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HMC NAVAL BASE SYDNEY
HMCS PROTECTOR / PROTECTOR I
HMCS PROTECTOR II
Royal Canadian Navy base HMCS PROTECTOR, also known as the Point Edward Naval Base, was located next to Sydney Harbour, on Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Island. It was stood up on 22 Jul 1940 and used by the navy during the Second World War. It was mainly used to provision, protect and repair the various merchant marine convoys to Quebec, Halifax, and the United Kingdom. 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. On 15 March 1943, a new custom-built shore facility and extensive piers was opened at Point Edward on the opposite western shore of the harbour, and was named HMCS PROTECTOR II, while the original was then renamed HMCS PROTECTOR I
It continued to be utilized during the Cold War's early stages. It was decommissioned in 1964 and became the initial facility to house the Canadian Coast Guard College that same year. Currently, the Sydport Industrial Park utilizes the base's former piers and land.
Photos and Documents
(PTR001) Photos taken during the construction of HMCS PROTECTOR II at Point Edward, Cape Breton, NS // Source: Library and Archives of Canada (PTR002) AB Chuck Scullion, Cape Breton Light-Heavy Champ, working out at HMCS PROTECTOR // The Crow's Nest newspaper - Feb 1944 (PTR003) Newspaper article on HMCS PROTECTOR's hockey team // The Crow's Nest newspaper - Apr 1944 (PTR004) Nurses and patients on the surgical ward of HMCS PROTECTOR, Christmas 1944 // Courtesy of the CFB Esquimalt Naval and Military Museum
(RDM051) Ships at HMCS PROTECTOR (Point Edward Naval Station) circa 1945 // HMCS GALT K163 and HMCS SOREL K153 visible (RDM052) Ships at HMCS PROTECTOR (Point Edward Naval Station) circa 1945 // HMCS WETASKIWIN K175 and HMCS CHAMBLY K116 visible. Note the CHAMBLY has her forward gun mount removed. (RDM053) Ships at HMCS PROTECTOR (Point Edward Naval Station) circa 1945 (RDM054) Ships at HMCS PROTECTOR (Point Edward Naval Station) circa 1945 (RDM055) Ships at HMCS PROTECTOR (Point Edward Naval Station) circa 1945 // HMCS ASBESTOS K358 visible
(RDM056) Ships at HMCS PROTECTOR (Point Edward Naval Station) circa 1945 // HMCS BARRIE K138 visible
From the collection of Robert David Masters Courtesy of Cathy Masters
HMCS PROTECTEUR (Point Edward Naval Base, Sydney, NS) (AB21) Outer Sydney Harbour but inside protective boom (AB22) H Jetty, Point Edward Naval Base. HMS MISCOU on left side of photo (AB23) Glen tug at Sydney, NS. Corvettes, Minesweepers and Fairmiles alongside the jetties (AB24) Various ships alongside H Jetty in Sydney. Tug HMCS GLENLIVET W43, HMCS FLEUR DE LIS Z31, Gate Vessel. There is an unknown corvette inboard of HMCS FLEUR DE LIS
From the collection of ERA Albert Baker, RCNVR
Courtesy of Anne Baker
Postcard - Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Training Establishment "Protector", Sydney, NS - 1955 Click on the above image to read the back of the postcard Courtesy of Hugh Muir
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