HMCS Preserver (AOR 510)

HMCS Preserver (AOR 510)

HMCS "Preserver" is a Canadian "Protecteur"-class Auxiliary Oiler Replenishment (replenishment oiler) ship commissioned in 1970.

Built by the Saint John Shipbuilding, Saint John, New Brunswick, it underwent a major refit in 2005, after the ship was plagued by electrical problems.

It is the second ship to bear the name. The first HMCS "Preserver" was a base supply ship. Commissioned July 11, 1942, the first HMCS "Preserver" served World War II as a Fairmile motor launch base supply ship off under the East Coast's 'Newfoundland Force'. It was paid off November 6, 1945.

The ship has served Canada's fleet in domestic and international exercises in the 1980s and 1990s. It is currently serving in the Canadian Navy's Atlantic Fleet out of Halifax, Nova Scotia.

The ship will continue to operate until the Joint Support Ship Project has been completed.

Departments

* Air
* Combat
* Combat System Engineering
* Deck
* Dental
* Executive
* Logistics
* Marine System Engineering
* Medical

References

Also see

*Operation Deliverance (1992-3)

*The Cold War (1949-1989)

External links

* [http://www.marine.forces.gc.ca/preserver/home/index_e.asp Official website]
* [http://www.fortunecity.com/marina/havana/88/aorframe.htm Canadian operational support ships]


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