His Majesty’s Canadian Submarine Victoria (SSK 876)

Caption

HMCS Victoria sails past the Japanese ship Ise as it arrives in Pearl Harbor in 2014 to take part in Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC).

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"Expect No Warning"

2015-2019 - In Extended Docking Work Period (EDWP)
2015 - Completed an operation with the United States Navy in the Juan De Fuca Strait, located off of Vancouver Island, B.C.
2014 - Joined allied nations in for the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) training engagement
2013 - Worked with Special Forces and conducted the third Victoria-class submarine deployment as part of Operation Caribbe
July 2012 - Became the first Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) submarine to fire a warshot Mk 48 heavyweight torpedo, sinking the ex-USNS Concord during RIMPAC, near Hawaii

2015-2019 - In EDWP
2012-2015 - Fully operational
2011 – Proceeded to sea under its own power following its EDWP
2005-2011 – Entered its EDWP in 2005 at Fleet Maintenance Facility Cape Breton, and completed it in 2011. It took longer than anticipated, as it was the first of its class to undergo the work.
2003 - Sailed into its new home port of Esquimalt, B.C., and began maintenance program
2000 - Commissioned into the RCN in December
1991 - Commissioned into the Royal Navy (RN) as HMS Unseen
Builder: Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, England
Laid Down: August 12, 1987
Launched: November 14, 1989
Commissioned RN: July 7, 1991
Paid off RN: April 6, 1994
Commissioned RCN: December 2, 2000