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Originally Posted by Dennis Cardy
David Dunlop,
No, I don't think so.
The mid-life refit was done in 1966-67.
Took 16 month's, and cost north of 11 million dollars.
Billions in todays money.
Just three years later, July 1970, the ship was suddenly paid-off.
Then sold for scrap, at penny's on the dollar.
Your tax dollars at work...
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Some is a conspiracy theory about that. It seems the expensive refit included a very robust air conditioning system (strangely designed for tropical use) amongst all the other modernizations. Then, as you say, Bonny was scrapped. The scrapping was in India, and India had a similar Majestic class carrier that was a worn out dog. There are those who say a quick swopping out of the name plate occurred and it was the Indian one that ended up at the scrappers. The theory contends that the Canadian refit and scrapping was not incompetence, is was a deal struck with India long in advance.