Our submarines will 'live up to the challenge,' navy says

The Royal Canadian Navy has defended its battered submarine program, saying leaked photos of the gaping hole in the bow of HMCS Corner Brook after its grounding make the damage look worse than it is.

Capt. Luc Cassivi, deputy commander of Canadian Fleet Pacific, headed the board of inquiry that investigated what caused the submarine to strike the rocky ocean bottom in Nootka Sound on June 4. He said the review did not focus on the level of damage.

"From what we can see, there is some damage to the sonar rays that are in the bow and there is some leakage of water to the No. 1 main ballast tank, which is external to the pressure hull," he said.

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