HMCS Protecteur (AOR 509)
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HMCS Protecteur in Pearl Harbor after a port visit in 2009
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| Name: | Protecteur |
| Ordered: | 16 December 1966 |
| Builder: | Saint John Shipbuilding |
| Laid down: | 17 October 1967 |
| Launched: | 18 July 1968 |
| Commissioned: | 30 August 1969 |
| Decommissioned: | 14 May 2015 |
| Homeport: | CFB Esquimalt, British Columbia |
| Motto: | Soutien avec Courage ("Support with Courage") |
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| Fate: | Sold for scrapping 27 November 2015 at Liverpool, Nova Scotia |
| Badge: | Azure, a silver helmet with the five grills or, garnished of the last, and bearing a coronet "fleur-de-lis" also or. |
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| Class and type: | Protecteur-class replenishment oiler |
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| Length: | 171.9 m (564 ft 0 in) |
| Beam: | 23.2 m (76 ft 1 in) |
| Draught: | 10.1 m (33 ft 2 in) |
| Ice class: | 3 |
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| Speed: | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
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| Complement: | 365 officers and crew (men and women) including 45 in air detachment |
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| Aircraft carried: | 3 × CH-124 Sea King helicopters |
Her Majesty's Canadian Ship (HMCS) Protecteur (AOR 509) was the lead ship of the Protecteur-class replenishment oilers in service with the Royal Canadian Navy. She was part of the Maritime Forces Pacific (MARPAC), homeported at CFB Esquimalt, British Columbia. Built by Saint John Shipbuilding and Dry Docks in Saint John, New Brunswick, she was commissioned on 30 August 1969. She was the first Canadian naval unit to carry the name Protecteur; however, there have been several units, including a base, named HMCS Protector.
Mostly known for her humanitarian efforts, Protecteur had also served in times of war including Operation Friction and Operation Apollo in the Persian Gulf region, multi-national naval exercises and as part of the INTERFET in East Timor. Operation Apollo was the largest deployment of the Royal Canadian Navy since the Korean War. In six months Protecteur logged over 50,000 nautical miles (93,000 km; 58,000 mi), delivering over 150,000 barrels (~20,000 t) of fuel and 390 pallets of dry goods to deployed coalition ships. Protecteur, as well as her sister ship Preserver, were scheduled to be paid off in 2017, however damage due to an engine fire aboard the ship in 2014 forced Protecteur to be prematurely paid off. Protecteur was decommissioned at a farewell ceremony on 14 May 2015.
Protecteur was the first Canadian naval unit to carry the name Protecteur; however, there have been two Australian and seven British naval units named Protector. The name was also used for a Canadian base, named HMCS Protector.
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