For Part one, See Replacing Preserver and Protector In part one We looked at the the Joint Support Ship, and how we went from replacing AOR’s (Fleet Replenishment Oilers) to a command and control + AOR. And how that requirement evolved and de-volved bring us back to a more traditional
Year: 2013
HMCS Haida is a Tribal class destroyer that served in the RCN from 1943-1963. Haida sank more enemy surface tonnage than any other Canadian warship. She is also the only surviving Tribal-class destroyer out of 27 vessels that were constructed between 1937-1945 for the RN, RAN and the RCN. She was commissioned Aug 30 1943, and just
Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Algonquin and HMCS Protecteur are expected to return to Esquimalt harbour at 4:00 p.m. Saturday following a collision with one another yesterday at approximately 11 a.m. PST while conducting exercise manoeuvres en route to Hawaii. There were no reported injuries. “The Royal Canadian Navy will be conducting an investigation
The (Small) Container vessel Coast spent the day at pier 42 for Melfi. Equipment to Move the old crane form 42 to 36 was being transfered, though the Zhen Hua 19 remained at pier 41. the 2 new cranes can be seen in the background.
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) announced today that a seizure of over 50 kg of cocaine at the Port of Halifax, and destined for Ontario, has resulted in two arrests. On August 12, 2013, CBSA officers noted anomalies in X-ray images while
Warning, the video above is 20 minutes long,has horrible audio and the crane crawls off the ship Standby for a speed up version to follow.
Small Photo at left was sent to me from a good reliable source. It offers a better angle then I could get. Rollback on the first crane is supposed to start at 11am today.
Work progressing on the offload of the first crane. Rails are down, and shoring has been removed.
Halifax Shipyard announced what the revamped shipyard would look lie last week, and released some renderings to go along with it. the plan calls for an entirely new building, featuring a new Assembly Hall with a Steel Assembly area containing a 12m wide panel line and sub-assemblies area, and 11