HMCS PROVIDER
Served primarily as a Fairmile base supply during WW2 based at Halifax and served as such in the Caribbean when there was a shortage of escorts there.
Built by Marine Industries Ltd. , Sorel, Quebec, for $724,055.
Commissioned July 12, 1942. Lenght: 81.8 m, Beam: 13.4 m, Speed: 9 knots.
Eng. : 2 Fairbanks Morse 1150 H.P.
Owner 1950: Lunham & Moore Ltd. Montreal, Quebec. and renamed Maruba (#179191).
Sold to Peruvian Navy in 19??.
Owner 1970-92 : Empresa Petrolera Fiscal, Lima, Peru and renamed Olaya. O.N. 179191
December 1942, Halifax, Royal Canadian Navy collection (H-5870)
Jan. 19-23, 1943. Arriving in Halifax after a gale. Author collection
March 1943, Key West, Florida. Captain Joseph Heenan aboard the support vessel HMCS Provider as the Commanding Officer from December 1, 1942 to May 4, 1943. Author collection
Royal Canadian Navy collection (H-4399)
January 1943, view looking forward to bridge of HMCS Provider. Royal Canadian Navy collection (H-4400)
Royal Canadian Navy collection (HS-0309-2)
Royal Canadian Navy collection (HS-0309-3)
Summer 1943. Bridge of HMCS Provider, providing protection. Royal Canadian Navy collection (HS-0309-4)
Mechanics at work in the machine shop on board the Provider. Royal Canadian Navy collection (GM-1247)
Royal Canadian Navy collection (H-4389)
Royal Canadian Navy collection (GM-1242)
Royal Canadian Navy collection (H-4386)
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