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Outfitting a Minesweeper at Night
Outfitting a Minesweeper at Night

In this dramatic night-time scene, a recently-launched minesweeper is being outfitted in a shipyard.

Workers perform a variety of tasks, including welding or cutting metal (bottom centre). Even after a ship had been launched, further construction work and installation of armament and equipment was necessary before it could enter service. In 1942, when Caven Atkins painted this scene, Canadian shipyards were straining to meet the demand for warships, corvettes and minesweepers that could serve as convoy escorts.

Outfitting a Minesweeper at Night
Painted by Caven Ernest Atkins in 1942
Beaverbrook Collection of War Art
CWM 19710261-5655



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