From: seegod1@cogeco.ca
I realize the article said the War Museum took a look at putting one on
display but then scrapped the idea due to the cost of moving it, but hey,
Governement of Canada, isn't some history worth spending the money for? I
for one have never seen or been on one of our subs. What a great exercise in
"this is what it was like" that would be for families and children visiting
the museum!!
Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?
Carmen
"Doodle Bug" wrote in message
news:vlnpg41i7mlm2qo3cd4u3q5705cqc5cqkm@4ax.com...
> A sad day indeed.
>
>
> Old subs to be scrapped
> Ottawa issues tender to get rid of remaining vintage vessels
> By CHRIS LAMBIE Staff Reporter
> Sat. Nov 1 - 5:20 AM
>
>
> The federal government issued a tender Friday to scrap three surplus
> submarines that have been tied up in Dartmouth for seven years.
>
> "The Oberon-class submarines are 1960s vintage submarines that are no
> longer required by Canada and were decommissioned prior to 2001," says
> the tender.
>
> The feds are looking for a company capable of moving the subs from HMC
> Dockyard, Jetty NL in Dartmouth, to a dry-dock facility where they can
> be dismantled.
>
> "Confidential material, controlled goods and explosives have been
> removed from the submarines," says the tender.
>
> Ottawa wants Canadian companies to identify the cost of removing and
> disposing of the subs.
>
> "They are to be removed intact by way of towing or on a floating
> barge/dock to a Canadian facility, where they will be disposed of as
> scrap."
>
> The subs are HMS Olympus, which served as a stationary training vessel
> at dockside in Halifax, HMCS Okanagan and HMCS Ojibwa.
>
> Whoever wins the contract will be under orders to remove all three
> subs from the dockyard within eight weeks of taking custody.
>
> The contractor will have to "certify in writing with photographic
> evidence that the torpedo tubes have been demilitarized," says the
> tender.
>
> There are also strict environmental demands surrounding the sub
> scrapping.
>
> "The movements of hazardous wastes should be reduced to a minimum;
> they should be managed in an environmentally sound manner; hazardous
> wastes should be treated and disposed of as close as possible to their
> source of generation; and hazardous-waste generation should be
> minimized at source."
>
> The Musee de la Mer de Pointe-au-Pere, near Rimouski, bought another
> Oberon-class vessel, HMCS Onondaga, for the much-publicized price of
> $4. But towing Onondaga to Quebec and setting it up as a museum piece
> cost about $3 million.
>
> A year ago, a military spokeswoman said there weren't any offers on
> the table for the other three subs. The Department of National Defence
> couldn't provide answers to questions Friday about the plan to scrap
> them.
>
> In 2004, a British museum expressed interest in buying one of the
> vessels. And Halifax Regional Municipality also briefly pondered the
> idea. But neither of the potential sales came to fruition. That same
> year, former Liberal cabinet minister Sheila Copps unsuccessfully
> lobbied Ottawa to get one of the surplus subs for Hamilton's
> waterfront naval museum.
>
> A plan to tow one of the 90-metre subs to Ottawa for display at the
> Canadian War Museum was also scuttled when museum officials got a look
> at what it would cost to transport the vessel.
>
> The first of Canada's four Oberon-class subs was commissioned in 1965
> by the Canadian navy.
>
> Canada took the last of its Oberons out of service in July 2000. The
> military bought four used Upholder-class subs - dubbed Victoria class
> by the Canadian navy - as replacements.
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