British Merchant Vessels Lost to Enemy Action in July.

Ww1 merchant ships. The difference between an DAMS ship and one capable of offensive ship action was that by arming the stern the DAMS ship was expected to be sailing away from a attacker The gun was around the size of a 4inch but they would have used whatever was available. Front Cover A Merchant Fleet at War 1920 by Archibald Hurd. A part of the World War 1 Online Exhibit at the GG Archives.

As the first American merchant vessel lost to Germanys aggression during the Great War the William P. The crews of ships commissioned into the Royal Navy as armed merchant cruisers patrol and escort vessels etc. 20 merchant ships totalling 52847grt - 19 of 48844grt to submarines 1 of 4003grt to mines plus 39 fishing vessels totalling 4427grt - 36 of 3966grt to submarines 3 of 461grt to mines H Tuesday 1 July Atlantic off SW England.

Acknowledgements to - British Standard Ships of World War I by WHMitchell and LASawyer. CategoryWorld War I merchant ships. Are merchant vessels commissioned by the Admiralty included.

In 1939 a third of the worlds merchant ships. Fourteen of these ships were lost in WWI but they were lost in large numbers during WWII. Ships employed on Government service as transports or auxiliaries etc but not commissioned into the Royal Navy are covered by these books in the Caird Library collection.

Later Ribeauville 1919 Zalla 1930 scrapped 1936. A Merchant Fleet at War 1920. King George V bestowed the title of Merchant Navy on the British merchant shipping fleets following their service in the First World War.

Cargo Ships Built for Britain. The Wilson line ship the SS Dido A merchant ship is. A Defensively Armed ship is one with a gun mounted on the stern.