Friday Firepower with Canada’s Victoria class submarine (25 Photos)

I had no idea that Canada had submarines, but diesels are better than not having any

Hometown of HALIFAX!

Good deal? Not so much. The Chretien government bought the submarines from Britain in 1998 at a cost of $750 million, but since then National Defence has pumped over $1 billion into repairing and converting them to Canadian use.

I live 5 minutes from the Navy Base, and they have been in refit for years. Big waste.

They purchased these 4 subs from Britain. The Victoria is actually now in Esquimalt and it's more like $3 billion dollars pumped into them.

I swear that #1 was taken at MSF Bangor, Washington. Looks just like the last time I was in there, except the USS Michigan took up a hell of a lot more room.

POS(s)… anyone military or no who doesn't agree needs to do alittle more homework on our "deal of the century" with these mechanical blunders.

Fuck Harper

'Cor, tell me about it! I was in the Dockyard when we sold these on to the Canadians. We were glad to see the back of them! Bought as seen my son, bought as seen….LOL

I know for a fact how capable these submarines can be, they are virtually impossible to find, once running there are very few submarines that can touch them. Sadly they were neglected for some time and submarines require constant maintenance and $$$ to keep them operational. Once they are operational they are excellent boats.

Out of the 6 subs we bought, only one of them is able to move under her own power however she can't even dive. What a freakin' waste of taxpayer money…

Of 4 Subs we have 1 Sub is operational and diving and a second will be floating soon. These subs are not trash!! The people who manage and the contractors who "repair" (use that word loosely) them are costing us the money. The Sailors who man them are proud of what they do and just want a chance to prove what the Victoria class can do. 99% of the media and the people commenting above don't know what they are talking about.