If this information can be of any interest neutral Spain lost 81 vessels during WW1 mostly to U-boat attack.

Ww1 merchant ships. SS Glenturret 1896-1918 Glenturret SS was a British passenger and cargo vessel built in 1896 by the London Glasgow Eng Iron Shipbuilding Co Glasgow. Acknowledgements to - British Standard Ships of World War I by WHMitchell and LASawyer. 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.

In 1939 a third of the worlds merchant ships. The Wilson line the biggest privately owned shipping company in the world was based in Hull. Britains merchant fleet was the largest in the world during both world wars.

British Merchant Vessels Lost to Enemy Action in July. This category is for merchant ships designed built or operated during World War I 19141918. New Zealands overwhelming dependence on sea trade and close economic ties to Britain ensured that merchant ships and seafarers played an essential role in the First World War.

List of Sub Boats Under construction List of Navy NOTS. The title Merchant Navy was granted by King George V after the First World War to recognise the contribution made by merchant sailors. Later Ribeauville 1919 Zalla 1930 scrapped 1936.

King George V bestowed the title of Merchant Navy on the British merchant shipping fleets following their service in the First World War. GGA Image ID 18accab94c. A Defensively Armed ship is one with a gun mounted on the stern.

As the first American merchant vessel lost to Germanys aggression during the Great War the William P. How do I search the records. A Merchant Fleet at War 1920.