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Canada’s last destroyer, HMCS Athabaskan, sidelined by engine problems amid fears for its future
Postmedia News ^ | July 20, 2015 | David Pugliese

Posted on 07/20/2015 10:54:12 AM PDT by george76

Canada’s last destroyer is temporarily sidelined after a series of engine problems and other technical issues on the 43-year-old vessel caused senior navy leaders to worry the ship might not be able to continue operating.

HMCS Athabaskan, the flagship of the country’s Atlantic fleet, is undergoing a series of repairs in Halifax, according to Royal Canadian Navy documents leaked to Postmedia. Earlier this year, the ship broke down in Florida because of engine problems. It later broke down in the Caribbean, again because of engine issues.

HMCS Athabaskan sailors have contacted Postmedia to point out a litany of problems, including limitations on fresh water on board the vessel...

dozens of problems to be dealt with, including cracks in the ship’s hull and

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HMCS Athabaskan is the last ship of its class. It and its sister destroyers served the navy as command and control vessels and provided area air defence for other warships.

The Royal Canadian Navy has been faced with a dwindling number of ships as its vessels age. Athabaskan’s sister ships, HMCS Algonquin and HMCS Iroquois, were recently decommissioned. Iroquois was taken out of service after cracks were found in her hull.

The navy also announced last year its decision to decommission its only two supply ships, HMCS Preserver and HMCS Protecteur.

Those ships provided fuel, ammunition, food, spare parts and other supplies to warships at sea.

The RCN has temporarily leased a supply ship from Chile’s navy for operations on the west coast. It hopes to do the same with a Spanish navy ship for the east coast.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.nationalpost.com ...


TOPICS: Canada; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: athabaskan; atlanticfleet; canada; chile; flagship; hmcs; hmcsathabaskan; navy; russia; spain
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1 posted on 07/20/2015 10:54:12 AM PDT by george76
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To: Squawk 8888

Now what ?


2 posted on 07/20/2015 10:56:07 AM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76

Are they implying the engines are experiencing anxiety?


3 posted on 07/20/2015 10:56:46 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Couples? Same-sex COUPLES?! Don't be such a narrow-minded hate-filled clusterphobe.)
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To: george76

Canada once had a HUGE Navy and was a vital ally during both World Wars and Korea.


4 posted on 07/20/2015 10:57:04 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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To: Jeff Chandler

Put a Hemi in it...


5 posted on 07/20/2015 10:57:11 AM PDT by refermech
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To: george76

Canada is another country that has effectively become a US military protectorate, along with pretty much the entire of Western Europe.


6 posted on 07/20/2015 10:57:30 AM PDT by NRx (An unrepentant champion of the old order and determined foe of damnable Whiggery in all its forms.)
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To: george76

Higher taxes and fewer muzzies.


7 posted on 07/20/2015 10:57:35 AM PDT by Paladin2 (Ive given up on aphostrophys and spell chek on my current device...)
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To: george76

I don’t really know why any western country has a military anymore. Except for their own citizens.


8 posted on 07/20/2015 10:58:14 AM PDT by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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To: george76

Ask Russia to hold off any Arctic Sea incursions until 2025


9 posted on 07/20/2015 10:58:37 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: demshateGod

I’ll give you a reason. Islam.


10 posted on 07/20/2015 11:01:50 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (INTOLERANCE WILL NOT BE TOLERATED!!!!)
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To: george76

How is their tank doing?


11 posted on 07/20/2015 11:01:54 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: PGR88

Benton Fraser, inspector Thatcher and the crew of the HMS Bounty replica can keep Canada safe.

If Canada is down to just that, they might as well.


12 posted on 07/20/2015 11:03:53 AM PDT by wally_bert (There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

You mean like the Muslims who walk onto a naval base and shoot unarmed Marines? Or work on Army bases where they can easily shoot unarmed soldiers?

Islam is a good reason to have a military, but since our military isn’t doing anything about Islam, thanks to a long list of crappy politicians and officers, I don’t see why we even have a military. I guess it keeps the money flowing to someone.


13 posted on 07/20/2015 11:05:35 AM PDT by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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To: demshateGod
I don’t really know why any western country has a military anymore. Except for their own citizens.

What a bizarre statement. Did you forget a sarcasm tag?

14 posted on 07/20/2015 11:12:29 AM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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To: george76

Canada has a navy? Since when?


15 posted on 07/20/2015 11:13:49 AM PDT by MeganC (The Republic of The United States of America: 7/4/1776 to 6/26/2015 R.I.P.)
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To: demshateGod

When the BM gang was arrested, they were working at the post laundry. We have learned since then.


16 posted on 07/20/2015 11:14:00 AM PDT by Domangart
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To: wally_bert

HMS Bounty sank in a storm a year ago this past February.


17 posted on 07/20/2015 11:17:12 AM PDT by Rebelbase ( NASCAR 2015: "Bootlegger to boot licker"--FReeper Crim)
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To: Talisker

You’re right. All those transgender people need a place to feel awesome. And where will those young hetero men get their “white privilege” seminars and LGBTQ sensitivity seminars if not in the military? What I’m saying is the military has been fundamentally transformed, ISIS is building training camps across the border in Mexico, Christians are being slaughtered in the ME, Iraq and Afghanistan are lost, our soldiers are sitting ducks here and abroad, being an ambassador is suicide, and we’re spending billions on a military that’s supposed to stop all of this?


18 posted on 07/20/2015 11:20:31 AM PDT by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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To: Rebelbase

Oh well.

Fraser could come up with something to keep the Russian navy at bay. Excessive use of good manners and first people’s history to bore them in not bothering.


19 posted on 07/20/2015 11:22:32 AM PDT by wally_bert (There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
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To: george76
Maybe with the fire sale on Spainish assets, we can get that supply ship we borrowed from Spain for 1,000 gallons of maple syrup. For a thousand more, the RCN may also be able to get the Príncipe de Asturias. The RCHMDN (Royal Canadian Hand Me Down Navy)!
20 posted on 07/20/2015 11:26:00 AM PDT by A Formerly Proud Canadian (I once was blind, but now I see...)
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