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Originally Posted by kwoldtimer
Hamilton enters the fray!  |
The company with the drydocks (
Heddle) maintains floating ones in Hamilton (I believe there are no 'land-based' drydocks at present) but has permanent docks in St. Catharines at the northern end of the Welland Canal, in Port Weller; looks like they also have a facility in Thunder Bay. I think they largely work on freighters, but I seem to recall seeing a coast guard ship in drydock not all that long ago, and there are a couple shown on the website.
Still, to develop a specialized ship building/maintenance capability especially for subs seems a stretch. I'd think Heddle is more suited to maintaining 'traditional' boats, but if there's a business case to do submarines, perhaps it can be so. At what cost, is what I'd wonder... and if building them in Canada is
at all feasible, would it be better for one of the yards on an ocean coast that has experience with navy ships to take up that work and transfer other projects to yards on the Great Lakes?
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