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This category has the following 31 subcategories, out of 31 total. World War I merchant ships of the United Kingdom (1 C, 125 P) World War II merchant ships of the United Kingdom (5 C, 217 P) Merchant ships of England (2 C, 3 P) Merchant ships of Scotland (2 P)
Statistics are published on an annual basis every September. 2022 numbers are given for actual country of ownership for dwt tonnage. While countries such as Panama may appear to possess a large merchant navy, this is a result of much of it being managed by foreign overseas companies (such as those based in the United Kingdom and the United States).
In 2010 the Merchant Navy consisted of 504 UK registered ships of 1,000 gross tonnage (GT) or over. In addition, UK merchant marine interests possessed a further 308 ships registered in other countries and 271 foreign-owned ships were registered in the UK. In 2012 British merchant marine interests consisted of 1,504 ships of 100 GT or over.
The Maritime history of the United Kingdom involves events including shipping, ports, navigation, and seamen, as well as marine sciences, exploration, trade, and maritime themes in the arts from the creation of the kingdom of Great Britain [1] as a united, sovereign state, on 1 May 1707 in accordance with the Treaty of Union, signed on 22 July ...
The whaler on HMS Sheffield being manned with an armed boarding party to check a neutral vessel stopped at sea, 20 Oct 1941. The Blockade of Germany (1939–1945), also known as the Economic War, involved operations carried out during World War II by the British Empire and by France in order to restrict the supplies of minerals, fuel, metals, food and textiles needed by Nazi Germany – and ...
Merchant ship. A merchant ship, merchant vessel, trading vessel, or merchantman is a watercraft that transports cargo or carries passengers for hire. This is in contrast to pleasure craft, which are used for personal recreation, and naval ships, which are used for military purposes. They come in myriad sizes and shapes, from six-metre (20 ft ...
This category has the following 33 subcategories, out of 33 total. Age of Sail ships of the United Kingdom (3 C, 2 P) Victorian-era ships of the United Kingdom (2 C, 5 P) World War I ships of the United Kingdom (3 C, 10 P) World War II ships of the United Kingdom (6 C, 1 P) Korean War ships of the United Kingdom (1 C)
Since 1922, the United Kingdom has been made up of four countries: England, Scotland, Wales (which collectively make up Great Britain) and Northern Ireland ( variously described as a country, [1] province, [2] [3] [4] jurisdiction [5] or region [6] [7] ). The UK Prime Minister 's website has used the phrase "countries within a country" to ...