HMCS Provider (1942)

Provider was an {{convert|81.7|m|ftin|abbr=on}} long overall and {{convert|78.0|m|ftin|abbr=on}} between perpendiculars with a beam of {{convert|13.4|m|ftin|abbr=on}} and a draught of {{convert|17|ft|8|in|m|order=flip|abbr=on|1}}. The ship had a displacement of {{convert|4670|LT|t}}, a gross register tonnage (GRT) of 2,367 tons and a deadweight tonnage (DWT) of 3,455 tons.{{sfn|Miramar Ship Index}}{{sfn|Macpherson|Barrie|2002|p=227}}{{efn|name=dimensions}} The vessel was powered by diesel engines turning two screws with a designed speed of {{convert|10|kn|lk=in}}, but a maximum speed of {{convert|9|kn}}.{{sfn|Miramar Ship Index}}{{sfn|Tucker|1952|p=520}} The ship had a range of {{convert|37000|nmi|lk=in}} at {{convert|8|kn}}. The ship was either armed with one {{convert|4|in|mm|adj=on|0}} naval gun and two Oerlikon 20 mm cannon or one QF 12-pounder 12 cwt naval gun naval gun.{{sfn|Macpherson|Barrie|2002|p=227}}{{sfn|Tucker|1952|p=520}} The ship was designed to be a Fairmile B motor launch depot ship and was fitted with a machine shop, spare accommodations and extra fuel and store spaces.{{sfn|Tucker|1952|p=520}} The vessel had a ship's company of 107, with 20 officers and 87 ratings.{{sfn|Macpherson|Barrie|2002|p=227}}

The vessel was constructed at the Marine Industries shipyard at Sorel, Quebec, in 1941–1942 and given the yard number 105. The ship was launched in December 1942 and named Provider.{{sfn|Miramar Ship Index}} Provider was commissioned on 1 December, the second vessel of its design to enter Canadian service after sister ship {{HMCS|Preserver|1941|2}}. Provider sailed for Halifax, Nova Scotia and was transferred to the Caribbean Sea with two flotillas of Fairmile motor launches. However, while en route, Provider was damaged in a storm and was forced to return to Halifax. Provider departed Halifax on 29 December and arrived at Trinidad on 20 February 1943. There, Provider and the flotillas alleviated the shortage of patrol forces in the region, with Provider acting as the base ship for the Fairmiles. Provider sailed for Guantánamo Bay, Cuba and was joined there by the 73rd Flotilla of Fairmile motor launches. The two units then moved on to Key West, Florida. Provider returned to Halifax on 23 April 1943.{{sfn|Macpherson|Barrie|2002|p=227}}

Provider was then allocated to Gaspé Force, arriving at Gaspé, Quebec, on 23 April in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The vessel was then sent further up the St. Lawrence River to Sept-Îles, Quebec, arriving on 29 June and remaining there until November. Provider then sailed for Halifax, before heading on to Bermuda to serve as base ship for the 70th and 78th Fairmile flotillas. The vessel returned to Halifax on 31 July 1944, before being attached to {{HMCS|Somers Isles}}, the Canadian training base at Bermuda until the end of May 1945. The ship returned to Halifax to become the base supply ship before being paid off on 22 March 1946.{{sfn|Macpherson|Barrie|2002|p=227}}

The ship was sold in 1946 to Lunham & Moore (Tankers) Ltd and converted into a tanker. Registered in Montreal, the vessel was renamed Maruba and re-entered service in 1947. Maruba was sold to Empresa Petrolera Fiscal in 1956, renamed Olaya and registered in Callao. The same year, the vessel was renamed Orgenos.{{sfn|Miramar Ship Index}}{{sfn|Colledge|Warlow|2006|p=506}} In 1960, the Peruvian Navy acquired Orgenos but the vessel was taken out of service in 1961 and sold for scrap. Orgenos was broken up in Peru in 1961, but the vessel's registry was not deleted until 1992.{{sfn|Miramar Ship Index}}{{sfn|Blackman|1961|p=185}}{{efn|name=name}}

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|The sources disagree on the exact dimensions, though they are all roughly similar. Tucker has the overall length at {{convert|268|ft|11|in|m|1|order=flip}} and the maximum draught at {{convert|17|ft|11|in|m|1|order=flip}}, while Macpherson & Barrie have the overall length at {{convert|268|ft|5|in|m|1|order=flip}} and the beam at {{convert|43|ft|11|in|m|1|order=flip}}.

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|The spelling of the ship's names in commercial service varies among the sources. Colledge & Warlow spell it as Maribu, the Miramar Ship Index spells it Organus and Blackman spells it as Organos.

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• {{cite book |editor-last=Blackman |editor-first=Raymond V. B. |year=1961 |title=Jane's Fighting Ships 1961–62 |publisher= Sampson, Low & Marston |location=London |oclc=973363518}}
• {{cite book |last=Colledge |first=J. J. |last2=Warlow |first2=Ben |name-list-style=amp |year=2006 |orig-year=1969 |title=Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy |edition=Revised |location=London |publisher=Chatham Publishing |isbn=978-1-86176-281-8 |oclc=67375475}}
• {{cite book |last=Macpherson |first=Ken |last2=Barrie |first2=Ron |name-list-style=amp |year=2002 |title=The Ships of Canada's Naval Forces 1910–2002 |edition=Third |publisher=Vanwell Publishing |location=St. Catharines, Ontario |isbn=1-55125-072-1}}
• {{csr|register=MSI|id=526067|shipname=Provider|accessdate=29 August 2018|ref={{sfnref|Miramar Ship Index}}}}
• {{cite book |last=Tucker |first=Gilbert Norman |year=1952 |title=The Naval Service of Canada, Its Official History – Volume 2: Activities on Shore During the Second World War |publisher=King's Printer |location=Ottawa |oclc=4346983}}

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