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DNPA2012-0313-4
13 March, 2012
Nanoose Bay, BRITISH COLUMBIA
Petty Officer 2nd Class David Johnston, a Senior Weapons Technician and Torpedo Instructor, prepares the exercise version of the MK48 Heavyweight Torpedo to be fired on board Her Majesty's Canadian Submarine (HMCS) Victoria on March 13, 2012
HMCS Victoria conducted a series of weapon system trials at sea including multiple firings of the exercise version of the MK48 Heavyweight Torpedo at Canadian Forces Maritime Experimental Test Ranges (CFMETR) in Nanoose Bay, B.C.
These trials are an important milestone for the Victoria-class Submarine Program as Victoria is the first submarine in the fleet to fire the exercise version of the MK48 Heavyweight Torpedo. Further weapon system trials are scheduled for the spring of 2012.
Victoria also participated in training with a naval task group while off the west coast of Vancouver Island. Focusing on coordinated anti-submarine warfare tactics. Equipment and crew trials will continue throughout March as part of Victoria’s program to being declared fully operational later this summer.
Photo credit: David Malysheff
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