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
- Date
- 1943
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Department of Munitions and Supply for Canada
- Region
- North America
- Country
- Canada
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Mackenzie King Government
- Leader
- William Lyon Mackenzie King
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- War and the military, Home front
- Event
- World War II
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Foreign Posters, retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (Canadian Crown copyright, 50 years from publication, expired; no URAA restoration)
Department of Munitions and Supply for Canada, 1939-1945. U.S. National Archives, Record Group 44.
Text on the object
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.
