Acknowledgements to - British Standard Ships of World War I by WHMitchell and LASawyer.

Merchant ship ww1. In order to win the war it was vital that the Allies were able to move troops food and equipment by sea. The Register provides information about all sea-going merchant ships including their condition. Office of the Chief of Naval Operations Washington D.

Lloyds Registers of Shipping Merchant Fleets by Duncan Haws various volumes Sea Breezes Magazine various editions. 1250 tons 268oa 255ppx33x11ft. Fourteen of these ships were lost in WWI but they were lost in large numbers during WWII.

Britains merchant fleet was the largest in the world during both world wars. Launched 171117 Greenock Grangemouth. There were however a few outrageous episodes for example on 4 May 1917 when UC-72 sank by gunfire two smacks MAMELENA nº 9 and MAMELENA nº 12 which were fishing near the Spanish coast killing four of the fishermen.

The merchant ships drafted into service during the Second World War were as much a target if not more so in the effort to disrupt supply lines. HIBISCUS convoy sloop Flower-class Aubretia-type ordered 1216 Aubretia and Anchusa-types built to look like merchant ships with concealed armament T42 118. An article in the December 2018 edition of this magazine on Victoria Crosses makes no mention of the award to civilian recipients in particular two Mercantile Marine1officers.

The Great naval leader Admiral William Snowden Sims. Victoria Crosses awarded to Civilians. Generally speaking U-boat commanders behaved correctly with the crews of the Spanish ships they sank giving warning and time to abandon ship.

The merchant ship the SS Rutherglen reported that it had hit a German U-boat but after the HMS H5 was overdue by four days it became apparent that it. Consult the Crew List Index Project CLIP website which has information about merchant ships from 1861 to 1913. ON I 223-M Merchant Ship Shapes is one of a series of handbooks on ships and their identification and reporting prepared by the Division of Naval Intelligence for the use of fighting forces and naval personnel in training.