His Majesty’s Canadian Submarine Windsor (SSK 877)

Builder: Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, England
Laid Down: March 13, 1989
Launched: April 16, 1992
Commissioned RN: June 25, 1993
Paid off RN: October 16, 1994
Commissioned RCN: October 4, 2003

Caption

HMCS Windsor returns to its home port of Halifax in 2018, after an historic deployment to the Mediterranean Sea.

Most requested

“Silent Pride”

2018 – Deployed for 133 days on Op Projection Euro-Atlantic, the first time a Canadian submarine was operational in the Mediterranean in more than four decades.
2018 – While on Op Projection, joined NATO allies for Dynamic Manta in the Mediterranean Sea for anti-submarine warfare and anti-surface warfare training
2016 - Participated in the multi-national joint training engagement Dynamic Mongoose off the coast of Norway in June, and in NATO’s Cutlass Fury in the North Atlantic in September
2015 – Deployed for NATO’s Joint Warrior and Trident Juncture training engagements, and for joint training with Canadian Special Operations Forces personnel
2012-2014 – Completed operational cycle; spent 174 days at sea
2007-2012 – In Extended Docking Work Period (EDWP)
2005-2006 – Completed the first operational cycle of the class; successfully tracked a United States Navy (USN) nuclear-powered attack submarine, assisted in the work-ups of a USN carrier battle group, and participated in the first-ever parachute rendezvous at sea with Canadian Army paratroopers

2014 – Docked to receive a number of upgrades, including a state-of-the-art bow sonar system that wasn’t originally scheduled to go in until 2016, and to repair a defective diesel generator
2012-2014 – Operational
2007-2012 – Completed EDWP at Fleet Maintenance Facility Cape Scott in Halifax
2005-2006 - Operational
2004 – Conducted trials and training engagements
2003 - Commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN)
2001 - Entered service with the RCN in August; arrived in Halifax the same year
1993 – Commissioned into the Royal Navy (RN) as HMS Unicorn