HMCS Provider (AOR 508)

HMCS Provider at Pearl Harbor for RIMPAC 86
Class overview
Name	Provider class
Operators	Royal Canadian Navy
Preceded by	Dun-class tanker
Succeeded by	Protecteur-class replenishment oiler
In commission	1963–1998
Planned	1
Completed	1
Scrapped	1
History
Canada
Name	Provider
Ordered	15 April 1958
Builder	Davie Shipbuilding, Lauzon[1]
Laid down	21 June 1961
Launched	5 July 1962
Commissioned	28 September 1963[1]
Decommissioned	24 June 1998[2]
Homeport	CFB Halifax (1963–1969) CFB Esquimalt (1969–1996) CFB Halifax (1996–1998)
Identification	IMO number: 5286192
Motto	Ready to Serve
Fate	Scrapped in Turkey in 2003
Badge	Azure, an ancient Greek amphora garnished around the base of the neck with maple leaves, and on the main body of the vessel, a foul anchor erect all of gold.[3]
General characteristics
Class and type	Replenishment oiler
Displacement	7,300 long tons (7,400 t) light 22,000 long tons (22,000 t) full
Length	168 m (551 ft 2 in)[1]
Beam	23.2 m (76 ft 1 in)[1]
Draught	9.1 m (29 ft 10 in)[1]
Propulsion	Double reduction geared turbines 2 water boilers single shaft 21,000 shp (16,000 kW)
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	142 (11 officers, 131 enlisted) – 166
Armament	Helicopter-launched Mark 46 Mod 5 torpedoes
Aircraft carried	2 × Sikorsky CH-124A Sea King helicopters[4]
Aviation facilities	Aft deck hangar and flight deck

HMCS Provider was a replenishment oiler and sole ship of her class of first the Royal Canadian Navy and later the Canadian Forces. She was the first dedicated auxiliary oiler replenishment ship commissioned for the Royal Canadian Navy in 1963, and the largest ship built in Canada to that date.^[5] Originally assigned to the East Coast, her open deck made her vulnerable and she was reassigned to the West coast. The ship was paid off in 1998, sold for scrap and broken up in Turkey in 2003.