The Casmalia

The short work lives of vessels like Casmalia demonstrates that sometimes the necessities of war do not always fit into peacetime operations. The perceived need for a large number of cargo vessels to move war material across to Europe, never materialized in the fashion leaders envisioned, as the war drew to a close before the effectiveness of this emergency fleet could be realized. These wooden cargo vessels were not intended for long commercial careers, rather, they were designed to meet an immediate military need, using abundant available resources (wood) that did not affect other war production, and in that regard, their usage could be considered a success.