VICTORIA, British Columbia (AP) — The flagship of South Korea's submarine fleet is docked in Canada's Pacific-coast province of British Columbia where it's serving as a floating floor model in the Asian nation's pitch for Canada to buy 12 like it.
The crew of the ROKS Dosan Ahn Changho, a KSS-III-class diesel-electric submarine, received an official welcome at Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt on Monday, having arrived on Saturday ahead of exercises with the Canadian and other navies.
Hanwha Ocean, which built the submarine, is one of two bidders for the multibillion-dollar contract to supply Canada's new sub fleet.