  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 founded in 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. it was a main combat zone during the battle of the st. lawrence and the more general battle of the atlantic. 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. ==world war two: 1939â1945== 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. on 28 august 1939 the royal canadian navy established a small shore facility on the sydney waterfront. on 22 july 1940, this facility was commissioned as hmcs protector, taking its name from patrol vessel protector. at the time, navy regulations stated that a naval shore base's designation must use a seaborne ship's name. hmcs protector saw intensive use during the war, as sydney harbour became the assembly port for the sc (slow convoy) series atlantic convoys, as well as convoys t
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