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Fire on 2nd Canadian sub
Last Updated Mon, 31 Oct 2005 19:52:29 EST
CBC News

The Canadian navy has confirmed that the troubled fleet of submarines purchased from Britain has suffered another fire, slightly more than a year after a blaze crippled HMCS Chicoutimi and led to the death of one sailor.

A navy spokesperson in Halifax said HMCS Windsor was submerged off the Nova Scotia coast on Sunday when a transformer meltdown was reported.

A small fire created smoke in the submarine and the crew went to immediate emergency stations.

The submarine rose to what the navy calls "a safe depth" and extinguished the fire.

No sailors were injured and the Windsor remains at sea.

The vessel is the navy's only operational submarine.

Three other Victoria-class submarines purchased by the Canadian navy from the Royal Navy in 1998 are in repair or retrofit.

In October 2004, a fire broke out on Chicoutimi as it was crossing the Atlantic, leading to the death of Lieut. Chris Saunders and injuring eight others.

In May 5, 2005, a Canadian naval board of inquiry released a 700-page report on the accident.

talharim escreveu:Por favor gente,os ingleses são um dos melhores construtores de submarinos do mundo.

Eu me recuso a acreditar que a classe Upholder é um fracasso !

Para mim isto está parecendo incompetência da Marinha Canadense.

1998:
Canadian Forces announces it has purchased four Upholder-class Royal Navy submarines, which were decommissioned in 1993 when the U.K. decided to focus solely on nuclear subs.

2002:
Windsor leaves Halifax for a planned two-week mission, but is forced to turn back after salt water seeps into a hydraulic motor. Canadian Forces reveals that Victoria has a dent in its hull the size of a pizza, as a result of a collision that occurred before the navy took over the sub. The Royal Navy agrees to co-operate in an investigation of the dent. The Canadian navy says cracked diesel exhaust valves on all the subs may have to be replaced.

2003:
HMCS Victoria sails to Esquimalt, B.C., from Halifax via the Panama Canal, re-establishing Canada's submarine presence in the Pacific Ocean, lost when the Rainbow was decommissioned in 1974.

An official with the Defence Department says the lease-to-purchase plan for the four new subs would cost an estimated $897 million, up from their original estimate of $750 million, because of the subs' structural problems.

2004:
On its maiden voyage as a Canadian vessel, a fire breaks out in the electrical equipment room of HMCS Chicoutimi causing "extensive damage to cabling," says Commodore Tyrone Pile, commander of the Canadian Fleet Atlantic. Nine members of the crew suffer smoke inhalation. Three crewmen are transferred by Royal Navy helicopter to a hospital in Ireland. Lieut. Chris Saunders, 32, dies on the helicopter.

The navy orders the three other Victoria-class submarines to dock while an inquiry takes place to determine the cause of the Chicoutimi fire. Other than the few months in 2000 before the Victoria was commissioned, it is the first time since 1961 the Canadian navy has been without an active submarine.

Seria uma descrédito e uma humilhação para o consórcio fabricante dos novos sub se dessem barracadas dessas.

Mas como diz o amigo JNSA, bate na Madeira 3 vezes, e acrescento mandem o Alexandrino hipnotizá-los na cerimónia de entrega (nunca se sabe )

Embora a decisão de não comprar os Upholder/Victoria para a Marinha Portuguesa tenha sido muito criticada por alguns, em retrospectiva, só podemos dar graças por não termos ficado com este barrete!!...

Pelo menos esses subs não vieram cá parar (como era a intenção de alguns "iluminados" favoráveis à sua aquisição).