Warship weeks. (Frontline).(Brief Article)

DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR the Royal Navy lost 254 major warships due to enemy action, in addition to 1,035 minor war vessels and auxiliaries. To counter these losses a huge ship-building programme was organised. However, ships are expensive to build, and to reduce the money borrowed from other countries the government appealed to the British people for help. They responded magnificently, giving, in Cornwall alone, 8 [pounds sterling] per adult head of population (worth approximately 200 [pounds sterling] today).

In order to involve the population these collections were made ...

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