Canada, like several other Commonwealth nations, created the Canadian Merchant Navy (French: Marine marchande Canadienne) in a large-scale effort during...
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A merchant navy or merchant marine is the fleet of merchant vessels that are registered in a specific country. On merchant vessels, seafarers of various...
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The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN; French: Marine royale canadienne, MRC) is the naval force of Canada. The navy is one of three environmental commands within...
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The British Merchant Navy is the collective name given to British civilian ships and their associated crews, including officers and ratings. In the UK...
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USS Proteus (AC-9) (category Fleet of the Canadian Merchant Navy)
Montreal, Quebec on 8 March 1941 and thereafter operated in the Canadian Merchant Navy under the command of Master Walter Henry Millar. Proteus was lost...
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USS Nereus (AC-10) (category Fleet of the Canadian Merchant Navy)
plants in the United States and Canada. Her master (commanding officer) was John Thomas Bennett of the Canadian Merchant Navy. Nereus was lost at sea sometime...
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1950. By the end of the war Canada had the world's fourth largest air force, and third largest navy. The Canadian Merchant Navy completed over 25,000 voyages...
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CP Ships (redirect from Canadian Pacific Line)
World War I became largest maritime disaster in Canadian history. The company provided Canadian Merchant Navy vessels in World Wars I and II. Twelve vessels...
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The SR Merchant Navy class (originally known as the 21C1 class, and later informally known as Bulleid Pacifics, Spam Cans – which name was also applied...
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Merchant seamen crewed the ships of the British Merchant Navy which kept the United Kingdom supplied with raw materials, arms, ammunition, fuel, food...
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