![]() ![]() Submarine Operational Update Program (SOUP) īy the late 1970s, the Oberons in Canadian service had become obsolete and were in need of an update. The Oberons were equipped with Type 187 active-passive sonar, Type 2007 passive sonar and Type 2019 sonar. The longer, wire-guided Mod 2 version was carried in the forward tubes and the non-guided Mod 0 for the rear tubes. Canadian boats differed from the original design by being equipped for the US Mark 37C torpedo. ![]() They carried 24 reloads for a total of 30 torpedoes. The design was armed with eight 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes, six in the bow and two in the stern. The boats carried 258 tons of oil giving them a range of 9,000 nautical miles (17,000 km 10,000 mi) at 12 knots. This gave the submarines a maximum surface speed of 12 knots (22 km/h 14 mph) and a submerged speed of 17 knots (31 km/h 20 mph). The Oberons were equipped with two ASR 1 16-cylinder diesel engines creating 3,680 brake horsepower (2,740 kW) and two English Electric motors creating 6,000 shaft horsepower (4,500 kW). The boats were powered by a two shaft diesel-electric system. The submarines displaced 2,030 tonnes (2,000 long tons) surfaced and 2,410 tonnes (2,370 long tons) submerged. These build differences allowed the Oberons to have a deeper diving depth at roughly 1,000 feet (300 m). The Oberon class were considered an improved version of the preceding Porpoise-class submarines, with a different frame of the pressure hull and constructed from a better grade of steel. She is now the new focal point of a planned Museum of Naval History to be built alongside. The submarine was towed to Port Burwell, Ontario in 2012, and was opened to the public in 2013. In 2010, Ojibwa was laid up at CFB Halifax awaiting disposal, with the Elgin Military Museum planning to preserve her as a museum vessel. Ojibwa operated primarily with Maritime Forces Atlantic until her decommissioning in 1998. Originally intended for service with the British Royal Navy as HMS Onyx, the submarine was transferred to Canadian ownership before completion, and entered RCN service in 1965. HMCS Ojibwa is an Oberon-class submarine that served in the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) and later the Canadian Forces Maritime Command (MARCOM). Submerged: 17.5 kn (32.4 km/h 20.1 mph)ĩ,000 nautical miles (17,000 km 10,000 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h 14 mph)Ĩ × 21 in (533 mm) tubes (6 bow, 2 stern), 30 torpedoesĪ Canadian Oberon-class submarine alongside in Roosey Roads for Operation Springboard, January 1969.Museum ship at Port Burwell, Ontario since 2013īlazon Azure, an escallop shell erect argent irradiated by nine ears of wild rice or, all issuing from two barrulets wavy of the last, in base. Transferred to Elgin Military Museum 2 December 2011 HMCS Ojibwa as museum vessel in Port Burwell, Ontario. ![]()
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