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Protecteur-class auxiliary vessel

This article is about the replenishment ships under construction. For the Cold War tankers, see Protecteur-class replenishment oiler.

Class overview
NameProtecteur class
BuildersSeaspan ULC
Operators Royal Canadian Navy
Preceded byProtecteur class
CostCA$2.6 billion (2015 estimate);[1]$4.1bn (2020 estimate)[2]
Planned2
Building2
General characteristics [3][4]
TypeJoint support ship
Displacement20,240 t (19,920 long tons)
Length173.7 m (569 ft 11 in)
Beam24 m (78 ft 9 in)
Height17.5 m (57 ft 5 in)
Draught7.4 m (24 ft 3 in)
Propulsion
  • 2 × MAN 12V32/44CR propulsion engines[5]
    • 2 × propulsion shafts
  • 1 × bow thruster
  • 4 × MAN diesel generators
Speed20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Range10,895 nmi (20,178 km; 12,538 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Boats & landing
craft carried		2 × Ship-to-Shore Connector pontoon systems[10]
Complement
  • 199 Core crew
  • 239 with 2 × Air detachments
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Command & control
    • Lockheed Martin Canada CMS 330 Combat System[6]
    • OSI Maritime Systems Integrated Navigation and Tactical System (INTS)[7]
    • Rhode & Schwartz Communications Systems[8]
  • Surveillance & weapon sensors
Armament
Aircraft carried
Aviation facilitiesHangar and flight deck capable of holding Chinook size helicopters

The Protecteur class (formerly known as the Queenston class) of naval auxiliaries for the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) began as the Joint Support Ship Project, a Government of Canada procurement project for the RCN that is part of the National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy. It will see the RCN acquire two multi-role vessels to replace the earlier Protecteur-class auxiliary oiler replenishment vessels.[11]

The project has suffered from considerable delays. Originally announced in 2004, a contract for the construction of these ships was planned to be signed in 2009, with the first vessel available for operational service in 2012. In 2010, the federal government incorporated the project into the National Shipbuilding Strategy.

On 2 June 2013, ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems Canada's Berlin-class replenishment ship was selected. The Canadian vessels will be a variant of the Berlin class, built at Seaspan's yard in North Vancouver, British Columbia.[12][13][14]

Initial construction work began in 2018, but a formal contract for the construction of both ships was only signed in June 2020.[15]

In order to speed construction of the Protecteur-class naval auxiliaries, the delivery of the first of the new class of polar icebreakers, the CCGS John G. Diefenbaker, will be delayed until at least 2030.[16][17][18]

  1. ^ Auger, Martin (15 June 2015). "The National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy: A Five-Year Assessment". Canadian Library of Parliament.
  2. ^ "Canada to pay $4.1B for Navy support ships in latest cost increase". Kamloops This Week. The Canadian Press. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Join Support Ships". Seaspan ULC. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  4. ^ "RCN Joint Support Ship (JSS) Factsheet" (PDF). Royal Canadian Navy. January 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  5. ^ "MAN to Power Canada's Joint Support Ships". Maritime Propulsion. 2 April 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Lockheed Martin Canada's CMS 330 Selected for RCN Joint Support Ships". Naval News. 7 February 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  7. ^ "OSI to Provide Naval Integrated Bridge System for Royal Canadian Navy's JSS". Naval News. 4 June 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  8. ^ "Rohde and Schwarz secures order for Canada's future replenishment ships". Naval News. 23 June 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  9. ^ "Saab's Sea Giraffe AMB Radar Selected for RCN Joint Support Ships". Naval News. 6 April 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  10. ^ "Navamar to Supply 5 Ship to Shore Connectors to Royal Canadian Navy". Naval News. 8 September 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  11. ^ "Future Canadian Amphibious Assault Ship and Joint Support Ship" (PDF). Canadian Forces. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 June 2011.
  12. ^ "Backgrounder: Joint Support Ship Design Decision". National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces. 2 June 2013. Archived from the original on 3 June 2013.
  13. ^ McKnight, Zoe (3 June 2013). "Navy adopts German design to be built in North Vancouver". The Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  14. ^ Scott, Richard (26 May 2016). "Rebuilding Canada's navy [CANSEC2016D2]". janes.com. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  15. ^ Government of Canada, Public Services and Procurement Canada (3 May 2019). "Joint support ships - Large vessel shipbuilding projects – Shipbuilding projects to equip the Royal Canadian Navy and the Canadian Coast Guard – National Shipbuilding Strategy – Sea – Defence and marine procurement – Buying and Selling – PSPC". www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  16. ^ "Canadian Coast Guard may be forced to lease icebreakers as aging fleet increasingly at risk of breakdowns". National Post. 18 November 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  17. ^ Berthiaume, Lee (29 February 2020). "Federal government soliciting pitches from Canadian shipyards to build new icebreaker". CTV News Vancouver Island. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  18. ^ "Government of Canada announces Polar Icebreakers to enhance Canada's Arctic presence and provide critical services to Canadians" (Press release). Government of Canada. 6 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.

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