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Sunday, September 01, 2013

Damaged navy vessels back in Esquimalt after collision at sea

HMCS AlgonquinTwo Canadian warships returned to Esquimalt Harbour Saturday afternoon after colliding during manoeuvres while en route to Hawaii.

No one was hurt, but HMCS Algonquin, a destroyer, sustained significant damage to its port side hangar, while supply ship HMCS Protecteur was damaged on its bow.

The warships were a couple of hundred miles off the coast, southwest of Juan de Fuca Strait, when the incident occurred Friday morning, said Commodore Bob Auchterlonie, commander of the Canadian Fleet Pacific. They were conducting towing exercises at the time.

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