Last week the Private Robertson VC was tied up at BIO. this was a good sign that she was complete and has been turned over from the builder. This was confirmed when she was registered in Ottawa on Aug 1.
She is the first of nine Hero Class vessels to be completed and enter service.
The RCN Ship HMCS Iroquois was tied up on the waterfront this weekend and was open for tours.
Photos of the Ship can be found in the Facebook Gallery
Eileen Mcallister Just after connecting the tow. Atlantic Towing moved the Scotia Dock II to the inner harbour (below) where the tow was connected .
The US Coast Guard Cutter Reliance arrived for a visit this morning. She will be joined tommorow by the USNS Grapple returning from Quebec.
Shelburne Ship Repair has been busy with a number of contracts from both the public and private secotors. She recently completed work on the CCGS Earl Grey. She has also recently performed work on some larger cargo vessels, that formerly would have likely been serviced at the Halifax Shipyard with the Scotia Dock II.
From an ISI/NS Gov. Press Release:
In January 2010, the province invested $8.8 million in Irving Shipbuilding’s $16.6-million project to upgrade the marine railway and wharf, and build a new cradle. Since August 2011, Shelburne Ship Repair has won 16 contracts from 10 different customers.
Two of those contracts this spring were to complete repairs on cargo vessels MV Umiavut and MV Avataq, owned by Nunavut Eastern Arctic Shipping. The shipyard’s latest contract is to repair HMCS Shawinigan, which will keep workers busy into November.
Shelburne Ship Repair can work on vessels up to 229 metres long, and the new marine railway is capable of lifting two vessels weighing up to 4,200 tonnes each.
The Tug Eileen McAllister arrived this morning and tied up next to the Scotia Dock II. As previously reported, She will be towed to florida for scrapping.
No departure date has been set, But with relatively good weather and low tides, expect a departure with in the next few days.
USNS Grapple Returns for a brief visit on the third. She was recently recovering remains from a US Seaplane that crashed during the Second World War.
The USCGC Reliant is due for a visit tomorow on the Second.
The Survey vessel Coriolis II returned to Halifax Yesterday and tied up in Bedford. The Jetty in Bedford can support vessels this size, but it is a rare birthing location for a commercial Vessel.
Corriolos II was recently surveying a new transatlantic cable for Hiberia Atlantic. See The October 2011 Post on her departure.
