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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
Actually, I might kill my credibility but I was ok with the Victoria class/Upholder purchase at the time. The British Upholders were a very good diesel boat, the government screwed the time line and transfer processes up badly though.
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They are good boats, I am ok with the purchase too. The issue is the extreme amount of time that the Chretien Liberals took to get around to closing the deal. Meanwhile the Brits had stopped all maintenance on the subs and they rotted at the pier, which has caused problems and added expense.