Big In Port Burwell Ontario,BIG!

scott420p · BRAMPTON, ONT

Big In Port Burwell Ontario,BIG!

JPB · AYLMER, ONT

It is huge!Was there today and took these pictures.Will open in 2013 to the public as part of the Naval /Elgin Military Museun.

427CARL · CLINTON, ONT

From what I have read biggrin

That is the "safest place" for a Canadian Submarine..... on land....... wink

workin class · FINCH, ONT

dont look like its burning anyway

flatblack55delivery · PORT HOPE, ONT

I had no idea they were that big.Subs always look so cramped in the movies. Ed

427CARL · CLINTON, ONT

heres some photos from Todd (CP)

Sacotu · COBOURG, ONT

i've been on them for a tour but never sailed. remembering a story a friend of mine told me, one time the sub was up to toronto and had some press on for a ride and the reporter came by the galley for lunch and asked whats for lunch. gordy said submarine sandwiches and the reporter said sure. so gord gave him a ham and cheese on white. the guy said i thought you said a submarine sandwich. gord said you're on a sub and you have a sandwich what else would you call it.

hemi43 · ONTARIO

COOL !! I love subs !! I prefer type 7 German U-boats, but this will do. I just have to find out where the hell Port Burwell is !!

hemi43 · ONTARIO

OK, found it !! On the shore of lake Erie a bit west of Port Dover. I could go on a Friday the 13th and kill 2 birds with one stone !!

Gearhead · ELORA, ONT

This thing looks pretty cool, though I cant help but wonder what it cost taxpayers to move that thing all the way from Halifax and restore. I would have like to be onsite to see that move though. They sure didn't skimp on the ironwork

427CARL · CLINTON, ONT

It seems that the cost to taxpayers will be nil to a little

HMCS Ojibwa, Canada's first Oberon Class submarine, will become the centerpiece of a new "green" museum to preserve this and other important pieces of Canadian military history. The estimated cost of the project is over $6 million. Tours of Ojibwa will start in 2012 with the museum scheduled to become operational in 2013. It is expected to attract some 80,000 to 100,000 visitors each year, creating new jobs and injecting an anticipated $500,000 annual payroll to stimulate the local economy. It is more than a measured can-do attitude that drives this endeavour. It is the conviction that saving an important piece of Canadian heritage from the wrecker's ball is worthwhile.

DaveM · ONTARIO

Considering all the other crap that our tax dollars get spent/wasted on, I would not mind mine being spent on this project at all.

427CARL · CLINTON, ONT

sasquatch wrote:
Yeah, noticed that also,, a bit of BS there to soothe the masses.

Counted 42 tires on one side of the float. (Wonder what ply they are?) Lol

The tire man had to find out lol

Continental IC40 industrial tires size 1400-25

-- Edited by 427CARL on Wednesday 2nd of January 2013 12:03:04 PM

workin class · FINCH, ONT

427CARL wrote:
This sould be called how we float a Canadian submarine. Note no military uniforms cant wait for the politicians to take the photo ops.

-- Edited by workin class on Wednesday 2nd of January 2013 04:03:17 PM

workin class · FINCH, ONT

What the **** does a submarine have to do With a "GREEN" museum except for the fact it dosent work anymore. I hate anything they stick "GREEN" lable on.

sasquatch · NORTH BAY, ONT

Yeah, noticed that also,, a bit of BS there to soothe the masses.

Counted 42 tires on one side of the float. (Wonder what ply they are?) Lol

sasquatch · NORTH BAY, ONT

Forgot to ask,, anyone know what those sheets are they spread out to drive on, looks like plywood,, but???

Lil John · UDORA, ONT

Hey flatblack,they are pretty tight inside. All that metal you see on the outside is ballast tanks.
Takes a lot of sea water to sink something that big.

John

flatblack55delivery · PORT HOPE, ONT

Hey Lil John I wonder if we should we be talking boats/ships and saying sink in the same sentance. Ed

shag766 · FOXBORO, ONT

hemi43 wrote:
OK, found it !! On the shore of lake Erie a bit west of Port Dover. I could go on a Friday the 13th and kill 2 birds with one stone !!

likewise

shag766 · FOXBORO, ONT

427CARL wrote:
sasquatch wrote:
Yeah, noticed that also,, a bit of BS there to soothe the masses.

Counted 42 tires on one side of the float. (Wonder what ply they are?) Lol
The tire man had to find out lol

Continental IC40 industrial tires size 1400-25

-- Edited by 427CARL on Wednesday 2nd of January 2013 12:03:04 PM

being an old truck driver, that caught me to. 42x2, tandem,=84x2=168x2, 2 sets per side=336 approx total tires. wowser

thanks to everyone for the pics. nxt visit to sister in london there will be a side trip, for sure.

Gearhead · ELORA, ONT

Here's one of the two things I would never serve in...a sub or a tank. I'd take my chances on top of the water or with my feet on the ground. Looking forward to going through this when it opens

hemi43 · ONTARIO

dave wrote:
The sheets on the ground are road plates which are 1/2" thick steel. They are used to cover holes dug in the road when it can't be backfilled. They have used a few of them there.

They are not using steel sheets.http://www.theaylmernews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/11th-024.jpg

http://www.theaylmernews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Objibwa-Nov-27-12-004.jpg

-- Edited by hemi43 on Monday 7th of January 2013 10:43:08 AM

dave · TORONTO, ONT

The sheets on the ground are road plates which are 1/2" thick steel. They are used to cover holes dug in the road when it can't be backfilled. They have used a few of them there.

hemi43 · ONTARIO

I just finished watching Daily Planet on Discovery Channel and they had a segment on the Ojibwa. Those sheet that they are using are actually made from rubber called Swamp Pads. It should be opened for visits this year.