The SS Greldon was an armed merchant steamer.

Merchant ship world war one. Otto Weddigen in his small U-9 sank 3 British cruisers in less than hour on 22 Sep 1914. This category is for merchant ships designed built or operated during World War I 19141918. Though no records of individual merchant seamen and women survive for the First World War the Crew Lists and Agreements for 1915 enable you to search almost a million names of those at sea during.

In the First and Second World Wars the merchant service suffered heavy losses from German U-boat attacks. CategoryWorld War I merchant ships. 1290 tons 262oa 250ppx35x11ft.

These cards record the award of the British War Medal Mercantile Marine Medal and Silver War Badge. The basic source for the cargo ships serving in NOTS is the book by Lewis P. The title Merchant Navy was granted by King George V after the First World War to recognise the contribution made by merchant sailors.

A merchant ship is a vessel that transports cargo passengers or both. Torpedoed on October 8 1917 seven miles ENE of North Arklow light Vessel Ireland. The tonnage lost to U-boats in the First World War was around 7759090 tons and around 14661 merchant seafarers were killed.

The Great naval leader Admiral William Snowden Sims. British merchant vessels commissioned as warships or auxiliaries during the First World War are included in books listing ships of the Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary see Research guide B7. ANCHUSA convoy sloop Flower-class Anchusa-type ordered 117 Aubretia and Anchusa-types built to look like merchant ships with concealed armament T01 118.

A Note on Sources. 283 rows 1. During the 1914-18 war over nine million gross tons of British ships were lost due to enemy action.