His Majesty’s Canadian Submarine Corner Brook (SSK 878)

Operational highlights

  • 2014 – Ongoing – Corner Brook is currently undergoing its Extended Docking Work Period (EDWP)
  • 2011 – Completed coastal transfer and arrived in Esquimalt, B.C.
  • 2011 – Deployed as part of Operation Caribbe
  • 2009 – Deployed to Arctic to support Op Nanook
  • 2008 – Deployed on Operation Caribbe
  • 2007 – Deployed in the Arctic on Op Nanook
  • 2007 – Began busy operational cycle: participated in NATO’s Noble Mariner and Noble Warrior; first time in 15 years a Canadian submarine had been in European waters

Maintenance and history

  • 2014 – Ongoing – Corner Brook is currently undergoing its Extended Docking Work Period (EDWP)
  • 2015-2019 – In EDWP for upgrades and to repair damage from 2011 underwater grounding
  • 2006 – Conducted sea trials and declared operational
  • 2004-2005 – Completed work period
  • 2003 – Commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) at Corner Brook, NL in June
  • 2003 – Entered service with the RCN; arrived in Halifax the same year
  • 1992 – Commissioned into Royal Navy (RN) as HMS Ursula
  • Builder: Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, England
  • Laid Down: August 28, 1987
  • Launched: February 22, 1991
  • Commissioned RN: May 8, 1992
  • Paid Off RN: June 16, 1994
  • Commissioned RCN: June 29, 2003