A couple of weeks ago I was in St. John’s, Newfoundland. As part of the tourist ritual, I walked up Signal Hill and, as usual, started snapping pictures. As I was scanning the ocean for whales (someone said they had just seen one), I took a picture with my longest zoom of a boat, just because I wanted to know what kind of boat it was. When I zoomed into the shot, I was very surprised to see this:

I had to confirm with a tourist looking glass:

My curiosity meter went all the way to eleven and I decided to stay on Signal Hill to witness this rare sight. At this point, nobody knew whether it was one of ours or one of theirs.

As the sub approached, more people started noticing it. That’s when I was told it was the HMCS Windsor – one of ours. What a sight!

 

Now at the mouth of St. John’s harbour.

Time to open the hatch for some fresh air.There’s 50 people in this tin can.

Pretty sure someone was happy to get out.

Time for a beer in the harbour! The sub only stayed there shortly, less than an hour. It then left, only to suffer a mechanical issue and return to Halifax instead of joining exercises off the coast of Norway.