{"id":728,"date":"2014-09-19T19:07:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-19T19:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rescuenotes.ca\/?p=728"},"modified":"2014-09-19T19:07:00","modified_gmt":"2014-09-19T19:07:00","slug":"hmcs-iroquois-to-be-paid-off-january-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rescuenotes.ca\/?p=728","title":{"rendered":"HMCS Iroquois to be paid off January 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As expected today’s technical briefing brought details of 4 warship decommissionings. <\/p>\n

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HMCS <\/span>Iroquois<\/i> will prepare for its official paying off ceremony in January 2015 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Cracks were found in the hull earlier this year, so this news was not unexpected.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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HMCS <\/span>Preserver<\/i> is rapidly approaching the end of its operational life, which was planned for 2016. This Was a surprise announcement. <\/span><\/div>\n

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 <\/span> <\/span>Engineering surveys conducted in recent months identified levels of corrosion in HMCS<\/span>Preserver <\/i>that have degraded the structural integrity of the ship below acceptable limits, specifically in the vicinity of the port side boiler room.<\/span><\/div>\n

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 <\/span>As a result of its current material state, and considering the relatively short service life remaining for HMCS<\/span> <\/span>Preserver<\/i>, the cost to reinstate this ship to full operational capability does not represent a responsible use of public funds. HMCS<\/span> <\/span>Preserver<\/i> will therefore cease its operational life, remain alongside and prepare for pay off in the near future.<\/span><\/div>\n

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HMCS <\/span>Algonquin<\/i> <\/span>was involved in a collision at sea with HMCS<\/span>Protecteur<\/i> <\/span>while conducting exercise manoeuvres en route to Hawaii. There were no injuries. The ship was able to return to its home port of Esquimalt, BC, to undergo a full damage assessment.<\/span><\/div>\n

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 <\/span>It was assessed that <\/span>HMCS<\/span> <\/span>Algonquin<\/i> <\/span>suffered extensive damage to its port side hangar and remained alongside in Esquimalt.<\/span> <\/span>C<\/span>onsidering the relatively short service life remaining for HMCS<\/span> <\/span>Algonquin<\/i>, which was scheduled to be retired in early 2019, and its current state of repair, the cost to re-instate this ship to full operational capability no longer represents a responsible use of public funds. As a result, HMCS<\/span> <\/span>Algonquin<\/i> <\/span>will begin preparations for pay off in the near future.<\/span><\/div>\n

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HMCS <\/span>Protecteur<\/i> <\/span>will<\/span> <\/span>be<\/span> <\/span>officially retired after sustaining serious damage in a fire in February 2014. An extensive assessment of HMCS<\/span> <\/span>Protecteur<\/i> <\/span>has concluded that the ship was damaged beyond economical repair<\/span>.<\/span><\/div>\n

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 <\/span>Considering the relatively short service life remaining for HMCS<\/span> <\/span>Protecteur<\/i>, which was scheduled to be retired in 2017, and its current state of repair, the cost to re-instate the ship to full operational capability would not represent a responsible use of public funds. As a result, the ship will remain alongside and be prepared for disposal as early as is practically feasible.<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As expected today’s technical briefing brought details of 4 warship decommissionings.  HMCS Iroquois will prepare for its official paying off ceremony in January 2015 in Halifax, Nova<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rescuenotes.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/728"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rescuenotes.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rescuenotes.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rescuenotes.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rescuenotes.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rescuenotes.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/728\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rescuenotes.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rescuenotes.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rescuenotes.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}