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The British Merchant Navy of World War II, previously known as the "Merchant Service" or "Mercantile Marine" comprised the merchant shipping registered in Great Britain and independently operated by British commercial shipping companies. Those vessels carried cargo to and from the country and those of the Commonwealth to sustain its war effort.
Merchant Navy (United Kingdom) The British Merchant Navy is the collective name given to British civilian ships and their associated crews, including officers and ratings. In the UK, it is simply referred to as the Merchant Navy or MN. Merchant Navy vessels fly the Red Ensign and the ships and crew are regulated by the Maritime and Coastguard ...
SS Beatus. SS Benlomond (1922) SS Black Osprey. SS Blairspey. SS Boniface (1928) MV Brisbane Star. Bristol City (1919) SS Britannia (1925) SS British Chivalry.
Map of British D-Day assault beaches. The landings on D-Day, 6 June, were successful. Some 2,426 landing ships and landing craft were employed by Vice-Admiral Sir Philip Vian's Eastern Naval Task Force in support of the British and Canadian forces, including 37 landing ships, infantry (LSI), 3 landing ships, dock (LSD), 155 landing craft, infantry (LCI), 130 landing ships, tank (LST) and 487 ...
Allied attack routes against Japan. The United States Navy grew rapidly during World War II from 1941 to 1945, and played a central role in the Pacific theatre in the war against Japan. It also played a major supporting role, alongside the Royal Navy, in the European war against Germany. The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) sought naval superiority ...
P. World War II merchant ships of Panama (5 P) World War II merchant ships of Peru (1 P) World War II merchant ships of Poland (8 P) World War II merchant ships of Portugal (5 P)
This category has the following 32 subcategories, out of 32 total. World War I merchant ships of the United Kingdom (1 C, 127 P) World War II merchant ships of the United Kingdom (5 C, 218 P) Merchant ships of England (2 C, 3 P) Merchant ships of Scotland (2 P)
22 merchant ships sunk or captured. Operation Berlin (German: Unternehmen Berlin) was a raid conducted by the two German Scharnhorst -class battleships against Allied shipping in the North Atlantic between 22 January and 22 March 1941. It formed part of the Battle of the Atlantic during World War II. The Scharnhorst and Gneisenau sailed from ...