HMCS Ojibwa

HMCS Ojibwa as museum vessel in Port Burwell, Ontario.
History
United Kingdom
Name	Onyx
Builder	Chatham Dockyard, Chatham
Laid down	27 September 1962
Fate	Sold to Canada while under construction
Canada
Name	Ojibwa
Namesake	Ojibwa First Nations people
Launched	29 February 1964
Acquired	1963
Commissioned	23 September 1965
Decommissioned	May 1998
Identification	S 72
Fate	Transferred to Elgin Military Museum 2 December 2011
Status	Museum ship at Port Burwell, Ontario since 2013
Badge	Blazon 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.[1]
General characteristics
Class and type	Oberon-class submarine
Displacement	Surfaced: 2,030 t (2,000 long tons) Submerged: 2,410 t (2,370 long tons)
Length	295.25 ft (89.99 m)
Beam	26.5 ft (8.1 m)
Draught	18 ft (5.5 m)
Propulsion	2-shaft diesel/electric 2 x ASR 1 16-cylinder diesel engines, 3,680 bhp (2,740 kW) 2 x English Electric motors, 6,000 shp (4,500 kW)
Speed	Surfaced: 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) Submerged: 17.5 kn (32.4 km/h; 20.1 mph)
Range	9,000 nautical miles (17,000 km; 10,000 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Endurance	258 t of oil, 56 days
Test depth	120 metres (390 ft)-180 metres (590 ft)
Complement	69
Sensors and processing systems	Type 187 Active-Passive sonar Type 2007 passive sonar Type 2019 sonar
Electronic warfare & decoys	MEL Manta UAL or UA4 radar warning
Armament	8 × 21 in (533 mm) tubes (6 bow, 2 stern), 30 torpedoes

HMCS Ojibwa is an Oberon-class submarine that served in the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) and later the Canadian Forces Maritime Command (MARCOM). 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. Ojibwa operated primarily with Maritime Forces Atlantic until her decommissioning in 1998. In 2010, Ojibwa was laid up at CFB Halifax awaiting disposal, with the Elgin Military Museum planning to preserve her as a museum vessel. The submarine was towed to Port Burwell, Ontario in 2012, and was opened to the public in 2013. She is now the new focal point of a planned Museum of Naval History to be built alongside.