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Patrol boat to be repaired after sabotage

The "Coprporal McLaren" will undergo expensive and lengthy repairs after it was sabotaged nine months ago. The patrol boat has been patched up and towed to Halifax, where it was now berthed at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography as it waited to be repaired. In November 2018 ot was cut from its moorings at a dockyard in Sambro, N.S., where it was meant to be undergoing a month-long refit. The vessel slipped from its cradle, crashing into the ocean floor and coming to rest partially submerged in the icy water of Sambro Harbour. Power cables were torn from the vessel as it slid into the water. Multiple compartments on the vessel were filled with icy seawater, damaging computer equipment and rendering wiring useless. Officials were quick to determine the act was sabotage. Severed lines and snapped anchors reportedly indicated that someone had taken a power tool — possibly an angle grinder — to the cables holding it in place. No arrests had been made and no one had been charged. Halifax Regional Police have since taken over the investigation. Everything that was damaged must now be replaced or refurbished. The federal government is still formulating its repair plan and will have to tender any work that needs to be done. Preliminary estimates put a $5-million price tag on the project. The alternative would be to build a new ship entirely. But Canada is already committed to the National Shipbuilding Strategy, which would require a shipyard to build a “one-off vessel,” a project that would be both more expensive and take years.

Ship slipping from cradle was sabotage

The damage caused to the "Corporal McLaren" in November 2018 was the result of sabotage, according to 349 pages of internal emails, photographs, and reports released by the DFO under the federal government’s access-to-information law. Officials would come to understand that sometime over the night of Nov. 16, the primary cable and a backup line responsible for keeping CCGS McLaren in its berth had been cut — possibly by an angle grinder — with the remaining anchors snapping under the ship’s weight. Power cables were torn from the vessel as it slid into the water. Multiple compartments on the vessel were filled with icy seawater, damaging computer equipment and rendering wiring useless. The damage, according to preliminary estimates, could cost as much as $5 million to repair. Five months later, the vessel remained in Sambro, N.S. Repairs have yet to begin and the DFO has confirmed that a complete cost estimate must be carried out before they do. As of April 11, there was no date for when a cost estimate will be complete. No arrests have been made and no one has been charged.

Coast Guard ship refloated

The Canadian Coast Guard has refloated the "Corporal McLAren" which was cut from its cradle at a Nova Scotia shipyard over a week ago and was partially submerged with 2,600 litres of diesel fuel in its tanks and 400 litres of hydraulic fluid on board on Nov. 17. The operation started in the afternoon of Nov 26 and was complete by late evening, after the shipyard and salvage team pumped thousands of litres of water out of its hold. Raising the vessel occurred without any spills or environmental damage. A boom was put in place around the vessel at Sambro Head, a coastal community 30 kilometres south of Halifax. Also the slip had been damaged as well as the vessel has been severely damaged. The plan was to move the ship to a dock in Sambro by midnight, where vacuum trucks would start removing any remaining water, fuel and other fluids. The ship will be washed down with fresh water in an attempt to remove the salt water that could cause corrosion of mechanical and electrical systems. Then an assessment to see the exact cost of the damage to the vessel will begin. Report with photos: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/attempt-re-float-sabotaged-coast-guard-mclaren-ship-sambro-1.4921129