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A Great Fleet of Ships: The Canadian Forts and Parks Hardcover – April 12, 2004

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While the extent of Canada's war production effort, 1939-1945, is fairly well known to Canadians, one aspect of it has largely escaped notice. This is the construction in Canadian shipyards, from a standing start in 1941, of 402 merchant ships, most of them 10,000-ton cargo ships. On a comparative scale, it was a feat rivaling that of the United States. This book describes the technical factors involved in the design of these ships, their construction and operation.

A Great Fleet of Ships explains how and why this potential merchant fleet existing at the war's end was so quickly dispersed, with Canada's merchant marine all but vanishing after 1950. Heal discusses the reasons and methods of its disposal, and also provides an insightful look at the complex subjects of marine underwriting and chartering. These are aspects of merchant shipping seldom discussed in this light.
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    312 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Vanwell Publishing Ltd.
  4. Publication date
    April 12, 2004
  5. Dimensions
    8.75 x 1 x 11.5 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1551250233
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1551250236
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Vanwell Publishing Ltd. (April 12, 2004)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 312 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1551250233
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1551250236
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.8 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.75 x 1 x 11.5 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 8 ratings

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5.0 out of 5 stars A great reference Book
Reviewed in the United States on December 8, 2013
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Informative, well researched and well written. Mr Heal has done a great job of assembling some wonderful stories of this great period in shippoing history
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giacomo trotta
5.0 out of 5 stars a great fleet of ships: the canadian forts and parks
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Ottimo testo, esaustivo e ben illustrato.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
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Just what we wanted. Arrived sooner than expected
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5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant book, just right for a 92 year old ...
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Brilliant book, just right for a 92 year old ex merchant seaman that served on this type of ship in WW2.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
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Excellent book carefully packaged and shipped. A fine resource for part of Canada's role in WWII.
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