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A merchant ship in 1943. 1. 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.
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.
Halcyon -class minesweeper [110] MMS-class minesweeper – MMS stands for motor minesweeper. [111] Bangor -class minesweeper [112] Algerine -class minesweeper [113] Auk -class minesweeper – known as Catherine class in British service [114] Cybele -class mine destructor vessel [115][116] BYMS-class minesweeper.
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)
CAM ship. The Hawker Sea Hurricane W9182 on the catapult of a CAM ship. CAM ships were World War II –era British merchant ships used in convoys as an emergency stop-gap until sufficient escort carriers became available. CAM ship is an acronym for catapult aircraft merchant ship. [1]
A merchant seaman (in knit cap) is ready to pass a shell to the Royal Navy gunners. Defensively equipped merchant ship (DEMS) was an Admiralty Trade Division programme established in June 1939, to arm 5,500 British merchant ships with an adequate defence against enemy submarines and aircraft. The acronym DEMS was used to describe the ships ...
About 1,400 merchant ships delivered essential supplies to the Soviet Union under the Anglo-Soviet Agreement and US Lend-Lease program, escorted by ships of the Royal Navy, Royal Canadian Navy, and the U.S. Navy. Eighty-five merchant vessels and 16 Royal Navy warships (two cruisers, six destroyers, eight other escort ships) were lost.
Empire ship. An Empire ship is a merchant ship that was given a name beginning with "Empire" in the service of the Government of the United Kingdom during and after World War II. Most were used by the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT), which owned them and contracted their operation to various shipping companies of the British Merchant Navy.