| Built By: | Cammell Laird (Mersey) |
| Build Group: | O2a |
| Fate: | Decommissioned in 1998 |
| TBA: | Commander | James Michel Ewan (RCN) | |
| 1965: | Commander RCN | Ronald Charles Frederick Perks |
Laid down as Onyx but bought on stocks by Canada 1963 and renamed Ojibwa Spent most of service life in the Atlantic, but for part of 1977 was on the coast of British Columbia.
| 27-09-1962 | Laid Down |
| 15-02-1964 | HMS Onyx renamed HMCS Ojibwa while under construction |
| 29-02-1964 | Launched |
| 23-09-1965 | Completed |
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| Official | ||
| Admiralty Approved | 1964 | |
| Motto | Ne ke che dah. (Dia) (Let us be prepared.) | |
| Symbology | A North American tribe from the Great Lakes area. | |
| Design Notes | A white escallop reversed and irradiated by nine awns of gold, wild rice issuant from two barrulets wavy in base gold on a background of blue. | |
| Additional Notes | The imagery draws on an ancient Ojibwa myth about the great seashell (the Megis) rising from the ocean to reflect the sun's light, which brought warmth, prosperity, and guidance to the people. The golden wild rice represents the abundance of this staple found in Ontario, the historic and present home of the Ojibwa people. | |
| Length overall | 295 ft 3 inch |
| Beam | 26 ft 6 inch |
| Depth | 15 ft |
| Displacement | 2030 tons (surface) |
| 2410 tons (submerged) | |
| Speed | 12 knots (surface) |
| 17 knots (submerged) | |
| No. of shafts | 2 |
| Armament | 6 x 21 inch bow tubes |
| 2 x 21 inch stern tubes | |
| (i) (30 torpedoes) | |
| Complement | 6 Officers and 62 Others |
| Note | (i) Mines can be carried in lieu of torpedoes |
Splendid (P 228) |
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| Class: | 1935 - 1970: Improved S Class |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | S3 |
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Fate: HMS Splendid (Lt Ian Laughlan Mackay McGeogh, DSO) was lost on 21st April 1943. The Submarine was detected by a German destroyer (Hermes) on 21st April 1943 while patrolling off Naples, Italy. Splendid was attacked and damaged in a depth charge attack by the Destroyer and forced to the surface. Following a fire-fight with the Hermes in which sixteen crew members were killed, HMS Splendid was scuttled and her surviving forty crew members taken Prisoner of War |
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| Official | ||
| Admiralty Approved | 1964 | |
| Motto | Ne ke che dah. (Dia) (Let us be prepared.) | |
| Symbology | A North American tribe from the Great Lakes area. | |
| Design Notes | A white escallop reversed and irradiated by nine awns of gold, wild rice issuant from two barrulets wavy in base gold on a background of blue. | |
| Additional Notes | The imagery draws on an ancient Ojibwa myth about the great seashell (the Megis) rising from the ocean to reflect the sun's light, which brought warmth, prosperity, and guidance to the people. The golden wild rice represents the abundance of this staple found in Ontario, the historic and present home of the Ojibwa people. | |
| Length overall | 295 ft 3 inch |
| Beam | 26 ft 6 inch |
| Depth | 15 ft |
| Displacement | 2030 tons (surface) |
| 2410 tons (submerged) | |
| Speed | 12 knots (surface) |
| 17 knots (submerged) | |
| No. of shafts | 2 |
| Armament | 6 x 21 inch bow tubes |
| 2 x 21 inch stern tubes | |
| (i) (30 torpedoes) | |
| Complement | 6 Officers and 62 Others |
| Note | (i) Mines can be carried in lieu of torpedoes |
Splendid (P 228) |
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| Class: | 1935 - 1970: Improved S Class |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | S3 |
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Fate: HMS Splendid (Lt Ian Laughlan Mackay McGeogh, DSO) was lost on 21st April 1943. The Submarine was detected by a German destroyer (Hermes) on 21st April 1943 while patrolling off Naples, Italy. Splendid was attacked and damaged in a depth charge attack by the Destroyer and forced to the surface. Following a fire-fight with the Hermes in which sixteen crew members were killed, HMS Splendid was scuttled and her surviving forty crew members taken Prisoner of War |
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