Merchant Marine Civilian Warships of World War II and their Armament.
Merchant warships. However like merchant shipping that was targeted during the World Wars that becomes largely an irrelevant academic argument once ordnance starts flying and logistics ships become primary targets. The contents of the records vary but they usually include name age place of birth register ticket ship names and dates of voyages. Transport large quantities of unrefined crude oil from its point of extraction to refineries.
Types of Merchant Navy Ships Oil Tanker. Oil tanker-is a ship designed for the transport of oil or its products There are two basic types of oil tankers. Sometimes against similar craft when the British armed passenger ship RMS Carmania sank the German armed liner SMS Cape Trafalgar in a rather bloody battle at close range in 1914.
Since they anchored to ports they also did not have to have a flat hull like warships and had instead a V-shaped hull and a ballast which rendered them more stable. This collection includes Merchant Navy Seamen records held at The National Archives. Navy ships or naval ships are types of ships that are specifically designed for the use of naval forcesThey differ from merchant and civilian ships in terms of design construction and use.
Crude tankers and product tankers. New Navy proposal suggests converting cargo ships into heavily-armed missile merchant warships. Mar PhotographicsAlamy Live News Liverpool Merseyside UK 13th June 2014.
Mar 29 2021 - All types of merchant ships and offshore vessels plying in the high seas. In Liverpool for the weekend June 13 15 2014 will be a range of maritime greats and visiting vessels including Tall Ships Royal and Merchant Navy ships narrow boats and barges. When we think of armed merchant ships we often think of two centuries ago or more.
These ships generally gave good accounts in battle. They also had double planking which strengthened their hull thereby allowing them to transport heavy cargo. Excluding 1941 to 1946 during the Second World War.