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Collingwood Shipbuilding was a major Canadian shipbuilder of the late 19th and 20th Centuries. The facility was located in the Great Lakes and saw its business peak during the Second World War. ==History== Formed in 1882 as Collingwood Dry Dock, Shipbuilding and Foundry Company in Collingwood, Ontario by J.D Silcox and S.D Andrews 〔http://cci.scdsb.on.ca/history/hships.htm〕 and renamed with the shortened name in 1892,〔http://shipbuildinghistory.com/history/canada/collingwood.htm〕 Collingwood Shipbuilding's core business was building Lake freighters, ships built to fit the narrow locks of the St. Lawrence Seaway. Over the company's lifetime it built over 200 ships. During the Second World War (1940-1944), the company was contracted to build 23 warships for the Royal Canadian Navy and Royal Navy, mostly corvettes and minesweepers. Business slowed in the 1970s and by the 1980s orders were in severe decline. Foreign competition killed many of Canada's shipbuilders with cheaper vessels.〔http://www.bluemountainlodges.ca/index.cfm?DSP=Section&ID=15〕 The company folded in 1986 with the last ship completed, for the Canadian Coast Guard. The shipyard was acquired by Canada Steamship Lines (CSL) in 1945 and closed following the merger of CSL's shipbuilding interest with Upper Lakes Shipping to form Canadian Shipbuilding and Engineering Limited in 1986.〔http://cci.scdsb.on.ca/history/hships.htm〕 The last vessel built in the yard was .〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Collingwood Shipbuilding」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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