Canadian Coast Guard

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A Canadian Coast Guard patrol vessel slid into water after slipping off its cradle in the early hours of November 17. The vessel is partially submerged following the incident which Halifax police are investigating as a possible case of vandalism. navaltoday.com/2018/11/19/police

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Photo: Canadian Coast Guard




A couple of excerpts from Naval Today whose headline reads:-
Police investigating vandalism as Canadian Coast Guard ship slips into water

The vessel was beginning a scheduled refit at the Canadian marine engineering Ltd shipyard in Sambro, NovaScotia, when the incident happened.

In an update on November 18, the coast guard said divers had surveyed the ship and work on sealing all water ingress points on the vessel is underway.

CCGS Corporal McLaren is one of nine vessels in its class built by Halifax Shipyards between 2011 and 2014. The vessels measure 42 meters in length and are based on the Damen Stan 4207 patrol vessel design.

[ivorthediver]

Blimey Harry , I would have thought sabotage a more fitting case .

Thanks for the heads up on this one

[TerraNova]

The ship has been recovered to the marine slip. I have not heard the extent of damage. This class has stability issues and the CCG is now considering the install of stabilizer fins, Which apparently were rove from the original construction plans!
Brian

[ivorthediver]

Thanks for the heads up Brian , very useful to know , much obliged .