HMS Olympus
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HMS Olympus (S12) was an in the Royal Navy
Royal Navy
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, and later Canadian Forces
Canadian Forces
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as a submarine trainer.
Construction
She was laid down 4 March 1960 at Vickers-Armstrongs at Barrow and launched 14 June 1961.Operational history
Retired from the RN, Olympus was sold to the Canadian ForcesCanadian Forces
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in 1989 and was stationed as a non-operational training boat in Halifax
City of Halifax
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. The ship was never commissioned and was disposed of along with the other CF Oberon-class submarines in late 1990s.
Fate
In May 2005, the Halifax Chronicle-HeraldHalifax Chronicle-Herald
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announced that Maritime Command
Canadian Forces Maritime Command
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(MARCOM) was looking to sell Olympus and three other Canadian Oberons for scrap metal. MARCOM stated that the submarines were not in suitable condition to be used as museum ship
Museum ship
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s, and predicted that each submarine would sell for between C$
Canadian dollar
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50,000 and C$60,000.
In July 2011, Olympus started making her journey from Halifax to a scrapyard (International Marine Salvage) in Port Maitland, Ontario
Port Maitland, Ontario
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.