Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Fifty-Six Minesweepers and the Toronto Shipbuilding Company during the Second World War

Publication
The Northern Mariner / Le marin du nord (St. John's, NL), Oct 2006, p. 29-48
Description
Creator
Pritchard, James, Author
Media Type
Text
Item Type
Articles
Description
The shipbuilding industry in Toronto produced over one-third of the naval vessels built on Canada's Great Lakes during the Second World War. At its zenith, the shipbuilding industry of the city employed nearly five thousand workers. This wartime industry was unique in many respects. Only the minesweepers were built in Toronto, more than sixty per cent of them for the British Royal Navy. Toronto Shipbuilding Company was created during the war as a national corporation by the government of the Dominion. But it remains debatable if this form of business organization was suitable for the manufacture of ships.
Date of Publication
Oct 2006
Date Of Event
1940-1946
Subject(s)
Boat & ship industry
minesweeper
World War II
Language of Item
English
Geographic Coverage
  • Toronto
    Ontario, Canada
    Latitude: 43.6372177111447 Longitude: -79.3914091003418
Copyright Statement
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Copyright Holder
Canadian Nautical Research Society
Recommended Citation
The Northern Mariner/Le marin du nord, XVI No. 4, (October 2006), 29-48
Contact
Canadian Nautical Research Society

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Fifty-Six Minesweepers and the Toronto Shipbuilding Company during the Second World War


The shipbuilding industry in Toronto produced over one-third of the naval vessels built on Canada's Great Lakes during the Second World War. At its zenith, the shipbuilding industry of the city employed nearly five thousand workers. This wartime industry was unique in many respects. Only the minesweepers were built in Toronto, more than sixty per cent of them for the British Royal Navy. Toronto Shipbuilding Company was created during the war as a national corporation by the government of the Dominion. But it remains debatable if this form of business organization was suitable for the manufacture of ships.