SHIPS FOR CANADIAN NAVY
(Received February 11, 5.30 p.m.) OTTAWA, February 10. Mr C. D. Howe, Minister of Munitions and Supply, announced that 45 corvettes and 13 minesweepers had already been launched from Canadian shipyards. Fourteen more corvettes and 18 minesweepers would be ready by May. The Dominion Bridge Company is constructing modern, floating dry docks, costing 2,500,000 to 2,750,000 dollars, for use on the east coast. They will possibly be in service by 1942.
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Southland Times, Issue 24358, 12 February 1941, Page 7
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75SHIPS FOR CANADIAN NAVY Southland Times, Issue 24358, 12 February 1941, Page 7
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