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armament</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × 4 in (102 mm) AA guns</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">12 × 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She was provisionally allocated the name <i>Clan Campbell</i>. With the outbreak of war, <a href="/wiki/British_Admiralty" class="mw-redirect" title="British Admiralty">Admiralty</a> requisitioned her for the Royal Navy, and after her <a href="/wiki/Ceremonial_ship_launching" title="Ceremonial ship launching">launch</a> on 27 October 1942, she was converted at the yards of <a href="/wiki/Scotts_Shipbuilding_and_Engineering_Company" title="Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company">Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company</a> to become a submarine depot ship for the <a href="/wiki/X-class_submarine" title="X-class submarine">X-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Midget_submarine" title="Midget submarine">midget submarines</a>. After the conversion was completed she was <a href="/wiki/Ship_commissioning" title="Ship commissioning">commissioned</a> into the Navy on 26 January 1943. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_wartime_service">Early wartime service</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Bonaventure_(F139)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Early wartime service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After completing work-up trials, <i>Bonaventure</i> sailed to <a href="/wiki/Loch_Striven" title="Loch Striven">Loch Striven</a> on the west bank of the <a href="/wiki/River_Clyde" title="River Clyde">Clyde</a> to become the main training base and depot ship for the X craft midget submarines. In August and September 1943, training and trials were carried out for the midget submarines <a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_X5&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS X5 (page does not exist)">HMS <i>X5</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/X-class_submarine" title="X-class submarine"><i>X6</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/X-class_submarine" title="X-class submarine"><i>X7</i></a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_X8&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS X8 (page does not exist)"><i>X8</i></a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_X9&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS X9 (page does not exist)"><i>X9</i></a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_X10&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS X10 (page does not exist)"><i>X10</i></a>. They were to be used to carry out the attack on the <a href="/wiki/German_battleship_Tirpitz" title="German battleship Tirpitz">German battleship <i>Tirpitz</i></a> in Altenfjord, <a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norway</a>, codenamed <a href="/wiki/Operation_Source" title="Operation Source">Operation Source</a>. </p><p>During the operation, the submarines <a href="/wiki/HMS_Thrasher_(N37)" title="HMS Thrasher (N37)">HMS <i>Thrasher</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Truculent_(P315)" title="HMS Truculent (P315)"><i>Truculent</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Stubborn" title="HMS Stubborn"><i>Stubborn</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Syrtis" title="HMS Syrtis"><i>Syrtis</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Sceptre_(P215)" title="HMS Sceptre (P215)"><i>Sceptre</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/HMS_Sea_Nymph_(P223)" title="HMS Sea Nymph (P223)"><i>Sea Nymph</i></a> each towed a midget submarine to Norwegian waters. Despite a number of the X craft being lost, the operation was a success and <i>Tirpitz</i> was put out of action for six months. In October <i>Bonaventure</i> sailed to <a href="/wiki/Govan" title="Govan">Govan</a> to be refitted at the yards of <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Stephen_and_Sons" title="Alexander Stephen and Sons">Alexander Stephen and Sons</a>. The refit took until 2 January 1944 and included fitting new <a href="/wiki/Radar" title="Radar">radar</a> equipment. Some work was not completed before <i>Bonaventure</i> was recommissioned on 22 January to serve with the <a href="/wiki/British_Pacific_Fleet" title="British Pacific Fleet">British Pacific Fleet</a>. She again deployed at Loch Striven in preparation. She remained deployed there until March, when she returned to Govan to complete the outstanding dockyard work. The refit lasted until August, when after post-refit trials, she returned to Loch Striven in September. October to November was spent training on the loch. During this period, the modified <a href="/wiki/XE-class_submarine" title="XE-class submarine">XE-class submarines</a>, which had been under construction since January 1944, became available. Several were embarked aboard <i>Bonaventure</i> for use against targets in the <a href="/wiki/Far_East" title="Far East">Far East</a>. In December she was nominated for deployment as the depot ship for the 14th Submarine Flotilla in the south west Pacific. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pacific_theatre">Pacific theatre</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Bonaventure_(F139)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Pacific theatre"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Bonaventure</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s departure was initially delayed, and in January she embarked six XE type submarines. She left the United Kingdom on 21 February, sailing for <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a> via the <a href="/wiki/Panama_Canal" title="Panama Canal">Panama Canal</a>. After going through the canal, she crossed the Pacific, arriving at <a href="/wiki/Pearl_Harbor" title="Pearl Harbor">Pearl Harbor</a> on 7 March. The attitude of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> was discouraging, and the use of midget submarines was not looked on with much enthusiasm.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Bonaventure</i> arrived at <a href="/wiki/Brisbane" title="Brisbane">Brisbane</a> on 27 April and received approval to move nearer to the operational area and to approach the local US Navy authorities. She subsequently sailed to <a href="/wiki/Townsville,_Queensland" class="mw-redirect" title="Townsville, Queensland">Townsville, Queensland</a> in May, where a visit was made by a senior officer of the 14th Flotilla to the US Navy Base at <a href="/wiki/U.S._Naval_Base_Subic_Bay" title="U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay">Subic Bay</a>. The Americans remained sceptical and suggested that <i>Bonaventure</i> be converted to perform a wider support role. On 31 May the proposal was made to use midget submarines to cut Japanese <a href="/wiki/Submarine_communications_cable" title="Submarine communications cable">underwater telegraph cables</a>. </p><p><i>Bonaventure</i> was transferred to <a href="/wiki/Hervey_Bay,_Queensland" class="mw-redirect" title="Hervey Bay, Queensland">Hervey Bay, Queensland</a> in June, and then to an area south of Townsville, to prepare for the cable cutting operations. She carried out extensive training and experiments off the coast of <a href="/wiki/Mon_Repos,_Queensland" title="Mon Repos, Queensland">Mon Repos</a> using a disused telegraph cable between Australia and <a href="/wiki/New_Caledonia" title="New Caledonia">New Caledonia</a>. During these exercises, two divers (Lt Bruce Enzer and Lt Bruce Carey) died after suffering oxygen poisoning.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the operational targets had been selected, <i>Bonaventure</i> sailed to <a href="/wiki/Labuan" title="Labuan">Labuan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Borneo" title="Borneo">Borneo</a>. Throughout July she prepared for three operations. <a href="/wiki/Operation_Struggle" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Struggle">Operation Struggle</a> aimed to place <a href="/wiki/Limpet_mines" class="mw-redirect" title="Limpet mines">limpet mines</a> on the Japanese <a href="/wiki/Cruiser" title="Cruiser">cruisers</a> <a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_My%C5%8Dk%C5%8D" title="Japanese cruiser Myōkō"><i>Myōkō</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Takao_(1930)" title="Japanese cruiser Takao (1930)"><i>Takao</i></a>, based at <a href="/wiki/Singapore" title="Singapore">Singapore</a> with the 10th Fleet. <a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Foil&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Operation Foil (page does not exist)">Operation Foil</a> aimed to cut telegraph cables off <a href="/wiki/Lamma_Island" title="Lamma Island">Lamma Island</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong" title="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Operation_Sabre" title="Operation Sabre">Operation Sabre</a> was intended to cut telegraph cables at Cap St Jacques, off <a href="/wiki/Saigon" class="mw-redirect" title="Saigon">Saigon</a>. These cables were vital to Japanese signal security as radio signals could be deciphered by US code breakers. </p><p>The operations began on 26 July. HMS <i>Stygian</i> towed <a href="/wiki/XE-class_submarine" title="XE-class submarine"><i>XE3</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/HMS_Spark" title="HMS Spark">HMS <i>Spark</i></a> towed <a href="/wiki/XE-class_submarine" title="XE-class submarine"><i>XE1</i></a> for Operation Struggle. <i>Takao</i> was badly damaged, sinking to the seabed, but the attack on <i>Myōkō</i> failed. For Operation Sabre, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Spearhead" title="HMS Spearhead">HMS <i>Spearhead</i></a> towed <a href="/wiki/XE-class_submarine" title="XE-class submarine"><i>XE4</i></a>, which succeeded in cutting two cables and bringing sections back to <i>Bonaventure</i>. Operation Foil was undertaken with <a href="/wiki/HMS_Maidstone_(1937)" title="HMS Maidstone (1937)">HMS <i>Maidstone</i></a>, based at Subic Bay, as the depot ship. <a href="/wiki/HMS_Selene" title="HMS Selene">HMS <i>Selene</i></a> towed <a href="/wiki/XE-class_submarine" title="XE-class submarine"><i>XE5</i></a>, but the tow failed part way through the voyage. <i>XE5</i> was able to reach the target under her own power and succeeded in severing the cable. The submarines returned in tow to <i>Bonaventure</i> on 3, 4 and 5 August. <i>Bonaventure</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s last activity before the end of the war was to sail to <a href="/wiki/Sydney" title="Sydney">Sydney</a> from Labuan on 20 August. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Postwar">Postwar</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Bonaventure_(F139)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Postwar"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Bonaventure</i> returned to the UK, and remained in Royal Navy service for a further three years. She was placed on the disposal list in 1948, and sold back to the Clan Line on 23 March 1948. She was converted back to mercantile use, and re-entered service as <i>Clan Davidson</i>. She was sold in 1963 and arrived at Hong Kong for scrapping on 25 December 1963.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Citations">Citations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Bonaventure_(F139)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Citations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-28Depot-Bonaventure2.htm">Bonaventure's career</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080306014719/http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-28Depot-Bonaventure2.htm">Archived</a> 6 March 2008 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160106015440/http://www.bundaberg.qld.gov.au/files/Mon_Repos_Cable_Station_Remains.pdf">"Mon Repos Cable Stations Remains"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <a href="/wiki/Bundaberg_Regional_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Bundaberg Regional Council">Bundaberg Regional Council</a>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">11 November</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Mon+Repos+Cable+Stations+Remains&rft.pub=Bundaberg+Regional+Council&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bundaberg.qld.gov.au%2Ffiles%2FMon_Repos_Cable_Station_Remains.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHMS+Bonaventure+%28F139%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?ref=8471">"HMS Bonaventure"</a>. <i>Clydeships</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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