- A
merchant ship,
merchant vessel,
trading vessel, or
merchantman is a
watercraft that
transports cargo or
carries p****engers for hire. This is in contrast...
- 1941–1944
Completed 3 Lost 3
Retired 0
General characteristics Type
Armed merchantmen Displacement 7,389
tonnes (7,272 long tons)
Length 147.75 m (484 ft 9 in)...
- or
after the fact. In the days of sail,
piracy and privateers, many
merchantmen would be
routinely armed,
especially those engaging in long distance...
- 1941–1944
Completed 2 Lost 2
Retired 0
General characteristics Type
Armed merchantmen Displacement 8,600
tonnes (8,464 long tons)
Length 139 m (456 ft 0 in)...
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German East Asia
Squadron stationed at Qingdao,
which seized or sank 15
merchantmen, a
Russian cruiser and a
French destroyer. Most of the
squadron was returning...
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December 1811 as
escorts to a
convoy of 15
transports and a
fleet of
merchantmen, some 120 sail or more. Four or five days
later Egeria and
Prince William...
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among them the USS Philadelphia,
commanded by
Stephen Decatur, and four
merchantmen converted into sloops.
Primarily intended to
attack foreign shipping...
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German submarines targeting Norwegian merchantmen led to a
termination of
trade with Germany. 436
Norwegian merchantmen were sunk by the
Kaiserliche Marine...
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battleships and some
smaller vessels vs 3 battleships, 2
frigates and 4
armed merchantmen) he
sailed up
before a
light SSE
breeze to attack. Soon
after 5pm Ne...
- The Hōkoku Maru-class
ocean liner (報國丸型貨客船,, Hōkoku Maru-gata Kakyakusen) was a
class of
ocean liners of ****an,
serving during 1940 and
World War II. 17...
