HMCS Ojibwa, HMCS Okanagan and ex-HMS Olympus docked in Halifax
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History | |
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Canada | |
Name | Okanagan |
Namesake | Okanagan First Nations people |
Builder | Chatham Dockyard, Chatham |
Laid down | 25 March 1965 |
Launched | 17 September 1966 |
Commissioned | 22 June 1968 |
Decommissioned | 14 September 1998 |
Motto |
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Fate | Scrapped in 2011 |
Badge | Blazon 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 type | Oberon-class submarine |
Displacement |
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Length | 295.25 ft (89.99 m) |
Beam | 26.5 ft (8.1 m) |
Draught | 18 ft (5.5 m) |
Propulsion | 2 diesel electric engines |
Speed |
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Range | 9,000 nautical miles (17,000 km; 10,000 mi) |
Endurance | 56 days |
Test depth | 120–180 metres (390–590 ft) |
Complement | 69 |
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Electronic warfare & decoys | MEL Manta UAL or UA4 radar warning |
Armament | 8 × 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.