Oberon Class Sub - Cdn$4 + gst

[Robert Dabkowski]

Gents,

I just saw the CTV national news announce that a museum in Quebec has bought one of the 4 retired Canadian diesel submarines. For $4.15 Cdn.

Surely we can all chip in and buy one of the other 3 for Jiff ?

I can just imagine him rising up out of the depths in one, beside a waterfront Ontario Place bar to order yet another single malt scotch.

[Tony Smith]

Originally Posted by Robert Dabkowski

Gents,

I just saw the CTV national news announce that a museum in Quebec has bought one of the 4 retired Canadian diesel submarines. For $4.15 Cdn.

Maybe you misheard the report and it was a gallon of Diesel at some Marina for $4.15?

No, it's true. The HMCS Onondaga was bought by a Quebec naval museum, the Musée de la Mer de Pointe-au-Pere in Rimouski, Que., but that was back in 2005! HMCS Onondaga was towed from Halifax to Rimouski by way of the Canso Canal in July 2008. Maybe it's only just been put on display now?


The RAN also had six Oberon Class subs, the HMAS's Oxley, Otway, Onslow, Orion, Otama and Ovens. Only three and a half remain, with the HMAS Onslow being an exhibit at the Sydney Maritime Museum, HMAS Ovens at a museum in Fremantle, WA, HMAS Otama being owned by a preservation group in Melbourne, Vic, and the outer casing of HMAS Otway being a feature in a park in the inland town of Holbrook, NSW.

HMAS in these cases stands for Her Majesty's Australian SUBMARINE. Submariners are very particular that their vessels are called boats, not Ships, those being reserved as targets.

The Royal Navy had 14 Oberon subs, Australia 6, Canada 3 (plus 2 bought ex UK for training and spares) and Chile 2.

[John McGillivray]

Originally Posted by Robert Dabkowski

Surely we can all chip in and buy one of the other 3 for Jiff ?

But are they steet legal?

[Tony Smith]

Originally Posted by John McGillivray

But are they steet legal?

Yes, but they have bad handling on wet roads!

[Howard]

What the Otway looks like now (or, about 12 months ago)
Excuse the unsightly fat bastard in the red shirt...

[Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP)]

Originally Posted by Howard

What the Otway looks like now (or, about 12 months ago)
Excuse the unsightly fat bastard in the red shirt...

Hey, Fat Bastard, how did they get it to partially submerge like that in dirt?

[hrpearce]

Jiff we have self mulching soil in places

[Richard Coutts-Smith]

The trick was to get it to SURFACE in the right spot, but I guess that is what the periscope is for.
Non Aussies may be surprised that this display is about 300 kms from the coast.
Rich.