| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Light cruiser |
| Class | Dido |
| Pennant | 31 |
| Built by | Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. (Greenock, Scotland) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 30 Aug, 1937 |
| Launched | 19 Apr, 1939 |
| Commissioned | 24 May, 1940 |
| Lost | 31 Mar, 1941 |
| Loss position | 33.20N, 26.35E (See a map) |
| History | HMS Bonaventure (Capt. Henry Jack Egerton, RN) was torpedoed and sunk, while escorting convoy GA-8 from Greece to Alexandria, by the Italian submarine Ambra about 100 nautical miles south-south-east of Crete in position 33º20'N, 26º35'E. There were 310 survivors.
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| Noteable events involving Bonaventure include: 28 Dec, 1940 |