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Thursday, June 12, 2014

Submarine repairs to cost $18 million

HMCS WindsorA broken generator aboard one of Canada’s submarines has led to $18 million in various repairs to the boat, now out of the water on the east coast.

HMCS Windsor spent five years in a $209-million refit from 2007 to December 2012, when it was returned to service for what was supposed to be a six-year operational cycle. But during sea trials, a defect was identified with one of the sub’s two electrical generators.

Windsor was docked in March in Halifax and crews were to replace the generator at a cost of $2 million.

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1 comment:

  1. Pete12/6/14 11:44

    Faint praise - but at least the Collins Class project looks good compared to the Victoria Class project :)

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