Seaspan Shipyards, North Vancouver, British Columbia, held a ceremonial keel laying yesterday for the Royal Canadian Navy’s (RCN) future joint support ship (JSS) HMCS Protecteur. The 570’x79′ Protecteur will be the largest naval ship ever built in Canada.
The future HMCS Protecteur, the first of two joint support ships to be built by Seaspan as part of Canada’s National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS), will be able to conduct a full range of military operations in high-threat environments. The...