The heads of the British merchant marine, representatives of six fleets totaling 52 trans-Atlantic liners valued at $275,000,000, gathered in London last week, emerged with a weighty pronouncement ...

On Nov. 10, the day before Veterans Day, I had the honor of participating in a celebration of another group of veterans whose ...

Today the Royal Mail’s red ensign flies over a fleet of some 2,600,000 tons —one-sixth of the British merchant marine, the greatest fleet in the world. That such a tremendous company should ...

Without success in the Battle of the Atlantic, there would have been no Second Front, no convoys to the USSR and victory ...

James Burke, after distinguishing himself as a midshipman in the British merchant marine, rapidly rises to the rank of executive officer, second in command of a ship. A broken foot necessitates ...

tobacco and other commodities were transported to Britain for sale The slave trade was an important training ground for British seamen, providing experienced crews for the merchant marine and the ...

The colour image shows the broken hull of HMS H5 which was rammed by a British merchant ship that had thought ... from Bangor University's Centre for Applied Marine Sciences, said it was a ...