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Which is why the general term to cover all the constant cleaning work and general maintenance is called "ship's husbandry"

Actually, the French use whatever the actual ship's name requires as gender. For instance, it is "le" (masculine) Charles de Gaulle, "le" Mistral, "le" Tonnerre but it was "la" (feminine) Jeanne D'arc, "la" Bretagne, "la" Provence, or the indeterminate "l' " such as "l' " Aquitaine, etc.

OK. So I cant see either subs or CDC parking on the side where there are only two, but based on max length mentioned by the Admiral, there would be room for two nested together, perhaps three on the side with three MCDV's in the picture. That could be more than sufficient depending on the...

Question for people in Esquimalt, since I've never seen it in person to make that determination: When the MCDV's are retired, can "Y" jetty accommodate either the CPC's or the new submarines, at least when they are not in a short work period?

They ought to be. When they were designed and purchased, the VIC's were still expected to be around for a good deal of time.

Seen. Thanks.

You forgot the corvettes, Underway. Another question here: When the RCN decided to replace the 5 Glen tugs and 2 fireboats with four - because the new tugs would be all capable of firefighting - that was premised on 2 AOR, 4 subs, 15 RCD's and 5 AOPS. Now that we are going to 12 subs and...

Someone better tell Irving it's upside down! Just kidding. Glad to see her (do we have to say "it" nowadays?) moving along.

It is in places like the core of Montreal or Quebec city, where city blocks are basically built up from corner to corner like a wall of 2, 3, 4 stories houses (and I mean, there are no gaps between buildings - they are all sharing a common wall on the left and the right unless they are the ends)...

FTFY. Got to keep the lingo look scientific.

Don't want to burst your bubble ... but we never have. I am not saying any more.

You would too if you were a Lieutenant-General in their Marines, which he is.

Can't wait for next week end. It'll be one for the ages, me thinks.

Incredibly solid defense in the second half.

And how many years did it take us to figure out where they sank?