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==Acquisition== In March 1962, the [[Cabinet of Canada|Cabinet]] recommended the purchase of three ''Oberon''s and eight frigates, on the condition that the cost of acquiring the submarines from the United Kingdom would be offset by British defence purchases in Canada.<ref>Ferguson, p. 249</ref><ref>Hadley et al., p. 150</ref> On 11 April 1962, the purchase was announced in the [[House of Commons of Canada]] by the [[Minister of National Defence (Canada)|Minister of National Defence]], [[Douglas Harkness]].<ref>Ferguson, p. 250</ref><ref>Hadley et al., p. 152</ref> However, the Conservative government postponed the acquisition of the ''Oberon''s due to the slow speed of the United Kingdom's attempt to offset the acquisition.<ref>Ferguson, p. 251</ref> The Conservative government was defeated in 1963 and the incoming Liberal government suspended all major defence procurement projects upon taking power.<ref>Ferguson, p. 259</ref><ref>Milner, p. 237</ref> The final price of C$40 million for the entire contract was agreed upon in 1963.<ref name=ferguson260>Ferguson, p. 260</ref> Since ''Onyx'' was already under construction, the boat was finished to Royal Navy specifications. All three boats received modifications to the original ''Oberon'' design, which included the enlargement of the snort de-icer, a different weapons fit, a larger air conditioning unit, active sonar and different communications equipment.<ref name=ferguson260/> The second and third hulls were built to Canadian specifications, which moved the galley forward of the control room to make room for the sonar equipment. This led to the removal of three crew bunks, a problem that was never rectified in the submarines and led to an accommodation issue for the crew.<ref>Ferguson, p. 263</ref> The three submarines were acquired for service as "clockwork mice", submarines used to train surface vessels in anti-submarine warfare.<ref name=mac1>Macpherson and Barrie, p. 268</ref><ref>Milner, p. 265</ref>
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