Maybe Tony should do more research than just a Wiki article, like read the book I mentioned.
There was 2 shipyards with 12 month access to the Atlantic, Sorel and Quebec City. There was another in Montreal with limited access to the Atlantic. Those yards on the Great Lakes had to wait for the spring breakup before any ships they constructed after the freeze could reach the Atlantic. Have you ever worked outside in a Canadian winter?
Besides corvettes, these Canadian yards also had to produce minesweepers and frigates. It took 5 years to produce those 100 or so corvettes.
"On May 31, 1941 Commodore L. W. Murray, RCN, was appointed commander of the Newfoundland Escort Force, later the Mid-Ocean Escort Force, reporting to the British Commander-in-Chief, Western Approaches. A few days later the first Canadian corvettes joined his command."
Numbers of ships arriving and losses in North Atlantic convoys inbound to Britain (ships arriving/losses)
1939 700/5 (7.1%)
1940 5,434/133 ((2.5%)
1941 5,923/153 (2.6%)
1942 4,798/80 (1.7%)
1943 5,667/87 (1.5%)
1944 7,410/8 (0.1%)
Now what was it you were saying about how much better the escorts were doing in 1941?
One can have a 1000 ships but they are useless if there is not trained crews to man them. The Canadians did not have trained crews.
What did you say about the American 4 stackers, Oh yes,
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The USA contributed the square root of FA to the early battle of the Atlantic - few of the 50 rust-bucket four-stackers that were sent in exchange for bases were actually used, and only after they had been refitted at great expense.
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Since you put so much stock in Wiki, read what it has to say about the Matilda's reliability.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matilda_II
How many tank transporters did the British have in NA? The closer Rommel got Egypt the worse his logistics became. The same for the British going the other way.