The Merchant Navy comprised Britains cargo and fishing fleet during the two world wars keeping the nation supplied and fed in the face of relentless attacks.

British merchant navy ships. BRITISH MERCHANT NAVY CADET TRAINING SHIPS. This collection includes Merchant Navy Seamen records held at The National Archives. Jaegersborg Aagenes Gustav Merchant Navy.

Tower Hill Memorial Panel 34. Registration of ships came. FITZGIBBONS Chief Officer CHARLES SS.

Muster rolls exist for 17471851 but prior to 1800 only those for Bristol Dartmouth Liverpool Plymouth Shields and Scarborough have survived. Aal Ibrahim Abdel Merchant Navy-1941. British Merchant Vessels Lost to Enemy Action in July.

A series of Navigation Acts from 1660 onwards aimed to make British merchants use British built ships with predominantly British masters for the carriage of their goods. These records come from The National Archives record series BT112 BT113 BT114 BT115 BT116 BT119 and BT120. The same numbering system is used for crew lists and certificates held at The National Archives and in other repositories making the Mercantile Navy List a primary resource for searching maritime records.

All surviving muster rolls and crew agreements for British-registered merchant ships up to and including 1860 are held by The National Archives. E22KDC RM The merchant ships Mountjoy and The Phoenix breaking the boom at Londonderry 28 July1689. Ending the Siege of Derry.

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. The ship was taken into Dover sailing under tow on the 5th August 1944 arriving for repairs on the Tyne three days later. The Mercantile Navy List provides a comprehensive index to ships official numbers from 1849 to 1976 and an index to certificates of competency up to 1864.