HMCS Ojibwa, the first of Canada’s Oberon-class
submarines, is nearing her final resting place after hitching a ride from Halifax to Lake Erie on board a barge.
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| courtesy readyayeready.com |
An ultra-modern diesel-electric
submarine in her day, she was launched in February 1954. Originally the hull
was destined to be HMS Onyx, but was
transferred to the RCN, completed in HM Dockyard Chatham, England, and commissioned
on September 23rd, 1965. Following workups, she spent her career
with Maritime Command Atlantic out of Halifax, but for
a brief sojourn in Esquimalt.
Ojibwa was paid off in
May, 1998, after nearly thirty-three years of service.
In the next few days the boat
will claim her last berth in Port Burwell, Ontario. She is scheduled to arrive
on November 14th via a
specially-adapted barge and tug, and will be lifted into place as part of the Elgin Military Museum.
For further details, see their website at www.elginmilitarymuseum.ca.
2 comments:
It's going to be spectacular to see the Ojibwa roll up the gravel road to her resting place in Port Burwell. Anyone watching along the Welland Canal as she glides through will be mighty surprised. Not your typical houseboat!
Let's hope all goes according to schedule. That east coast weather has proved to be pretty obstreperous recently.
Wish I could be there.
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