Merchant Navy Collection

MV Rapana, one of nine Anglo Saxon Royal Dutch / Shell oil tankers converted to become a
MV Rapana, one of nine Anglo Saxon Royal Dutch/Shell oil tankers converted to become a Merchant Aircraft Carrier (MAC ship)

A training exercise at the Merchant Navy School, teaceing rookies how to shovel coal and clean the furnaces with stones instead of coal

Two wives watch as the The Atlantic Conveyor, a British merchant navy ship, which was requisitioned during the Falklands War, leaves Liverpool to be refitted and join the fleet

Captain Ian North of the Atlantic Conveyor, a British merchant navy ship, which was requisitioned during the Falklands War

A welcome home for one of the survivors of the Atlantic Conveyor. A British merchant navy ship which was requisitioned during the Falklands War

Seamen safely rescued from the armed merchant cruiser Transylvania, pennant F56, sunk by torpedo fired the German U-boat U-56 off Malin Head, Ireland on 10th August 1940

A liaison between the R. A. F. and Merchant Navy, where the two forces exchanged roles
A liaison between the R.A.F. and Merchant Navy, where the two forces exchanged roles. Picture taken 28th June 1943

It is now revealed that during the most critical period of the Battle of the Atlantic a number of British merchant ships were equipped with flight decks for the launching

Small high speed vessels, manned by officers and men of the Merchant Navy, have run the enemy blockade of the Skagerrak to bring valuable war materials from Sweden

An Admiralty statement on 14th August 1942 stated that supplies and reinforcements had reached the fortress of Malta despite very heavy enemy concentrations designed to prevent their passage

Winston Churchill speaks to men of the Merchant Navy speaks to men in Merseyside whilst on a tour of Lancashire. He commends their work in The Battle of the Atlantic. Picture taken 28th April 1941

An Admiralty statement on 14th August 1942 stated that supplies and reinforcements had reached the fortress of Malta despite very heavy enemy concentrations designed to prevent their passage

Through the additional hazards of the seas under wartime conditions, men of the Merchant Navy have become gunners and look out men as well as continuing to be all round good sailors

Wives and sweethearts on board SS Empire Faith at a port in the north west of England where the ship unloads before heading out to sea again. Photo shows: All Scots reunion. Mrs W.J

Barrage balloons for merchant ships 31st October 1941 Balloons being transferred from the balloon launch to merchant ships off the coast of Greenock

Hundreds of seamen mingle with ordinary Merseysiders at a special service of remembrance at Liverpools Pierhead to say farewell to the 12 men who lost their lives in the South Atlantic when the ship

A huge welcome home for one of the survivors of the Atlantic Conveyor. A British merchant navy ship which was requisitioned during the Falklands War

The Atlantic Conveyor, a British merchant navy ship, which was requisitioned during the Falklands War. She was hit on 25 May 1982 by two Argentine air-launched AM39 Exocet missiles

Survivors from a torpedoed merchant ship who survived in the water for a day and a night about to be be picked up by a rescue ship. circa January 1918

The oil tanker Herbert L Pratt seen here shortly after being mined 4 miles from Cape Henlopen, Delaware; 2.5 miles South East of the Overfalls Lightship

The final moments of an allied cargo ship after she had been torpedoed by a German U-Boat Circa 28th October 1917

Survivors from a torpedoed merchant ship who survived in the water for a day and a night about to be be picked up by a rescue ship. circ January 1918

A merchant seaman in WW2 sitting on the deck of a ship. Circa 1941

Merchant Seamen during WW2 giving the "Thumbs Up"Circa 1941
Merchant Seamen during WW2 giving the " Thumbs Up" Circa 1941

Miss Dorene Hare, the well known compere of the Shipmates Ashore programme at the Merchant Navy Club, dancing with one of the Merchanct Navy members who attended the recording to her theme tune

Heroes of the Arctic. Typical members of a ships crew who have fought their way through the ice to convey war supplies to Russia

Shipping in the English Channel comes under attack. May 1940 P012183

A Cadet at the London Nautical School, Broadwall, London seen here running along the side of the wall during a PE lesson. 10th October 1952 C4962

Boys from the London Nautical School rowing a boat on the River Thames on a misty autumn morning. October 1952 C4962

Boys from the London Nautical School, Broadwall, London seen here rowing on the Thames on a misty autumn morning. October 1952 C4962-001

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