CV32 Posted February 21, 2012 Report Share Posted February 21, 2012 From Defense Aerospace [excerpt] HMCS Victoria Conducts Diving Operations Off the Coast of Vancouver Island(Source: Canadian Department of National Defence; issued February 20, 2012) OTTAWA --- Her Majesty’s Canadian Submarine (HMCS) Victoria conducted diving operations today in the local waters near Victoria, B.C. Today’s dive was witnessed by General Walt Natynczyk, Chief of the Defence Staff, and Vice-Admiral Paul Maddison, Commander, Royal Canadian Navy. ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broncepulido Posted February 22, 2012 Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 I've read some articles the last days about the topic, and the situation is clearly very sad ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eclipse_trb Posted February 22, 2012 Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 5 and 6 years in dock? Were they rebuilding everything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CV32 Posted February 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 5 and 6 years in dock? Were they rebuilding everything There's little doubt that they will have spent much more time in dry dock or undergoing maintenance than they will have spent at sea, even by the time their service lives are spent. By most all accounts, they were in much worse shape than we were led to believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harikaridog Posted February 22, 2012 Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 5 and 6 years in dock? Were they rebuilding everything There's little doubt that they will have spent much more time in dry dock or undergoing maintenance than they will have spent at sea, even by the time their service lives are spent. By most all accounts, they were in much worse shape than we were led to believe. I know there were a few scary incidents when these boats were in RN service, is there any indication that the boats were essentially flawed...or are the problems due to amount of time they were laid up before being sold to Canada. Roger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CV32 Posted February 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 I know there were a few scary incidents when these boats were in RN service, is there any indication that the boats were essentially flawed...or are the problems due to amount of time they were laid up before being sold to Canada. I think the consensus is the latter. And, to be fair, we were our own worst enemies in this regard because the political thumb twiddling went on forever while we tried to decide whether or not to acquire them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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