Canada
Retired:
- Light carriers:
- HMCS Warrior: Colossus class light carrier in service from 1946 to 1948; return to Royal Navy and sold to Argentine Navy as ARA Independencia (V-1); carrier in service from 1959 to 1969; scrapped 1971
- HMCS Magnificent: Majestic class carrier in service from 1946 to 1956; return to Royal Navy and stricken; scrapped in Scotland in 1965
- HMCS Bonaventure: Majestic class carrier in service from 1957 to 1970; ordered by Royal Navy, but sold as HMS Powerful and delivered to Royal Canadian Navy; retired by the Canadian Armed Forces and broken up in Taiwan 1971
Read more about this topic: List Of Aircraft Carriers By Country
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—Susan B. Anthony (1820–1906)
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