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Domestic Stories HMCS CHICOUTIMI arrives in Halifax
Credit: Pte Andrew Saunders, 12 Wing Imaging
HMCS Chicoutimi arrives in Halifax harbour on board the Norwegian sealift vessel, M/V Eide Transporter. |
HMCS Chicoutimi arrives in Halifax harbour on board the Norwegian sealift vessel, M/V Eide Transporter, just after daybreak on Tuesday February 1, 2005. The ship and submarine departed Faslane, Scotland on January 13th . In the upcoming days, Eide Transporter will undergo off-loading procedures. On completion, Chicoutimi will be towed to HMC Dockyard at Maritime Forces Atlantic, Halifax.
Chicoutimi and its crew of 57 initially departed Faslane, on Oct. 4, 2004, en route to Halifax, when a fire occurred Oct. 5 in an electrical panel, leaving the sub powerless and without propulsion off the northwest coast of Ireland. Chicoutimi was the last of four diesel electric submarines purchased for Canada’s Navy and was accepted formally by the Canadian Forces from the British Ministry of Defence at an official ceremony held in Faslane Oct. 2, 2004.
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