Canada -
News Sections
Group sues to prevent old warship from being scrapped
Email
The Canadian Press
Date: Tuesday Aug. 31, 2010 7:02 AM ET
HALIFAX — The military's decision to scrap one of the first major naval ships designed and built in Canada has provoked a legal broadside.
HMCS Fraser is the last of seven St. Laurent-class destroyers. Four have been scrapped, one sank en route to a scrapyard and one became an artificial reef.
A reef society in Nova Scotia, which owned the decommissioned ship for 11 years, sold her back to the Department of National Defence last year for $1.
The society believed it still had input into her future and was shocked Friday to hear that the military was going to scrap the derelict vessel.
Rick Welsford, head of the Artificial Reef Society of Nova Scotia, says his group has filed a lawsuit in Federal Court, claiming it retains an ownership interest.
He says the terms of sale include a clause specifying that, should DND decide to scrap the ship, his group has the right to submit a counterproposal.
Welsford says his group presented a detailed plan for turning the vessel into an artificial reef, but was turned down without explanation.
The claims have not been tested in court.
The 1950s-era HMCS Fraser was decommissioned in 1994 after nearly four decades of service.
User Tools
Print Article
Feedback
Share with your social Network:
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Related Stories
Most Popular
3
4
Most Viewed News Stories
Most Talked about Stories
I think he was pushed to take matters into his own hands. I have a teenage son and if he was involved with a drug dealer I would be furious and try anything to save him like this father did for his daughter. Why do police often say they can't do anything until it's too late? Whether it be a drug dealer or an abusive spouse, the police can't seem to do anything until something really bad happens. In this case they could have raided the drug dealers home and arrested him. The whole town knew what was going on in that house but yet the police chose to do nothing. Release this man and give him a medal for doing the right thing by his daughter. I can't wait to see the episode on W5, I will certainly be watching this one.
