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Friday, April 04, 2014

Damage will restrict future missions

HMCS IroquoisA Canadian navy ship will be limited in future operations after cracks were discovered on the upper part of the vessel in late February.

The HMCS Iroquois, an air defence destroyer that has been in use by the Royal Canadian Navy since 1972, sustained stress fractures to the superstructure - the part of the ship above the main deck - as a result of stress from the sea's movement.

The damage, on a portion of the ship that is above water, was discovered while HMCS Iroquois was completing a fleet exercise off the East Coast of the United States.

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