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A Defence Watch reader has informed me that HMCS Chicoutimi was handed over to the Royal Canadian Navy on Wednesday after completing sea trials and a four-year long Docking Work Period. The reader wanted to know why there was no announcement by the RCN on what should have been a major milestone in Canada’s submarine program….then suggested that as far as the federal government was concerned “when it comes to submarines there is no such thing as good publicity.”

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In early October I posted this on Defence Watch:

The Royal Canadian Navy’s leadership has sent a “Bravo Zulu” to the members of HMCS Chicoutimi for commencing sea acceptance trials on September 28 near Esquimalt, B.C.

More from the RCN:

The trials are expected to last seven to eight weeks and will test the Victoria-class submarine’s engineering systems and capabilities, as well as its crew, to ensure that all are performing within required parameters.