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Damn the torpedo: navy loses practice weapon off British Columbia coast

"Beachcombers in British Columbia take note: the navy has lost an expensive practice torpedo that may wash up on shore somewhere.

The three-metre-long torpedo, containing no warhead or explosives, sank unexpectedly in January after it was launched from a military frigate near Victoria, a newly disclosed document shows.

HMCS Vancouver fired the dummy weapon just off the entrance to Esquimalt Harbour to make sure the ship-based firing system was working properly. The frigate has two launching tubes on each side at midship for attacking submarines."

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