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Canadienne - Submarine SSK 877 HMCS Windsor |
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class: Victoria (ex UK Upholder) class Hunter-Killer
Submarine / SSK Builder: Cammell Laird Shipbuilding, Birkenhead, Merseyside, England, UK STATUS: Royal Navy service: S 43 HMS Unicorn Laid down: March 13, 1989 Launched: April 16, 1992 Commissioned: June 25, 1993 Decommissioned: October 14, 1994 Royal Canadian Navy service: Acquired: 1998 Commissioned: October 4, 2003 IN SERVICE Homeport: CFB Halifax, Nova Scotia Namesake: City of Windsor, Ontario Ship's Motto: SILENT PRIDE Technical Data: see INFO > Victoria class Submarine |
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HMCS Windsor (SSK 877): Royal Navy: The submarine was laid down as HMS Unicorn at Cammell Laird's Birkenhead yard on 13 March 1990. She was launched on 16 April 1992, and commissioned into the Royal Navy on 25 June 1993. She was the last ship built at Cammell Laird until construction began on HMS Queen Elizabeth in June 2010. After entering service, Unicorn operated in the Mediterranean Sea and east of Suez, the Gulf of Oman and Indian Ocean and in the Persian Gulf. She returned to Devonport and was decommissioned on 16 October 1994. Transfer: Looking to discontinue the operation of diesel-electric boats, the British government offered to sell Unicorn and her sister submarines to Canada in 1993. The offer was accepted in 1998. The four boats were leased to the Canadians for US$427 million (plus US$98 million for upgrades and alteration to Canadian standards), with the lease to run for eight years; after this, the submarines would be sold for £1. Problems were discovered with the piping welds on all four submarines, which delayed the reactivation of Unicorn and her three sisters. Unicorn was handed over to the Canadian Forces on 6 August 2001 and sailed to Canada, arriving on 19 October. The submarine was commissioned into Maritime Command as HMCS Windsor with the hull number SSK 877 on 4 October 2003. Royal Canadian Navy: Windsor is the only Canadian submarine deployed in the Atlantic. In April 2002, after departing for the submarine's first training mission, Windsor was forced to return to port after the discovery of a faulty seal in the communications mast. From 27-30 September 2004, Windsor took reporters and photographers from Halifax and Windsor newspapers to document life aboard a submarine. During April 2006, the submarine was involved in the naval exercise Joint Express. In 2007 the submarine entered Halifax for refit. Originally scheduled for completion in two years, the refit was still not complete as of early 2011. During the refit, rust was discovered which will restrict the maximum depth to which the submarine can safely dive. According to reports, due to unexpected problems, the refit suffered delays and cost overruns. These included bad welds in the hull, broken torpedo tubes, a faulty rudder and tiles on the side of the sub that continually fell off. In 2010, the Royal Canadian Navy spent $45 million on repairs to Windsor for which it had budgeted $17 million. The refit began in 2007 and was scheduled to be completed in 2009. The submarine was relaunched on 11 April 2012. After being out of the water for five years, Windsor was lowered back into the water. The submarine was then guided out of the lift area to a nearby dock where the submarine remained for more testing until sea trials. Shortly afterwards one of the engines was declared unusable, and Windsor was drydocked in March 2014. Work was scheduled to be completed in September at a projected cost of $1.5 million. The work was expanded in June to incorporate other maintenance needs on the submarine as well as a main sonar system upgrade for a total cost of $18 million. On 8 October 2014, Windsor completed her dry-dock maintenance and upgrade cycle and was re-floated. In Fall 2015, Windsor deployed for large NATO naval exercises Joint Warrior and Trident Venture with Athabaskan, Halifax, Montréal, Goose Bay and Summerside, returning on 17 December. On 15 February 2016, while operating off the US East coast, one of her batteries was found leaking a discharge. The submarine put into Norfolk, Virginia where she awaited specialists from Canada to arrive. After repairs were performed at Norfolk, Windsor returned to Halifax in March 2016. The submarine deployed in June 2016 to participate in NATO naval exercises off the coast of Norway. However, while in transit, one of the submarine's diesel generators refused to engage. The submarine returned to Halifax for repairs, which were effected and the submarine sailed for Europe a week later. The submarine returned to Halifax on 9 August. In September Windsor was among the Canadian warships deployed to the NATO naval training exercise "Cutlass Fury" off the east coast of North America. Beginning in February 2017, Windsor deployed into the Atlantic Ocean, taking part in a NATO naval exercise and monitoring sea traffic in shipping lanes. The submarine returned to Halifax on 20 June 2018. source: wikipedia - - - - - another history: The former HMS Unicorn was laid up by the Royal Navy in October 1994. She was accepted by Canada and named Windsor on July 5, 2001, and sailed from Faslane on October 8 to arrive in Halifax on October 19, 2001. Her training program in 2002 was interrupted on March 28 by what proved to be a minor flooding while submerged, but the extent of required repairs led to the decision to begin her Canadianization Work Period early. During the course of this refit she was commissioned in Halifax on October 4, 2003. She returned to sea on April 5, 2004, and for the remainder of the year conducted trials and training exercises. In June 2005, Windsor commenced the first operational cycle for her class, lasting through December 2006. In this period, she participated in a number of international exercises, including the successful tracking of a United States Navy nuclear-powered attack submarine and assisting in the work-ups of a USN carrier battle group. In Canadian waters, Windsor participated in the first-ever parachute rendezvous at sea practiced with Canada's Patrol Pathfinders (Canadian Army paratroopers), and also conducted several sovereignty patrols off the east coast for intelligence-gathering, surveillance and reconnaissance. Windsor entered an Extended Docking Work Period (EDWP) at the Fleet Maintenance Facility Cape Scott in Halifax on January 15, 2007, which was completed on November 30, 2012. In the ensuing operational cycle, Windsor spent a total of 174 days at sea before being docked in March 2014 to repair a defective diesel generator. Timeline: 2001 - Entered service with the RCN in August; arrived in Halifax the same year 2003 - Commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) 2004 - Conducted trials and training engagements 2005-2006 - Completed the first operational cycle of the class; successfully tracked a United States Navy (USN) nuclear-powered attack submarine, assisted in the work-ups of a USN carrier battle group, and participated in the first-ever parachute rendezvous at sea with Canadian Army paratroopers 2007-2012 - In Extended Docking Work Period (EDWP) at Fleet Maintenance Facility Cape Scott in Halifax 2012-2014 - Completed operational cycle; spent 174 days at sea 2014 Docked to receive a number of upgrades, including a state-of-the-art bow sonar system that wasn’t originally scheduled to go in until 2016, and to repair a defective diesel generator 2015 - Deployed for NATO’s JOINT WARRIOR and TRIDENT JUNCTURE training engagements, and for joint training with Canadian Special Operations Forces personnel 2016 - Participated in the multi-national joint training engagement DYNAMIC MONGOOSE off the coast of Norway in June, and in NATO’s CUTLASS FURY in the North Atlantic in September 2018 - While on Operation PROJECTION, joined NATO allies for DYNAMIC MANTA in the Mediterranean Sea for anti-submarine warfare and anti-surface warfare training 2018 - Deployed for 133 days on Op PROJECTION Euro-Atlantic, the first time a Canadian submarine was operational in the Mediterranean in more than four decades. source: DND-MDN Canada |
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Windsor ... is a city in southwestern Ontario, Canada, on the south bank of the Detroit River directly across from Detroit, Michigan, United States. Geographically located within but administratively independent of Essex County, it is the southernmost city in Canada and marks the southwestern end of the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor. The city's population was 217,188 at the 2016 census, making it the third-most populated city in Southwestern Ontario, after London and Kitchener. The Detroit-Windsor urban area is North America's most populous trans-border conurbation, and the Ambassador Bridge border crossing is the busiest commercial crossing on the Canada–United States border. Windsor is a major contributor to Canada's automotive industry and is culturally diverse. Known as the "Automotive Capital of Canada", Windsor's industrial and manufacturing heritage is responsible for how the city has developed through the years. |
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