The Canadian navy is going to retire four veteran ships that have been in service for decades.
Sources tell The Canadian Press that HMCS Algonquin, Athabaskan, Iroquois and Protecteur will be decommissioned, with an announcement expected later today.
The move comes as no surprise for any of the ships.
HMCS Iroquois arrives in Halifax on Oct. 23, 2008. It, along with three other Navy ships, were commissioned in the early 70s and have been Canada's largest fighting ships for decades. (Andrew Vaughan/Canadian Press)
Protecteur's days were thought to be numbered after a fire in the 45-year-old tanker's engine room left the ship adrift in the Pacific last February and it had to be towed back to Victoria from Hawaii.
Protecteur and sister ship HMCS Preserver were ordered replaced by the federal government a decade ago but their replacements aren't due to enter service until 2019 at the earliest.
The other three vessels, all Tribal class destroyers, were commissioned in the early 70s and have been Canada's largest fighting ships for decades.
Anda sedang membaca artikel tentang
Canadian navy to retire four Cold War era ships: Sources
Dengan url
http://politikduniabarat.blogspot.com/2014/09/canadian-navy-to-retire-four-cold-war.html
Anda boleh menyebar luaskannya atau mengcopy paste-nya
Canadian navy to retire four Cold War era ships: Sources
namun jangan lupa untuk meletakkan link
Canadian navy to retire four Cold War era ships: Sources
sebagai sumbernya
0 komentar:
Posting Komentar