http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNew...06?hub=SciTech
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HMCS St. John's was on a routine fisheries patrol when it received a radio message Wednesday from a fishing boat that a whale was in distress.
"When we got the radio call we really weren't sure whether we'd be able to do anything at all," Commanding Officer Brian Santarpia told CTV's Canada AM. "They just told us that there was a whale caught in a trap and we didn't know how large it would be."
When the ship reached the whale on the Grand Banks they found it was 10 metres long -- 3 times longer than the small boats they dispatched to assist the mammal.
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The navy divers then cut the whale loose as the crew watched from the decks of HMCS St. John's.
According to a report in The Globe and Mail, the divers had to get within reach of the whale's tail and stare into the whale's eye, which was about the size of a human hand.
Once the whale was free it swam away past two humpbacks and a few dolphins.
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EDIT: sorry, subject should be "Canadian warship..."
