Canadas latest submarine news
Fire damages Canada's only semi-operational sub By Katie DeRosa, Postmedia News September 13, 2011 7:02 AM The Canadian submarine HMCS Corner Brook prepares...Read More
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Mikeh wrote:Just looked at the difference in crew size 129 instead of 47 for the current Canadian ships and even a layman can see a problem with upgrading the Canadian fleet.They could buy into the...
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http://www.rideauinstitute.ca/2011/10/28/bill-robinson-on-canadas-nuclear-submarine-options/
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if Canada want a somewhat independent defensive capability, then they need warships that can operate offensively in the Arctic Ocean, I think. Canada is an economy about twice as big as Australia's....
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either talk to HDW about Type 216s or get Suffrens IMO.
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Royal Canadian Navy Submarines: Fleet Status (Source: National Defence and the Canadian Forces; issued April 24, 2012) Barring further technical problems, HMCS Victoria, the first of four...
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The part that the article doesn't mention is that the boats will never actually be capable of conducting the full spectrum of combat operations with their current CSE fit.
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I always had the impression that we bought the subs more as the "supposed" least expensive route to maintaining the RCN's skill set, infrastructure and training in submarine ops, more than for actual...
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Photos: USS Concord Sinks As It Is Hit By A Torpedo Fired by HMCS Victoria Jul 19, 2012 10:15 am | David Pugliese Here are the photos from the U.S. Navy showing the result of HMCS Victoria’s torpedo...
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The problem on the sales of nuclear-powered subs is IMHO that the reactors are fueled with weapons grade Uranium which would make it rather easy for the buyer to produce their own nukes quickly. There...
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" There is also the questions where to get the qualified reactor personal-if you only have few subs wither ysou totally rely on the US"Or the UK, or France, which could be attractive to Canada and the...
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I doubt the UK would be flavour of the month given public perception of the current subs - collaboration with France would give Canada a bit more voting rights in terms of design and support I guess -...
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The Canadian Victoria-class submarine fleet has been actively sailing since 2003 and has accumulated approximately 900 days at sea, So out of 9855 possible days they've racked up ~900 days at sea? I...
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You have to wonder what the crews of these four submarines were doing the 90.8% of the time the boats were not at sea. Obviously training and on-board training and maintenance while at port would be...
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Umm....let's just say that a certain part of the crews at this point have joined the submarine service because it draws SUBSPA and SUBA but they don't sail. It's a very well-paid shore posting.
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Well, it's not quite as bad as it sounds. Many navies operate on a cycle of one year in a work period, one year working up, and one year in a high state of readiness. If the Victoria Class were in a...
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What?! Nobody authorised them to have a life outside the Navy. The RCN has demonstrated a fairly solid ability to keep one boat more or less continuously working, which isn't that bad. The plans for...
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It's that Human Rights and Quality of Life crap! Never had to worry about that in the good old days!
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Hehe... In the USMC in the 1980s (and likely before) we used to say "When you signed the enlistment papers you signed away your Constitutional Rights"! In Basic Training we were told that all they...
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