HMCS Protecteur

Badge

Description

Azure a silver helmet with five grills Or garnished of the last and bearing a coronet fleurs-de-lis also Or.

Significance

A helmet is an instrument of protection, and in this instance, having the coronet trimmed with fleurs-de-lis, the device of former Royal France, it becomes a "protecteur".

Motto

SOUTIEN AVEC COURAGE (Support with courage)

Colours

Blue and Gold

Battle Honours

The Gulf War

GULF AND KUWAIT.

SOUTH-WEST ASIA

ARABIAN SEA

Lineage

First of Name

• Operational Support Ship, Protecteur Class.
• Commissioned 30 August 1969.^{Footnote 1}
• Paid off 14 May 2015. ^{Footnote 2}

Operational history

The Gulf War

Protecteur participated with the multinational Persian Gulf naval force in the United Nations' action against Iraq.^{Footnote 3}

South-West Asia

Protecteur arrived mid-May 2002 as part of the second task group deployed to the region designated Roto 1. Protecteur replaced HMCS Preserver as the Task Group operational support ship and continued the functions of supporting multi-national coalition forces in the area.^{Footnote 4}