Protecteur class
Protecteur class | |
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HMCS Protecteur (AOR 509) |
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Overview | |
Type | Supply ship |
units | 2 |
Shipyard |
Saint John Shipbuilding Ltd., Saint John |
period of service |
1969 to 2016 |
Technical specifications | |
displacement |
24,700 tons |
length |
172 meters (over all) |
width |
23 meters |
Draft |
10 meters |
crew |
365 |
drive |
2 × Babcock and Wilcox boilers |
speed |
20 kn (37 km / h) |
Range |
7500 nm |
Armament |
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Loading capacity |
Heavy oil 14,950 t |
The first Protecteur class consisted of two supply ships from the Royal Canadian Navy . The supply ships supplied the destroyers and frigates of the Canadian Navy and their partners with ammunition, fuel, food and spare parts during maneuvers. The ships had larger and better equipped medical stations than the smaller ships. The ships were stationed on the west coast of Canada, in British Columbia , at the navy base CFB Esquimalt and on the east coast on the CFB Halifax in Nova Scotia . With a length of 172 meters, they were the largest ships operated by the Canadian Forces Maritime Command at the time.
units
The Canadian Navy had two of these supply ships.
Identifier | Surname | Keel laying | Launch | Commissioning | Decommissioning | home port |
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AOR 509 | HMCS Protecteur | December 16, 1966 | July 18, 1968 | August 30, 1969 | May 14, 2015 |
CFB Esquimalt (Pacific Fleet) |
AOR 510 | HMCS Preserver | 17th October 1967 | May 29, 1969 | July 30, 1970 | October 21, 2016 |
CFB Halifax (Atlantic Fleet) |
The Protecteur took among others at the Altair operation part.
Successor ships
On October 19, 2011, the Canadian government announced the results of the bidding process for the construction of new military ships, including two new support ships (Joint Support Ship Project) with an option for a third. As part of the National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy , a contract worth 14 billion Canadian dollars of which was Seaspan Marine Corporation in Vancouver ( British Columbia ) awarded. The new ships should be operational in 2017.
The two new supply ships with the same name largely correspond to the design of the German Berlin class .
gallery
HMCS Protecteur refueling the destroyer USS Fitzgerald . HMCS Preserver in Port Everglades (2009).
Web links
- Official website of the HMCS Protecteur (English, French)
- Official website of the HMCS Preserver (English, French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ [1] , Vancouver Sun, October 20, 2011
- ^ Joint Support Ship Design Selected. Department of Defense of Canada , July 2, 2013, accessed November 26, 2013 .