Tuesday 12 January 2016

Possible Iroquois-class destroyer Replacement

The Single Class Surface Combatant Project, or Canadian Surface Combatant project, is the name given by naval observers for the Royal Canadian Navy procurement project that will replace the Iroquois class and Halifax class warships with up to 15 new ships in beginning in about the mid-2020s as part of the National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy
Canada originally had built four destroyer ships; Iroquois, Huron, Athabaskan, and Algonquin.
-HMCS Huron was left without a crew and was later sunk by Algonquin in a live-fire exercise
-HMCS Algonguin has damaged in a collision with another ship and was later retired
-HMCS Iroquois was discovered to have severe cracks in the hull and was determined to have
a compromised hull and was later retired
- HMCS Athabaskan is the only one left in service.

Future of Canada's Navy

Royal Canadian Navy has procured three Joint Support Ships one ship will be converted over from a cargo ship to a support ship by Davie shipyard in Quebec.

The two other ships will be completed later by Seaspan Shipyards in British Columbia.

Future of Canada's Navy

First of six Arctic Patrol ships for the Royal Canadian Navy begins construction