HMCS Onondaga (S73)

HMCS Onondaga

Ship data flag  Canada Ship type Submarine class Oberon class Shipyard Chatham Dockyard, Chatham Build number 73 Launch June 18, 1964 Commissioning September 25, 1965 Whereabouts Museum ship

Ship dimensions and crew length 90.7 m ( Lüa ) width 8.1 m Draft Max. 4.5 m displacement surfaced: 2,030 t submerged: 2,410 t   crew 68 men

Machine system machine Diesel- electric 2 diesel Machine performance 3,680 PS (2,707 kW)

Mission data submarine Immersion depth, max. approx. 300 m Top speed submerged 12.5 kn (23 km / h) Top speed surfaced 17.5 kn (32 km / h)

Armament 8 × torpedo tube ⌀ 53.3 cm (6 bow, 2 stern, 21  Shot)

The HMS Onondaga is an Oberon- class submarine of the Royal Navy of Canada .

The submarine was put into service with the Royal Canadian Navy in 1967 and served there in the Atlantic fleet.

After its decommissioning in 2000, the submarine was bought by the private military museum Site historique maritime de la Pointe-au-Père in Rimouski in 2006 . It can be visited since June 2009.

Web links

Commons : HMCS Onondaga  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Museum homepage (English)

Coordinates: 48 ° 30 ′ 57.1 ″  N , 68 ° 28 ′ 17 ″  W.