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dashboard
2000
HMCS Victoria commissioned
into the RCN in December
2003
HMCS Windsor commissioned
into the RCN in October
2003
HMCS Corner Brook
commissioned into the RCN
at Corner Brook, NL in June
2004
A tragic fire occurred onboard HMCS
Chicoutimi en route to Canada, which
delayed it's return to service
2006
HMCS Windsor completed the
first operational cycle of the class
and participated in the first-ever
parachute rendezvous at sea with
Canadian Army paratroopers
2007
HMCS Corner Brook participated
in NATO's NOBLE MARINER and
NOBLE WARRIOR, the first time in 15
years a Canadian submarine has con-
ducted operations in European waters
2012
HMCS Victoria became the first
RCN submarine to fire a warshot
Mk 48 heavyweight torpedo, sink-
ing the ex-USNS Concord during
RIMPAC 2012, near Hawaii
2015
HMCS Chicoutimi commissioned
into the RCN in September
2017
HMCS Chicoutimi deployed on
Op PROJECTION in Asia-Pacific
marking the first time a Canadian
submarine has visited Japan since
HMCS Grisle in May, 1968
2018
HMCS Windsor deployed on Op
PROJECTION Euro-Atlantic, the
first time a Canadian submarine
was operational in the Mediterra-
nean in more than four decades
2019
HMCS Corner Brook is currently
undergoing its Extended Docking
Work Period (EDWP)
2019
HMCS Victoria is in EDWP
HMCS Corner Brook (878) HMCS Chicoutimi (879)
We Rule the Sea Master of the Domain
Cammell Laird, Birkenhead,
England
Vickers, Barrow-in-Furness
VSEL, England
August 28, 1987 November 2, 1983
February 22, 1991 December 2, 1986
May 8, 1992 June 9, 1990
June 29, 2003 September 3, 2015
12 knots (surfaced),
20 knots (submerged)
12 knots (surfaced),
20 knots (submerged)
Approximately 8 weeks Approximately 8 weeks
49 crew and 10 trainees 49 crew and 10 trainees
> 200 metres > 200 metres
Sources: Government of Canada, National Defence, Royal Canadian Navy.
