Characteristics:
Displacement:
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24,700 tons full load
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Dimensions:
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172.0 x 23.16 x 9.15 meters (564 x 76 x 30 feet)
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Propulsion:
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1 shaft;
2 water tube boilers;
2 geared steam turbines, 21,000 shp;
21 knots
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Crew:
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227 (+57 transients)
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Aviation:
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aft helicopter deck with hangar;
up to 3 CH-124 Sea King helicopters
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Cargo:
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18,000 tons fuel
400 tons munitions, provisions, spares
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Sonar:
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none
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Armament:
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2 20 mm Phalanx CIWS
6 12.7 mm MG
helo launched Mk.46 Mod 5 torpedoes,
1 FMC 3"/50 twin gun mount (later removed)
1 Mk.29 octuple Sea Sparrow (fitted for but not with)
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The Canadian Navy has never purchased any Mk.29 Sea Sparrow launchers
for these ships, nor is there any intention to, but the design originally
allowed for them.
Ships:
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Pendant
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Commissioned
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Homeport
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PROTECTEUR
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509
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30/08/69
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Esquimalt
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PRESERVER
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510
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30/07/70
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Halifax
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Notes:
Built in the late 1960s, these ships benefitted from the lessons
learned from Canada's first postwar replenishment vessel, HMCS PROVIDER.
Once the new ships were available, PROVIDER was sent to the West Coast where
she would stay until the late 1990s. PROVIDER's open "jungle" deck made her
unsuited to the North Atlantic, and the new ships therefore had enclosed
"jungle" decks. They were originally fitted with a 'bowchaser' twin gun
mount, but these were removed due to the maintenance involved with a gun
in such an exposed position on the foc's'le. During the 1990/1991 Gulf War
(or Persian Excursian as it is known in CAF circles), this mount was replaced
on PROTECTEUR, and removed again once she returned. Both ships have ice-strengthened
hulls. They are the largest ships ever built for the Canadian Navy.
When PROTECTEUR was sent to the Gulf, two Phalanx CIWS guns were fitted
as a temporary measure to guard against missiles; this addition was made
permanent in post-Gulf war refits on both ships of the class. PROTECTEUR
was the only supply ship in the Gulf War to conduct her own boardings as
a part of the arms embargo against Iraq.
Both PROTECTEUR and PRESERVER have been deployed in aid of Operation Apollo
in 2001/2002 to the Northern Arabian Sea.
These ships will require replacement by 2010, but no announcements have
been made regarding this.
Photos:
(click on thumbnail for bigger image)
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PROTECTEUR
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Notes:
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1. PROTECTEUR replenishes
HMC Ships ATHABASKAN and TERRA NOVA on the way to the Persian Gulf. ('90)
DND photo.
2. PROTECTEUR in the company of HMCS ASSINIBOINE, a Sea King, and an unnamed
member of the Tribal Class. Note the presence of the 'bowchaser' gun. DND
photo.
3. PROTECTEUR. DND photo.
4. An unnamed AOR of the PROTECTEUR Class replenishes a ship. DND photo.
5. PROTECTEUR replenishes two members of the Tribal Class. Steve Wilton
photo.
6. PROTECTEUR with two ships of the South Korean Navy. Note the two Phalanx
CIWS and the new lattice mast characteristic of the latest refits. PRESERVER
returned to service in the winter of 1998 after such a refit in Halifax.
DND photo.
7. One of the two AORs refuels USCGC DALLAS. DND photo, Courtesy of Dave
Shirlaw.
8. PROTECTEUR performs a RAS (Replenishment At Sea) with HMC Ships ST. JOHN'S
(left) and ALGONQUIN (right) in 2002. DND photo / MCpl Michel Durand.
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1. PRESERVER returns to Halifax.
Sandy McClearn photo. (March 2003)
2. PRESERVER. Sandy McClearn photo. (May 2003)
3. CCGS Louis S. St. Laurent lies alongside PRESERVER while refuelling.
Sandy McClearn photo. (July 2003)
4. PRESERVER in silhouette. Sandy McClearn photo.
5. The size of PRESERVER is made apparent in this photo, with HMCS HALIFAX
rafted up outside of her. (2002) Sandy McClearn photo.
6. PRESERVER alongside at the Dockyard. (2002) Sandy McClearn photo.
7. HMCS PRESERVER in ice. DND photo.
8. PRESERVER. Note the 'bowchaser' gun. DND photo.
9. PRESERVER in refit. Sandy McClearn photo.
10. PRESERVER in Scotia Dock at the Halifax Shipyard during refit. Ron Barrie
photo.
11. PRESERVER leaves drydock. Sandy McClearn photo.
12. PRESERVER approaches the gun wharf in Dartmouth, NS, after leaving drydock.
Sandy McClearn photo.
13. PRESERVER in refit at the Halifax Shipyard. Sandy McClearn photo.
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