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Merchant ships of Scotland (3 P) S. Sailing ships of Scotland (1 C, 17 P) Pages in category "Ships of Scotland" The following 42 pages are in this category, out of 42 ...
Category: Merchant ships of Scotland. 1 language. ... Scottish Maid; SS Sir Walter Scott This page was last edited on 29 January 2018, at 18:12 (UTC). ...
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 ...
The Red Ensign flown on a mid-17thC Scottish merchant ship. An exhibit in the National Museum of Scotland. After the Union of Crowns in 1603 conflict between Scotland and England ended, but Scotland became involved in England's foreign policy, opening up Scottish merchant shipping to attack.
As Scotland and England moved closer during the seventeenth century, following the Union of the Crowns, the need for a navy to protect Scotland from the English Royal Navy lessened and by the time of the Union with England in 1707, the Royal Scottish Navy possessed just three ships: The Royal William, The Royal Mary, and Dumbarton Castle.
During World War I the company built sloops and minesweepers for the Royal Navy, along with merchant ships. [2] It also assembled a number of Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2 aircraft. [3] In the 1920s the company built passenger ships and Great Lakes traders for United States, Canadian and Norwegian companies.
Victorian-era merchant ships of the United Kingdom (2 C, 96 P) Pages in category "Merchant ships of the United Kingdom" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,117 total.
Anchor Line was a Scottish merchant shipping company that was founded in 1855 and dissolved in ... advertising "Scottish ships and Scottish crew for Scottish ...