HMCS Windsor

Windsor underway
History
United Kingdom
Name	Unicorn
Builder	Cammell Laird, Birkenhead
Laid down	13 March 1990
Launched	16 April 1992
Commissioned	25 June 1993
Decommissioned	16 October 1994
Fate	Transferred to Canada 1998
Canada
Name	Windsor
Acquired	6 August 2001
Commissioned	29 September 2001[1]
Motto	“Silent Pride”
Status	in active service
Notes	Colours: Gold and Blue
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General characteristics
Class and type	Upholder/Victoria-class submarine
Displacement	2,185 long tons (2,220 t) surfaced 2,400 long tons (2,439 t) submerged
Length	70.26 m (230 ft 6 in)
Beam	7.6 m (24 ft 11 in)
Draught	5.5 m (18 ft 1 in)
Propulsion	Diesel-electric (37 MW (50,000 hp)) 2 Paxman Valenta 16 RPA diesel generators, 4,070 hp (3,030 kW) 2 GEC, 5,000 kW (6,700 hp) motor-generators
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) surfaced 20 kn (23 mph; 37 km/h)+ submerged
Range	10,000 nautical miles (19,000 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h)
Test depth	200 m (660 ft)
Complement	49 officers and crew, availability for 10 trainees
Armament	6 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes 18 × Mark 48 torpedoes

HMCS Windsor is a long-range hunter-killer (SSK) submarine of the Royal Canadian Navy, the second submarine of the Victoria class. She is named after the city of Windsor, Ontario. Built for the Royal Navy as the Upholder-class submarine HMS Unicorn (pennant number S43) she was purchased by Canada when the United Kingdom decided to move to an all-nuclear power fleet.