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Merchant seamen are civilians who elect to work at sea. Their working practices in 1939 had changed little in hundreds of years. They "signed on" to sail aboard a ship for a voyage or succession of voyages and after being "paid off" at the end of that time were free to either sign on for a further engagement if they were required, or to take unpaid "leave" before "signing on" aboard another ...
Pages in category "World War II merchant ships of the United Kingdom" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 223 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. (previous page) *
A Scottish armed merchantman engaged in the Baltic trade is attacked by a Hanseatic ship. Detail from a 16th-century map. unnamed man-of-war c1329 [1] [self-published source?] King's Carvel (Yellow Carvel) 1475 [1] Flower 1470s [1] Christopher 1490s - man-of-war [1] Lion early 16th century [1] converted merchant vessel owned by Robert Barton of ...
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At the beginning of the Second World War, the Royal Navy was the strongest navy in the world. It had 20 battleships and battlecruisers ready for service or under construction, twelve aircraft carriers, over 90 light and heavy cruisers, 70 submarines, over 100 destroyers as well as numerous escort ships, minelayers, minesweepers and 232 aircraft.
At the start of World War II, the Royal Navy was the strongest navy in the world, [1] with the largest number of warships built and with naval bases across the globe. [2] It had over 15 battleships and battlecruisers, 7 aircraft carriers, 66 cruisers, 164 destroyers and 66 submarines. [2]
SS Britannia was a UK steam ocean liner that was built in Scotland in 1925–26 and operated by Anchor Line (Henderson Brothers). In 1941 a German merchant raider sank Britannia with the loss of 249 lives.
Andrew Wood's flagship, The Yellow Carvel, in action, from a children's history book (1906) English naval power was vital to King Edward I's successful campaigns in Scotland from 1296, using largely merchant ships from England, Ireland and his allies in the Islands to transport and supply his armies. [12]