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City’s namesake damaged in West Coast ship collision

The American Seafood Company vessel American Dynasty (right) collides with the docked HMCS Winnipeg which has just undergone a massive refit and upgrade in Esquimalt, B.C., Tuesday April 23, 2013. The BC Ambulance Service says six people were taken to Victoria General Hospital with minor injuries.THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Chad Hipolito.
The American Seafood Company vessel American Dynasty (right) collides with the docked HMCS Winnipeg which has just undergone a massive refit and upgrade in Esquimalt, B.C., Tuesday April 23, 2013. The BC Ambulance Service says six people were taken to Victoria General Hospital with minor injuries.THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Chad Hipolito.

A U.S. fishing boat has collided with the Royal Canadian navy ship HMCS Winnipeg docked at Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt, near Victoria.

The BC Ambulance Service says six people were taken to Victoria General Hospital with minor injuries.

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The collision involved the Seattle-based fishing trawler American Dynasty and the HMCS Winnipeg.

The accident appeared to leave the bow of the fishing boat embedded in the forward side of the Canadian frigate.

It’s not immediately know what led to the collision.

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