page_title: HMS Bonaventure (1892)
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: HMS Bonaventure (1892) / History
caption_attribution_description: Photograph showing stern view of British cruiser HMS Bonaventure, anchored at Spithead.
context_page_description: HMS Bonaventure was an Astraea-class second class cruiser of the Royal Navy, ordered as part of the eight-ship Astraea class under the Naval Defence Act of 1889. She was commissioned for service in 1895, and survived to serve in the First World War.
context_section_description: Bonaventure served  in the Pacific Squadron, including service in the 3rd China War, under command of Captain Robert Montgomerie RN.
  She returned in May 1906 to Devonport to be paid off.  She then went to Haulbowline Dockyard, Cork, Ireland to be converted into a depot ship for submarines. This work was completed in April 1907 and she continued to serve during the First World War as a submarine depot ship.
caption: Stern view of HMS Bonaventure anchored at Spithead, 1909 (National Maritime Museum)
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