The Mercantile Navy List compiled by the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen was first published from 1849 to 1855 and annually thereafter from 1857 until 1976 with supplements up to the end of 1977.

Merchant navy ships ww1. So DAMS ratings technically served in a Naval Party which just happened to be onboard a particular civilian merchant ship. Edited 15 March by KizmeRD. The war at sea was a costly conflict that continued every day throughout the war.

She sank two sailing ships totalling 1442grt. In wartime Britain depended on civilian cargo ships to import food and raw materials as well as to transport soldiers overseas and keep them supplied. AMBROSE armed merchant cruiser later depot ship mercantile conversion M87 on coming into service.

Members experienced in research to help you find out about friends and relatives who served. The contents of the records vary but they usually include name age place of birth register ticket ship names and dates of voyages. These records come from The National Archives record series BT112 BT113 BT114 BT115 BT116 BT119 and BT120.

With the help of volunteers working from home we have completed a project with the National Maritime Museum and the Crew List Index Project CLIP to transcribe the Crew Lists and Agreements from the Merchant Navy for 1915. They are also of great value to family historians as one of the few sources of information about seafaring ancestors active in 1915. The Wilson line the biggest privately owned shipping company in the world was based in Hull.

229000 posts on every subject imaginable contributed by 1000s of members worldwide. In addition for strictly legal reasons Naval Discipline Act naval officers and ratings were always assigned to one of His Majestys Ships either a hull or a shore establishment. British Merchant Navy Ships Lost and Damaged at Sea in World War 1 World War 1 at Sea - British Merchant and Fishing Vessels Lost and Damaged JULY - SEPTEMBER 1915 SS Royal Edward torpedoed and sunk 13 August 1915 Pat Gariepy click to enlarge.

Though no records of individual merchant seamen and women survive for the First World. AE1 The Ship without a Name Musical Composition by Lieutenant Matthew Klohs RAN. On 14 February 1917 she was scuttled by the Möwe because of her worn out machinery.