Gallery: Submarine sea trials off Esquimalt Harbour

 

Images from Monday's sea trials — the first time reporters have been allowed aboard HMCS Victoria during a day sail since she left drydock on April 17, 2011.

 
February 20, 2012
 
 
 
Crew members of HMCS Victoria await the arrival of Canada's chief of defence staff, Gen. Walter Natynczyk, during a tour of the submarine on Monday Feb. 20, 2012. Natynczyk says once the sub fleet is fully operational, it will last for 20 years.
 

Crew members of HMCS Victoria await the arrival of Canada's chief of defence staff, Gen. Walter Natynczyk, during a tour of the submarine on Monday Feb. 20, 2012. Natynczyk says once the sub fleet is fully operational, it will last for 20 years.

Photograph by: Adrian Lam, timescolonist.com

 
Crew members of HMCS Victoria await the arrival of Canada's chief of defence staff, Gen. Walter Natynczyk, during a tour of the submarine on Monday Feb. 20, 2012. Natynczyk says once the sub fleet is fully operational, it will last for 20 years.
HMCS Victoria in Esquimalt Harbour on Monday Feb. 20, 2012.
Vice Admiral Paul Maddison and Gen. Walter Natynczyk, right, board HMCS Victoria in Esquimalt Harbour on Monday Feb. 20, 2012.
Master Seaman Daniel Connelly, centre, ferries Vice Admiral Paul Maddison, left, and Gen. Walter Natynczyk, right, to HMCS Victoria in Esquimalt Harbour on Monday Feb. 20, 2012.
Gen. Walter Natynczyk boards HMCS Victoria in Esquimalt Harbour on Monday Feb. 20, 2012.
Master Seaman Daniel Connelly, centre, ferries Vice Admiral Paul Maddison, left, and Gen. Walter Natynczyk, right, to HMCS Victoria in Esquimalt Harbour on Monday Feb. 20, 2012.
HMCS Victoria in Esquimalt Harbour on Monday Feb. 20, 2012.
Gen. Walter Natynczyk has a laugh on his way to HMCS Victoria in Esquimalt Harbour on Monday Feb. 20, 2012.
HMCS Victoria in Esquimalt Harbour on Monday Feb. 20, 2012.
Gen. Walter Natynczyk boards HMCS Victoria in Esquimalt Harbour on Monday Feb. 20, 2012.
Times Colonist reporter Katie DeRosa boards HMCS Victoria in Esquimalt Harbour on Monday, Feb. 20, 2012.
Times Colonist reporter Katie DeRosa boards HMCS Victoria in Esquimalt Harbour on Monday, Feb. 20, 2012.
A crew member looks over the conning tower on HMCS Victoria in Esquimalt Harbour during a tour of the submarine on Monday Feb. 20, 2012.
Gen. Walter Natynczyk gives a thumbs up to HMCS Ottawa on his way to HMCS Victoria in Esquimalt Harbour on Monday Feb. 20, 2012.
HMCS Victoria sails off Esquimalt Harbour during a tour of the submarine on Monday Feb. 20, 2012.
HMCS Victoria sails off Esquimalt Harbour during a tour of the submarine on Monday Feb. 20, 2012.
Crew members walk along the deck of HMCS Victoria in Esquimalt Harbour on Monday Feb. 20, 2012.
A crew member looks over the conning tower on HMCS Victoria in Esquimalt Harbour during a tour of the submarine on Monday Feb. 20, 2012.
Crew members of HMCS Victoria stand on the submarine in Esquimalt Harbour on Monday Feb. 20, 2012.
 
 
 
 
 

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