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May 31, 2002 - New Canadian submarine battles Atlantic sea monster

On April 23 2002, CBC television reported that the HMCS Victoria had arts of the submarine's hull had been bent because of a collision, causing millions of dollars of damage that have been discovered recently at a navy dockyard during a refit.

HMCS Victoria, the former HMS Unseen is a 2455 ton (dived) diesel-electric submarine built in Britain as part of the Type 2400 "Upholder" Class.

An investigation has been launched into the source of the damage.  The Canadian Navy said that the damage was likely from a collision with a dock, but had not happend while the Victoria was in Canadian possession.

The British government indicated it would co-operate with the investigation.  The British government spokesman said, however, it has seen nothing to suggest the damage was done before Canada took possession of the sub.

We had been researching rumours of a battles in the Atlanic ocean between NATO warships and submarines with "sea monsters" that have been ongoing for quite some time.  There are a slew of known sea monsters that lurk off the US eastern seaboard, not far from the Sargasso Sea, a known haven for such beasts.

We have finally been able to piece togeather all the information regarding the ongoing war between the various governments of the world and these aquatic beasts.  What follows has been painfully reconstructed over time, putting togeather sonar records, and classified documents to get a full picture of what happened.  We would also like to thank a source within the Canadian Forces for sending us the Victoria's log entries and NATO records that cover this time period and confirm our other researched information.

On October 16th, 2000 NATO started an exercise called "Unified Spirit 2000" began, including forces from six NATO member countries (Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States).

The excercise included more than 30 ships, 120 aircraft and about 27,000 military personnel including the USS Harry S Truman Carrier battlegroup, the destroyer HMCS Iroquois, the support ship HMCS Preserver, the frigates HMCS Fredericton and Charlottetown.  There were at least two submarines in attendance of the carrier battlegroup, the USS Alexandria (SSN 757) and USS Norfolk (SSN 714).

The HMCS Victoria left Britain and set sail for Canada on October 9th, 2000, a week before the exercise was to begin.

Just two days after the exercise began, many ships in the exercise noted sonar readings indicating that there were "biologicals" in the area, usually denoting whales of some type.  When the biologicals began to move to intercept the USS Norfolk, a warning to that submarine was sent.  The USS Alexandria was notified to proceed with caution to the Norfolk's position.

Despite moving at near flank speed, the biologicals managed to surround the USS Norfolk and latch on to it, slowing it to almost a complete stop.  The captain of the Norfolk attempted to get the ship to the surface.  Almost as if in retribution, the creatures dragged the submarine down to a depth of 200 meters, and held it there.

On the surface, helicopters and anti-submarine aircraft dropped hundreds of sonobuoys (underwater microphones) to gather more information on the crisis under the waves.  At this point an urgent call to all available submarines was sent out.  The HMCS Victoria was the closest, and it immediately went to top speed to assist.

As the USS Alexandria closed in on the USS Norfolk, a group of the creatures began to approach it at high speed.  The Alexandria fired a torpedo, but it was unable to lock onto the creatures and it circled them until it ran out of fuel and sank to the bottom of the ocean.  The Alexandria turned and fled the area at high speed.

The situation continued for a day until the HMCS Victoria arrived on scene, from its high-speed sprint southward in the Atlantic.  As soon as it arrived on scene it went into "silent mode", where the submarine crew turn off all extraneous sources of noise and the submarine slows down to become as quiet as possible.

HMCS Victoria's crew was updated on the situation, and began its slow, quiet approach.  All six of the Victoria's 21 inch torpedo tubes were loaded with Mk-48 torpedoes, the crew ready for action.

Rather than a direct approach to the Victoria's captain elected to follow a slow spiral inward to the location to appear less threatening and to allow the submarine an easy escape route.  Rather than having to execute a 180 degree turn to escape, this route only required a 90 degree turn.

As the Victoria made its approach a group of six warships went to flank speed following a figure-eight path, hopefully to attract attention and to generate lots of noise underwater.  It worked - a number of the creatures left the Norfolk.

The Victoria closed in and slowed even further.  The crew turned on the lights to have a look, and saw a great creature with long tentacles holding the USS Norfolk in its grasp. 

They devised a daring plan - they would circle around and attempt to brush the the creature off the Norfolk.  The captain informed the captain of the Norlolk using the underwater phone of the plan.  When the creature was brushed off, the Victoria and Norfolk would both go to flank speed on different headings to escape.

The Victoria broke away and slowly circled around to make a new, closer approach.  The submarine scraped along the side of the USS Norfolk, forcing the creature off and damaging the Victoria's hull.  Both submarines went to flank speed and seconds later, the warships began dropping depth charges into the water almost directly above them and the creatures.

At this point, the sonar records become a extremely difficult to follow with all the noise.  We do know that less than 4 minutes after the first depth charge went off, the Victoria fired two wire-guided torpedoes at presumably one of the creatures.  We can guess that two 650 pound explosive charges going off would ruin anyone's day - even a sea monsters.

We have not been able to determine if any of the creatures body has been recovered or not, but we strongly suspect that at least some parts were. Nor have we been able to find the real reason that the governments of the world have been covering up the existance of these creatures.

The HMCS Victoria arrived in Halifax on October 23, 2000, and began "Canadianization" - upgrading of communications gear and weapon systems.

Seventeen months to the day later, the CBC announced that damage justdiscovered to the Victoria's hull would require millions of dollars to repair.  The damage, a dent some 900 square centimeters in size, appeared to have come from a collision with a dock, but could also be consistant with a collision at sea.

We suspect the reason for the delay was that the Canadian government couldn't afford to pay for the repairs out of its "blank" budget and so had to come up with another plan.  The 17 month delay way to avoid any possible public connections with the operation in the Atlantic.

Fortunately, we strongly believe that the Truth must be revealed, no matter how shocking it was to the public.