OVERVIEW: The HMCS MAGNIFICENT class aircraft carrier is a steam-powered powered aircraft carrier.

DETAILS: The HMCS MAGNIFICENT was an HMS Majestic-class aircraft carrier.

NOTES: Displacement:   14,224  tons standard
       Speed: 25 knts
       Range: 
       Complement: 1100
       In Commission:  1948-1957 (returned to Royal Navy in 1957)
       Completed:  1 (in Canadian service)

SOURCES: Gardiner, Robert, and Norman Friedman. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1947-1982. Annapolis, Md: Naval Institute Press, 1983, pg 7 ; Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. "HMCS Magnificent (CVL 21)." Accessed December 25, 2013. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMCS_Magnificent_(CVL_21).



