Articles related to "Canadian Shipping"

With the sinking of SS Athenia - bound for Quebec - Canada joined World War Two in September 1939. Canadians fought German U-boats for freedom of ocean transportation.

Canadian Destroyer projected the Maple Leaf abroad through the Cold War and circumnavigated the globe before ending her life in a hail of gunfire.

With many worldwide shippers stressed financially, Canada's Shippers Conference Exemption Act (SCEA) allows members to set shipping prices independent of market demand.

There is a little controversy about what was the first steamship to cross the Atlantic because many did so with a combination of sail and auxiliary steam engines.

Canada's well known maritime province, Nova Scotia offers a great deal to do. The following article discusses both well known Halifax and lesser known Dartmouth.

The 26th Yankee Division was the First national Guard Division to be fully mobilized and ready to fight in France.

As the Second World War came to a close, a pair of German U-boats found themselves being commissioned into service with the Royal Canadian Navy.