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Canadian Merchant Navy
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 Statistics for the Shipping Industry of Canada |
| Total: 173 ships (1,000 gross register tons (GRT) or over) |
| Totalling: 2,129,243 GRT/2,716,340 metric tons of deadweight (DWT) |
| Cargo ships |
| Bulk ships |
62 |
| Cargo ship |
10 |
| Container ships |
2 |
| Roll-on/Roll-off ships |
8 |
| Tanker ships |
| Chemical tanker ships |
9 |
| Petroleum tanker ships |
13 |
| Passenger ships |
| General passenger ships |
6 |
| Combined passenger/cargo |
63 |
| Foreign Ownership and Documentation |
| Note: Of these, 7 are foreign-owned: Germany 3, Netherlands 1, Norway 1, United States 2. 111 Canadian vessels are registered in other countries: Australia 1, Bahamas 18, Barbados 8, Cambodia 6, Cyprus 2, Denmark 1, Honduras 1, Hong Kong 28, Liberia 2, Malta 18, Marshall Islands 6, Panama 4, Russia 1, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6, United States 4, Vanuatu 5. 2006 estimates. |
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| Source: This article contains material from the CIA World Factbook which, as a US government publication, is in the public domain. |
Canada, like several other Commonwealth nations, created its own Merchant Navy in a large-scale effort during World War Two. The Canadian Merchant Navy played a major role in the Battle of the Atlantic bolstering the allies merchant fleet due to high losses in the British Merchant Navy. Eventually thousands of Canadians served in the Merchant Navy aboard hundreds of Canadian merchant ships, notably the "Park Ships", the Canadian equivalent of the American "Liberty Ships".
A school at St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia trained Canadian merchant mariners. "Manning Pools", or Merchant Navy barracks, were built in Canadian ports. Considered a fourth branch of the Canadian military, after the Canadian Army, Royal Canadian Navy, and Royal Canadian Air Force, the Canadian Merchant Navy suffered the highest casualty rate of the four services.
Sadly, after the war, Canadian Merchant Navy veterans were denied veterans benefits and official recognition for decades. This injustice was not corrected until the 1990s and many individual cases remain unresolved.
The 529-foot Canadian laker
James Carruthers on
Lake Huron in 1913.
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[edit] Canadian-Registered
- Beacon Hill
- Elk Island Park
- Erik Boye (HX-48)
- Magog (HX-52)
- Waterloo
- Thorold
- Kenordoc (SC-3)
- St.Malo (HX-77)
- Trevisa (SC-7)
- Maplecourt (SC-20)
- Canadian Cruiser
- A.D. Huff
- J.B. White (HX-112)
- Canadolite
- Portadoc
- Europa
- Collingdoc
- Vancouver Island
- Proteus
- Nereus
- Shinai
- Lady Hawkins
- Montrolite
- Empress of Asia
- Victolite
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- George L. Torian
- Lennox
- Sarniadoc
- Robert W. Pomeroy
- Vineland
- James E. Newsom
- Lady Drake
- Mildred Pauline
- Mont Louis
- Calgarolite
- Torondoc
- Troisdoc
- Frank B. Baird
- Liverpool Packet
- Mona Marie
- Lucille M.
- Prescodoc
- Princess Marguerite
- Donald Stewart
- Lord St rathcona
- John A. Holloway
- Oakton(Q533)
- Norfolk
- Carolus
- Bic Island (HX-212)
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- Rose Castle
- Chr. J. Kampmann (TAG-18)
- Angelus
- Jasper Park
- Watuka
- Albert C. Field
- Cornwallis
- Point Pleasant Park
- Taber Park (FS-1753)
- Avondale Park
- Watkins F. Nisbet
- Mondoc
- R.J. Cullen
- Hamildoc
- Bic Island
- Europa
- Lady Nelson
- Cornwallis
- Nipawin Park (SH-194)
- Silver Star Park
- Green Hill Park
- Kootenay Park
- Salt Lake Park
- Westbank Park
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[edit] British-Registered
- Beaverburn (OA-84)
- Empress of Britain
- Beaverford (HX-84)
- Beaverbrae
- Beaverdale
- Caledonian Monarch
- Duchess of Atholl
- Empress of Canada
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- Duchess of York
- Fort Athabasca
- Fort Bellingham (JW-56A)
- Fort St.Nicholas
- Fort Missanabie
- Fort Norfolk
- Fort Maisonneuve
- Empress of Japan
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- Fort Fidler
- Fort McPherson
- Fort Gloucester
- Montrose
- Lady Somers
- Soreldoc
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