HMCS Okanagan

HMCS Ojibwa, HMCS Okanagan and ex-HMS Olympus docked in Halifax
History
Canada
NameOkanagan
NamesakeOkanagan First Nations people
BuilderChatham Dockyard, Chatham
Laid down25 March 1965
Launched17 September 1966
Commissioned22 June 1968
Decommissioned14 September 1998
Motto
  • Ex imo mari ad victoriam
  • ("From the depths of the sea to victory")
FateScrapped in 2011
BadgeBlazon Or, issuing out of a base barry wavy of four azure and argent, a marine monster "Ogopogo" gules, langued of the second. the first Parliament of Upper Canada in 1792, both proper.[1]
General characteristics
Class and typeOberon-class submarine
Displacement
  • Surfaced: 2,030 t (2,000 long tons)
  • Submerged: 2,410 t (2,370 long tons)
Length295.25 ft (89.99 m)
Beam26.5 ft (8.1 m)
Draught18 ft (5.5 m)
Propulsion2 diesel electric engines
Speed
  • Surfaced: 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
  • Submerged: 17.5 kn (32.4 km/h; 20.1 mph)
Range9,000 nautical miles (17,000 km; 10,000 mi)
Endurance56 days
Test depth120–180 metres (390–590 ft)
Complement69
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Type 187 Active-Passive sonar
  • Type 2007 passive sonar
Electronic warfare
& decoys
MEL Manta UAL or UA4 radar warning
Armament8 × 21 in (533 mm) tubes (6 bow, 2 stern), 18 torpedoes

HMCS Okanagan (S74) was an Oberon-class submarine that served in the Canadian Forces (CF). She entered service in 1968 and spent the majority of her career on the east coast. The ship was paid off in 1998 and sold for scrap in 2011.

  1. ^ Arbuckle, p. 78