HMCS Protector

During the months prior to the Second World War being declared in 1939, the RCMP Patrol Vessel Protector was stationed at Sydney for various policing duties.

[2] Other convoys that were marshaled by Protector were Sydney-Corner Brook (SB), Sydney-Port aux Basque (SPAB) and Sydney-Greenland (SG).

[3] Protector was the focal point for the extensive Sydney Harbour defences that were established to protect against German U-boat attack.

[4] HMCS Protector was initially stationed on the Sydney waterfront and used commercial wharves and buildings along Esplanade Street, where the present armouries and marine terminal are located.

[9] The Progressive Conservative Diefenbaker government tried to close it in 1958, but it was deemed useful by NATO allies during the early stages of the Cold War.

Sydney Harbour in 2008, aerial view showing where HMSC Protector would have been located. On the right side, the red vessel is docked to the government wharves that were used in WWII as HMSC Protector I . On the left-side, the Point Edward Sydport piers, where HMSC Projector II was located, are visible about mid-way in the upper third of the picture.