![]() ![]() ![]() This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. But no action was taken to replace them until 2011, when the Harper government announced plans to build 15 “Canadian Surface Combatants.” Three years later, not even a design contract has been signed. The new ships are not now expected until at least 2019.Ĭanada’s three Iroquois-class destroyers are nearly as old as the supply ships. Although the Martin government initiated the procurement of new supply ships in 2004, the project was stopped by the Harper government in 2006, restarted in 2008, and restarted again in 2010. In any event, both supply ships are due to retire next year, long before replacements are ready. On the west coast, the HMCS Protecteur is out of commission, perhaps permanently, because of a serious fire in its engine room last week. On the east coast, HMCS Preserver recently returned from an anti-drug smuggling mission in the Caribbean and would take several months to redeploy. The Navy’s ability to deploy task groups depends on the availability of two 45-year old supply ships. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.
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