Canadian Merchant Navy

Canadian Merchant Navy

Canada, like several other Commonwealth nations, created its own Merchant Navy in a large-scale effort during World War II. 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 aboard hundreds of Canadian Merchant Navy ships, notably the "Park Ships", the Canadian equivalent of the American "Liberty Ships".

A school was established at St. Margaret's Bay, Nova Scotia to train sailors for the Canadian Merchant Navy, who became known as "Merchant Mariners." Manning Pools, or barracks, were built in major Canadian ports to house Merchant Mariners. Considered a fourth branch of the Canadian military, after the Canadian Army, Royal Canadian Navy, and the 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.


Fleet

World War II

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
* 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)
* 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

British-Registered

* Beaverburn (OA-84)
* Empress of Britain
* Beaverford (HX-84)
* Beaverbrae
* Beaverdale
* Caledonian Monarch
* Duchess of Atholl
* Empress of Canada
* Duchess of York
* Fort Athabasca
* Fort Bellingham (JW-56A)
* Fort St.Nicholas
* Fort Missanabie
* Fort Norfolk
* Fort Maisonneuve
* Empress of Japan
* Fort Fidler
* Fort McPherson
* Fort Gloucester
* Montrose
* Lady Somers
* Soreldoc

ee also

* Merchant ship
* Seafarers International Union of Canada
* Hal C. Banks

External links

* [http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/clients/sub.cfm?source=history/other/merchant/hist The Historic Contribution of Canada's Merchant Navy]
* [http://www.junobeach.org/e/4/can-tac-mer-e.htm The Merchant Navy of Canada]
* [http://www.mastermariners-capital.ca/ The Company of Master Mariners of Canada -- Capital Division]
* [http://www.naval-museum.mb.ca/merch/mership.htm Canadian WWII Merchant Ship Losses]
* [http://www.ltgov.bc.ca/whatsnew/sp/sp_aug31_2003.htm Canadian Merchant Navy Veterans Association]


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