- 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...
- 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 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)...
- 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...
-
other merchantmen escaped.
France needed to keep
shipping lanes open in
order to
maintain her
overseas empire. To this end she ****embled
merchantmen into...
-
escort a
large convoy.
Around 10 August, De
Ruyter took sea
before the
merchantmen had arrived, to s**** out an
English fleet of
forty ships,
commanded by...
-
among them the USS Philadelphia,
commanded by
Stephen Decatur, and four
merchantmen converted into sloops.
Primarily intended to
attack foreign shipping...
-
German submarines targeting Norwegian merchantmen led to a
termination of
trade with Germany. 436
Norwegian merchantmen were sunk by the
Kaiserliche Marine...
-
ships and
waited for
expected merchantmen coming from the Atlantic. He
attempted to set sail on 20
February with 152
merchantmen, but was held back for three...
