[Newsbot]

Title: HMCS Protecteur crew fought engine fire for 11 hours
Category: Military
Posted By: DrCaleb
Date: 2014-03-26 07:50:18
Canadian

[DrCaleb]

Other news is that the fire may have been so hot as to warp the ships' hull.

[saturn_656]

She's a write off. I imagine they'll strip out any and all salvageable parts to keep her sister going.

[Regina]

They had quite a fight with numerous challenges. Props to the crew in Spades!

[martin14]

more good news..

[bootlegga]

saturn_656 saturn_656:

She's a write off. I imagine they'll strip out any and all salvageable parts to keep her sister going.

Bad news - too bad the JSS project is almost as much of a mess as the Seaking replacement program is. Looks like the Pacific Fleet is going to be a coastal force for the foreseeable future...

Still, kudos to the crew for fighting the fire in the dark and saving the ship. Just goes to show you that training makes a helluva difference!

[saturn_656]

bootlegga bootlegga:

saturn_656 saturn_656:

She's a write off. I imagine they'll strip out any and all salvageable parts to keep her sister going.

Bad news - too bad the JSS project is almost as much of a mess as the Seaking replacement program is. Looks like the Pacific Fleet is going to be a coastal force for the foreseeable future...

Still, kudos to the crew for fighting the fire in the dark and saving the ship. Just goes to show you that training makes a helluva difference!

The Pacific Fleet no longer has the capability to generate a task group. No AOR's. No C&C AAW Destroyers. Do we have even have a working sub on that coast?

Not much of a "fleet" left if you ask me.

[Jabberwalker]

DrCaleb DrCaleb:

Other news is that the fire may have been so hot as to warp the ships' hull.

I am extremely grateful that no one was seriously injured or killed.

"The fire allegedly started with some kind of burst of flame or fireball in the main engineering compartment"

It's a wonder that an initial explosion didn't kill members of the engine room watch. The only thing in the engine itself that could cause a fireball is seriously overheated lubricating oil. Perhaps there was en explosion in a portion of a boiler but that is so dangerous. A damaged boiler could blow the ship wide open.

Electrical fire?

[Nuggie77]

saturn_656 saturn_656:

bootlegga bootlegga:

saturn_656 saturn_656:

She's a write off. I imagine they'll strip out any and all salvageable parts to keep her sister going.

Bad news - too bad the JSS project is almost as much of a mess as the Seaking replacement program is. Looks like the Pacific Fleet is going to be a coastal force for the foreseeable future...

Still, kudos to the crew for fighting the fire in the dark and saving the ship. Just goes to show you that training makes a helluva difference!

The Pacific Fleet no longer has the capability to generate a task group. No AOR's. No C&C AAW Destroyers. Do we have even have a working sub on that coast?

Not much of a "fleet" left if you ask me.

C&C destroyers are not required anymore, the CPF has the capability to fufil that role. Yes there is an operational submarine on the west coast. As for offshore capability, we have an agreement with the US NAvy to utilize their mid-ocean tankers, just as they used Protecteur for the same purpose.