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title: Your Ship Sank a Sub! Thanks to the Men Who Built H.M.C.S. Port Arthur
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/canada-your-ship-sank-a-sub-port-arthur-1943/
description: Group photographs of the crew of H.M.C.S. Port Arthur, a depth-charge explosion and the ship under way sit below the headline 'Your ship sank a sub!'.
section: Collection
---

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[![Your Ship Sank a Sub! Thanks to the Men Who Built H.M.C.S. Port Arthur, 1943 Canada poster: Group photographs of the crew](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/canada-your-ship-sank-a-sub-port-arthur-1943.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/canada-your-ship-sank-a-sub-port-arthur-1943.jpg)

# Your Ship Sank a Sub! Thanks to the Men Who Built H.M.C.S. Port Arthur

Group photographs of the crew of H.M.C.S. Port Arthur, a depth-charge explosion and the ship under way sit below the headline 'Your ship sank a sub!'. The banner 'Shall brave men die because you faltered?' ties crew lives to workers' output (fear-appeal), and only the success is shown (card-stacking).

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Fear appeal](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/fear-appeal/) [Card stacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/card-stacking/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
YOUR SHIP SANK A SUB!

Thanks to the men
who built
H.M.C.S. PORT ARTHUR

"THE FASTER YOU BUILD SHIPS
THE FASTER WE'LL SINK SUBS"

SHALL BRAVE MEN DIE BECAUSE YOU FALTERED?

This message is issued by the Department of Munitions and Supply for Canada.
```

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