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.
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Now what ?
Are they implying the engines are experiencing anxiety?
Canada once had a HUGE Navy and was a vital ally during both World Wars and Korea.
Put a Hemi in it...
Canada is another country that has effectively become a US military protectorate, along with pretty much the entire of Western Europe.
Higher taxes and fewer muzzies.
I don’t really know why any western country has a military anymore. Except for their own citizens.
Ask Russia to hold off any Arctic Sea incursions until 2025
I’ll give you a reason. Islam.
How is their tank doing?
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.
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.
What a bizarre statement. Did you forget a sarcasm tag?
Canada has a navy? Since when?
When the BM gang was arrested, they were working at the post laundry. We have learned since then.
HMS Bounty sank in a storm a year ago this past February.
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?
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.
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