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Author:  sailor82 [ January 1st, 2012, 5:42 pm ]
Post subject:  Canadian Polar 8 Project
Thought I would start the New Year out with a ship that recently captured my interest. Canada's projected Arctic Class 8 icebreaker, would have been the largest non-nuclear icebreaker in the world. The Polar 8 Project was a Canadian shipbuilding project based upon a class of 167-meter, 101,000-horsepower, diesel-electric powered high endurance icebreakers (polar class PC 1) intended for the Canadian Coast Guard. The project was developed as a means to assert Canada's sovereignty in the Arctic Ocean. It commenced in 1985 but was cancelled in 1990 while still in the final design stage.

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Author:  Radome [ January 1st, 2012, 6:02 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Canadian Polar 8 Project
Beautiful ship, just please fix the image. dont resize it using photobucket.
Author:  sailor82 [ January 1st, 2012, 6:33 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Canadian Polar 8 Project
Updated image. Had to use Dropbox has photobucket scaled back their upload options.
Author:  Portsmouth Bill [ January 1st, 2012, 6:39 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Canadian Polar 8 Project
Wow :o This is a very impressive drawing/ship; well done :D
Author:  ONI-Defense [ January 1st, 2012, 6:44 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Canadian Polar 8 Project
Lovely work. Not only is the drawing great, the looks of the ship are appealing.
Author:  klagldsf [ January 1st, 2012, 7:43 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Canadian Polar 8 Project
Are you sure the scale is right? Something seems off; besides this would be larger than Russia's nuclear-powered ice breakers.
Author:  Novice [ January 1st, 2012, 7:49 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Canadian Polar 8 Project
Indeed beautifull rendering of a very pleasing looking ships.
Thumbs up mate :)
Author:  sailor82 [ January 1st, 2012, 8:15 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Canadian Polar 8 Project
If built, the Polar 8 Project ship would have been the largest and most powerful icebreaker (both nuclear and non-nuclear). It would have a crew of 116 and exercise year-round sovereignty of the Canadian Arctic. The Canadian Government had hoped to have on board a federal court, a provincial court, an RCMP detachment, a detachment of Rangers, a good library, good diagnostic services for the people living in the area and it would have been on station in the Arctic for three, four, five years at a time, only heading south when she needed her hull cleaned. It was originally planned to build a nuclear powered class 10 icebreaker, but they down graded to the present concept shown here. She would have been been equipped with two helicopters, 2 landing craft type vessels, 4 life rafts, and possibly 2 hovercraft.
Author:  ALVAMA [ January 1st, 2012, 8:22 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Canadian Polar 8 Project
Holy that awesome.
Author:  acelanceloet [ January 1st, 2012, 8:25 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Canadian Polar 8 Project
only wondering about 2 things: no hangar? and .... can you show me more about this? it sounds interesting.
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