Protecteur-class auxiliary vessel

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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. As of September 2025, "due to continued challenges associated with outfitting a first-in-class, complex warship." it is now expected that the first of the two ships will be delivered and commissioned into the RCN in 2027 and the second delivered by 2027/2028. 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...

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