MARINE WAVE


Build by Davie Shipbuilding, in Lauzon, Quebec, Algonquin was originally designed to be primarily an anti-submarine destroyer. The Iroquois-class destroyers were the first ships in the Royal Canadian Navy (other than the Protecteur class) to carry multiple helicopters, they were also the first ships to be powered entirely by gas turbines in a COGOG (Combined Gas or Gas) arrangement. Following the collision with the Protecteur, the Algonquin was able to return to her home port of Esquimalt, to undergo a full damage assessment. It was determined that the Algonquin suffered irreparable damage to her port side hangar.


Protecteur’s tow began in Esquimalt, British Columbia, on February 24th 2016. Prior to its departure, Canadian Maritime Engineering (CME), an organization that services all marine and industrial companies including machining, mechanical, welding, fabrication and specialty coatings, provided assistance with proper rigging of the tow lines and sealing up the Protecteur for the tow with emergency equipment. Foss Maritime’s tug, the Corbin Foss, then departed and transferred the vessel to the six member crew of the Atlantic Larch in Cristóbol, Panama, on March 23rd 2016.


The crew of the Atlantic Larch sailed around the west side of the Caribbean Islands and then over to Freeport, Bahamas and up the Atlantic Coast. The vessel arrived in Liverpool, Nova Scotia on April 22nd 2016.


“Working with Foss, RJMI and CME was a pleasure,” says Jared Ryall, Coastal Superintendent with Atlantic Towing. “They are very professional companies and great to work with.”


As the project lead for Atlantic Towing, Jared’s responsibilities include assistance with rigging the vessels for their tow and ensuring that the project is up to Atlantic Towing’s standards and


The Atlantic Larch prepares to begin the tow of the exAlgonquin while at anchorage in Christóbal, Panama.


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regulations. Jared also worked with Foss to develop an in depth voyage plan, which crossed two oceans and a transit through the Panama Canal.


“Foss and Atlantic Towing had a lot of work to do prior to the sail in order to get the towing arrangements in order,” says Tim Beyer, Vice President Project Sales, Pacific with Foss. “There was a lot of communications between the two companies right up until the transfer of the Protecteur, which went extremely well,” adds Beyer. “We expect the tow and the transfer of the Algonquin to go well also, especially when factoring in the good sailing weather we typically experience this time of year.”


With the Protecteur docked, the work begins to remediate the ship, decommission its military equipment, and dismantle all remaining material. The work on the Protecteur and the Algonquin is expected to take about two years and employ about 50 full-time workers on-site.


“We are really pleased to have the Protecteur here in Nova Scotia and have things go smoothly,” says Boyd MacIsaac, President of R.J. MacIsaac Construction. “It’s a great reflection of our team and our partners here to show that we can do this kind of challenging work right here in Nova Scotia.”


The Algonquin left Esquimalt on May 9th, 2016, and will make the same final journey as the Protecteur. Like the Protecteur, the vessel will be transferred to the Atlantic Larch and her crew in Cristóbol. Upon its arrival in Liverpool in late June, it will go through the same decommissioning and dismantling process as the Protecteur.


At the time of writing this article, the exAlgonquin was under tow to Liverpool, NS from Colon, Panama, eventually arriving on June 27th 2016.


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