Crippled Canadian Submarine Docks
From Times Wire Reports
Canada said it was convinced that a submarine bought from Britain was seaworthy at the start of a disastrous voyage during which a fire injured nine crewmen, one fatally, and left the vessel adrift in the Atlantic.
The Chicoutimi was towed to Scotland’s Faslane naval base Sunday, five days after the blaze.
The sub is one of four that Canada bought from Britain in 1998 but that needed major repairs before they could safely put to sea.
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