CBC – Repair work on the fire-ravaged HMCS Chicoutimi won’t start until 2010, leaving the Canadian navy short by one submarine and raising concerns about whether the vessel will ever be returned to service.
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Category Archives: CanadianNavy
Canadian Navy – Military could arm coast guard ships for Arctic sovereignty mission: admiral
Canadian Press – Will Canada arm its icebreakers to help enforce its sovereignty in the North?
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Canadian Navy – Harper brushes off U.S. criticism of Arctic plan
CBC – Canada’s new government plans to defend the sovereignty of its Northwest Passage more aggressively than in the past.
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Canadian Navy – Athabascan leaves port
Chronicle Herald – HMCS Athabaskan will join the Standing NATO Response Force Maritime Group 1 in Kiel, Germany. On Jan. 26, the destroyer will become the flagship for the squadron of Canadian, American, German, Portuguese and Polish vessels.
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Canadian Navy – Canadian warships leave Gulf Coast
Canadian Press – The Canadian Navy ends rescue operations in the Gulf Coast.
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Canadian Navy – Canadian hurricane relief ships to arrive Monday, unbeknownst to survivors
CBC – Canada is sending a task force to aid relief efforts on the Gulf Coast???
???as did the Dutch and Mexican Navies: CBS – Gulf Coast Invaded???With Kindness.
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Canadian Navy – Canada sends navy to Arctic north
BBC – Canada is sending its navy back to the far northern Arctic port of Churchill after a 30-year absence.
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Canadian Navy – Navy submarine returns to sea
CBC – The first of four Canadian navy submarines has returned to sea, after they were all grounded in the wake of the deadly fire aboard HMCS Chicoutimi last fall.
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Canadian Navy – Upgrades to subs could cost $465M
Ottawa Citizen – Taxpayers could be shelling out up to $465 million for upgrades to Canada’s troubled second-hand submarines while navy officers hope to start receiving seed money in a few years for a new underwater fleet.
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Canadian Navy – Sub Skipper Seeks Legal Advice
Canadian Press – The renewed investigation into the fatal fire aboard HMCS Chicoutimi has been put off until next month while the submarine’s captain and two officers seek legal advice.
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Canadian Navy – Canadian navy far from ship-shape, committee hears
Canadian Press – Canada’s navy is operating at tens of millions of dollars in the red and has been for years, inhibiting its role off Canada’s coasts and elsewhere, its chief told a Senate committee on Monday.
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Canadian Navy – Navy qualified sub-standard submariners
Canadian Press – A report documenting serious training deficiencies in Canada’s submarine force.
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Intelligence – The Coming Wars
New Yorker – Seymour Hersch says the U.S. has special operations forces in Iran determining the locations of their nuclear weapons program; and he reveals the Pentagon’s plans for Iranóand for expanded covert activities.
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Canadian Navy – Chicoutimi on way to Halifax
Canadian Press – Three months after making its ill-fated departure from Scotland, the submarine HMCS Chicoutimi was again on its way Thursday, bound for Canada. This time, however, the sub has been welded to the deck of a sealift transport for the voyage to Halifax.
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Canadian Navy – Canadian Navy Moves to Improve Coastal Security, Boost Information Sharing
SeaPower – Canadaís Navy is in the midst of a post-9/11 push to better secure the worldís longest coastline and ensure it is pulling its weight in monitoring the continentís maritime frontiers.
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Canadian Navy – Navy prepares submarines for relaunch
National Post – Concerned about a growing backlog in training and the potential that shore-bound submariners might leave the navy, the Canadian military is pushing to get its underwater fleet back to sea early in the new year.
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Canadian Navy – Sub crew to blame for lethal fire
Ottawa Citizen – The fire on board a Canadian submarine that killed one of its crew was a result of human error.
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Canadian Navy – Canada confines 'UK subs' to port
BBC – Canada has temporarily withdrawn from service three of its second-hand UK-built submarines following last week’s fatal blaze on a fourth vessel.
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Canadian Navy – Two fires began on stricken sub
BBC – Two separate fires broke out on a Canadian submarine days after it was handed over by the Ministry of Defence.
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Canadian Navy – Commander's sorrow for crewman
BBC – The commander of a fire-hit Canadian submarine has broken down as he paid tribute to a crewman who died on board.
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Canadian Navy – Blaze submarine was fit to sail, say Canadians
Daily Telegraph – The crew of the Canadian submarine at the centre of an international rescue operation in the mid-Atlantic finally reached dry land amid emotional scenes last night.
More from The Times – Canadian sub had history of electrical faults.
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Canadian Navy – Sub rescuers battle strong tides
BBC – The stricken Canadian submarine HMCS Chicoutimi is being towed back to the Scottish coast, three days after a fire knocked out its power.
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Canadian Navy – Submarine rescue gets under way
BBC – A rescue operation to retrieve a Canadian submarine adrift off Ireland’s west coast is under way.
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Canadian Navy – Stricken sub's crewman dies
Canadian Navy – Winds hampering submarine rescue
BBC – Yet another problem with the Victoria-class submarines. Nine crew members were injured in a fire on board the HMCS Chicoutimi. High winds and heavy seas are hampering efforts to rescue a Canadian submarine drifting without power 100 kilometres off the north-west coast of Ireland.
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