Scotto, or anyone, do you know what time the Ojibwa sub will be passing through the canal? I'd love to watch it go by. I tried vessel tracking but it says the ETA is May 25, so I assume the info is out of date. Thanks!
Scotto, or anyone, do you know what time the Ojibwa sub will be passing through the canal? I'd love to watch it go by. I tried vessel tracking but it says the ETA is May 25, so I assume the info is out of date. Thanks!
From what I have heard, it will be coming in tonight about 3am. Poor weather can change the ETA though. When I get a more concrete time, I will post it.
"The Florence M., Ojibwa and Lac Manitoba have entered Lake Ontario and are off Prince Edward County. ETA to Hamilton June 5, 2012 at 1:30 am Eastern Time."
I don't know how accurate this information is as now I see the Florence M is going past Oshawa according to the AIS site .
Boo...1:30am is not a great time for me. I'll be snoozing I'm checking that AIS site but I don't see it. Do the ships pop on and off depending on if their transponders can reach or something?
Oh, there it is again on the website. Well, if I don't make it out tonight I guess there's always a chance to see it on it's way back out in September. Thanks Scotto!
Oh, there it is again on the website. Well, if I don't make it out tonight I guess there's always a chance to see it on it's way back out in September. Thanks Scotto!
Yes some of the vessels seem to go missing then come back again on those Sites, it was too late for me as well and without some light, you don't get very good pictures anyway.
Hopefully they go back out during the daytime.
"In September she is to be towed by barge to Port Burwell where the 300-foot long, five-story high submarine will be transported overland to her permanent home. She will open for tours in the summer of 2013."
It was moved to become a museum piece, I assume they didn't want it in Halifax.
From the Spec;
"transferred to a new permanent home as a naval museum in Port Burwell, south east of St. Thomas."
Edit;
Adding this, picture of the HMCS Ojibwa approaching Heddle Marine floating dry-dock in Halifax on May 25th, 2012.
It sure was better looking the last time I saw it. Perhaps that's part of the reason they moved it since they weren't looking after it. Mind you it's been many years since I saw it last.
It sure was better looking the last time I saw it. Perhaps that's part of the reason they moved it since they weren't looking after it. Mind you it's been many years since I saw it last.
A retired Cold Warrior starts her final journey today.
HMCS Ojibwa, the last of Canada’s Cold War-era submarines, has been resting in Hamilton Harbour since May being prepared for her final duty as a museum in the Lake Erie tow of Port Burwell.
I don't think that they know, I stopped by there today and there were was work still being done. Also bad weather in on it's way and that could delay the trip to Lake Erie.
Who knows we might get the snow like the east coast is getting now. Poor east coast, like they didn't have enough to deal with already. Nasty mother nature seems to be on the warpath lately.