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Mukesh Ambani (3,855 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

email. On July 12 to 14, 2024, the wedding of Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant was held as a three-day event that took place at the Antilia building and

Scrap (2,532 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Scrap consists of recyclable materials, usually metals, left over from product manufacturing and consumption, such as parts of vehicles, building supplies

Discount store (1,546 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Discount stores offer a retail format in which products are sold at prices that are in principle lower than an actual or supposed "full retail price".

Lady Elizabeth (1879) (1,484 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Lady Elizabeth is a wrecked iron barque of 1,155 tons built by Robert Thompson Jr. of Southwick, Sunderland and launched on 4 June 1879. Robert Thompson

Barista (417 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

A barista (/bəˈriːstə, -ˈrɪs-/ bə-REE-stə, bə-RIST-ə, Italian: [baˈrista]; lit. 'bartender') is a person, usually a coffeehouse employee, who prepares

Trade association (1,596 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

A trade association, also known as an industry trade group, business association, sector association or industry body, is an organization founded and funded

Nuclear marine propulsion (4,193 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

civilian nuclear marine propulsion and rewriting draft rules (see text under Merchant Ships). Insurance of nuclear vessels is not like the insurance of conventional

Official number (193 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Official numbers are ship identifier numbers assigned to merchant ships by their country of registration. Each country developed its own official numbering

Don Rickles (4,424 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

roasted during another show in the series. Rickles earned the nicknames "The Merchant of Venom" and "Mr. Warmth" for his poking fun at people of all ethnicities

Civil ensign (1,513 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and the naval ensign (or war ensign). It is also known as the merchant ensign or merchant flag. Some countries have special civil ensigns for yachts, and

Middle class (5,224 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

various ways. In the first sense, it is used for the bourgeoisie (the urban merchant and professional class) that arose between the aristocracy and the proletariat

Maritime call sign (778 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

radio transmissions must be individually identified by the call sign. Merchant and naval vessels are assigned call signs by their national licensing authorities

Salim–Sulaiman (1,518 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

are an Indian music composer duo consisting of siblings Salim Merchant and Sulaiman Merchant. The duo has composed music predominantly for Hindi films. Salim–Sulaiman's

Plutocracy (2,773 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

city-states in Ancient Greece; the civilization of Carthage; the Italian merchant city-states of Venice, Florence and Genoa; the Dutch Republic; and the

SS Francisco Morazan (1922) (1,726 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

allocated to the Norwegian Government and renamed Brunes. Brunes was sold into merchant service in 1947 and renamed Skuld. In 1948, another sale saw her renamed

AXS (company) (892 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

AXS (pronounced access) is an American ticket outlet for sports and entertainment events, founded in 2011 and owned by Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG)

Building (magazine) (719 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Building is one of the United Kingdom's oldest business-to-business magazines, launched as The Builder in 1843 by Joseph Aloysius Hansom – architect of

Impressment (6,790 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

back to the time of Edward I of England. The Royal Navy impressed many merchant sailors, as well as some sailors from other, mostly European, nations.

Barquentine (566 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Tipairua Tongiaki Trimaran Ungalawa Va'a-tele Vaka katea Vinta Wa Naval and merchant sailing ships and other vessels (by origin date) Fishing vessels Bagan

War Medal 1939–1945 (1,944 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

British Commonwealth who had served full-time in the Armed Forces or the Merchant Navy for at least 28 days between 3 September 1939 and 2 September 1945

Scotia (barque) (926 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Scotia was a barque that was built in 1872 as the Norwegian whaler Hekla. She was purchased in 1902 by William Speirs Bruce and refitted as a research

Cutty Sark (8,447 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

higher rates of freight (the price paid to transport the cargo), and tea merchants would use the names of fast-sailing ships that had carried their products

Barquentine (566 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Tipairua Tongiaki Trimaran Ungalawa Va'a-tele Vaka katea Vinta Wa Naval and merchant sailing ships and other vessels (by origin date) Fishing vessels Bagan

Boston Brahmin (8,711 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Pickering Gardner (1767–1843), merchant. John Lowell Gardner (1808–1884), merchant. John Lowell Gardner II (1837–1898), merchant. Augustus P. Gardner (1865–1918)

MV Delight (303 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

MV Delight is a Hong Kong-flagged grain carrier. It was attacked and hijacked in the Gulf of Aden in the Arabian Sea off the coast of Yemen in the Horn

Herzogin Cecilie (1,287 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

built for Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen. Unlike other contemporary German merchant sailing ships, the black Flying-P-Liners or the green ships of Rickmers

John Kander (2,433 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Pembroke Country-Day School. During World War II, Kander joined the U.S. Merchant Marine Cadet Corps. After completing his training in California and sailing

Fourth-rate (899 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

from the initial two-deck warships, and occasionally even heavily armed merchant ships such as HMS Calcutta. A fourth-rate was, in the British Royal Navy

Funnel (ship) (873 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

launched), but as efficiency increased new machinery needed fewer funnels. Merchant shipping companies (and particularly liner companies such as Cunard and

Snow (ship) (763 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

the largest two-masted vessel around, and was employed in both navy and merchant service. When used as a naval vessel, snows were, in the early 18th century

Officer (341 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

British Empire (UK), Order of Leopold (Belgium) Great Officer of State Merchant marine officer or licensed mariner Officer of arms Officer in The Salvation

Captain (719 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

military unit; the supreme leader or highest rank officer of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of a port

Levant Company (3,369 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

being superseded in 1825. A member of the company was known as a Turkey Merchant. The origins of the Levant Company lay in the Italian trade with Constantinople

Carronade (3,639 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

designed as a short-range naval weapon with a low muzzle velocity for merchant ships, but it also found a niche role on warships. It was produced by the

Grain trade (2,025 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

grain silos. Merchant shipping was important for the carriage of grain in the classical period (and continues to be so). A Roman merchant ship could carry

William M. Richardson (311 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

William Merchant Richardson (January 4, 1774 – March 15, 1838) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts and chief justice of

TSS Waterford (1912) (338 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Western Railway in 1912. The ship was sold in 1924 and became the Philippine merchant ship Panay which was sunk by Japanese aircraft in 1942. The ship was 83

Passat (ship) (752 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

vessels were modernized at Kiel with refurbished quarters to accommodate merchant marine trainees, fitted with an auxiliary diesel engine, a refrigeration

TSS Waterford (1912) (338 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Western Railway in 1912. The ship was sold in 1924 and became the Philippine merchant ship Panay which was sunk by Japanese aircraft in 1942. The ship was 83

First Data (3,497 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

for nearly a third of all U.S. debit cards. First Data has six million merchants, the largest in the payments industry. The company handles 45% of all

Progress of Civilization Pediment (1,737 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

mother, and child. The left side of the pediment depicts a soldier, a merchant, two schoolchildren, a teacher with her pupil, and a mechanic. When it

Bait-and-switch (972 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

fraud used in retail sales but also employed in other contexts. First, the merchant "baits" the customer by advertising a product or service at a low price;

Cádiz (8,010 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

local merchants could look out to sea to watch for arriving merchant ships from the New World. These towers often formed part of the merchants' houses

George Cross (3,524 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

any service and to civilians including police, emergency services and merchant seamen. Many of the awards have been personally presented by the British

MV Astoria (3,877 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

MV Astoria is a ship that was constructed as the transatlantic ocean liner Stockholm for Swedish American Line, and rebuilt as a cruise ship in 1993. Ordered

Flag of Norway (3,658 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

flag law of 1898 specifies the appearance of the merchant and state flags and their use by merchant ships, customs and post vessels. The flag regulations

SS Walter L M Russ (439 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Walter L M Russ was a 1,538 GRT cargo ship built in 1927 in Rostock, Germany. In 1945, she was seized by the Allies and passed to the Ministry of War Transport

Aratama Maru (265 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Aratama Maru (Kanji:新玉丸) was a merchant ship of the Empire of Japan. Launched in 1938, she was pressed into service as a munitions transport in World War

Tolland-class attack cargo ship (248 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

into merchant service 3 October 1947 Scrapped June 1971 AKA-65 Shoshone 12 May 1944 17 July 1944 24 September 1944 28 June 1946 Sold into merchant service

Viktor Bout (7,471 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

East during the 1990s and early 2000s. Bout gained the nicknames the "Merchant of Death" and "Sanctions Buster" after British minister Peter Hain read

SS Zealandia (1910) (967 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

of the men of the Royal Australian Navy who manned defensively equipped merchant ships during World War II. Brisbane: Boolarong. McCarthy, Sophie (1992)

SS Theresia L M Russ (906 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

was passed to the Dutch government and renamed Velsen. She was sold into merchant service in 1947 and renamed Cronenburgh. In 1955, she was sold to Italy

SS Laksnes (543 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Laksnes was a 1,587 GRT cargo ship that was built in 1927 by Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft, Flensburg, Germany as Marquardt Petersen for German owners

Ghurab (1,641 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Ghurab or gurab is a type of merchant and warship from the Nusantara archipelago. The ship was a result of Mediterranean influences in the region, particularly

Gujarat Technological University (835 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Gujarat Technological University (International Innovative University), commonly referred as GTU, is a public state university affiliating many engineering

Caravan (travellers) (834 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

could acquire new supplies. Some shops bought goods from the traveling merchants. Some of the first caravans on the Silk Road were sent out by Emperor

Maud (wherry) (492 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

GT. Maud was built by D S Hall of Reedham for Walter Bunn, a builder's merchant of Great Yarmouth. She carried general cargo and timber in connection with

Chialoup (468 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Javanese. Chialoups were used by the Dutch East India Company and private merchant-sailors of western and Nusantaran origin. The chialoup sail plan mimics

List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 480 (57 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Coastal Comm'n v. Granite Rock Co. 480 U.S. 572 1987 United States v. Merchant 480 U.S. 615 1987 Johnson v. Transportation Agency 480 U.S. 616 1987 Alaska

Ghurab (1,641 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Ghurab or gurab is a type of merchant and warship from the Nusantara archipelago. The ship was a result of Mediterranean influences in the region, particularly

SS Zealandia (1910) (967 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

of the men of the Royal Australian Navy who manned defensively equipped merchant ships during World War II. Brisbane: Boolarong. McCarthy, Sophie (1992)

Beaver (steamship) (395 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

County Trans. Co. La Conner Trading & Trans. Co. McDowell Trans. Co. Merchants Trans. Co. Moe Bros. Oregon Rwy & Nav. Co. Oregon Steam Navig. Co. Puget

Chialoup (468 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Javanese. Chialoups were used by the Dutch East India Company and private merchant-sailors of western and Nusantaran origin. The chialoup sail plan mimics

SS Avondale Park (457 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the last merchant ship to be sunk by Germany in the Second World War, on 7 May 1945, the day of German surrender. She was built as a merchant steamship

SS Theresia L M Russ (906 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

was passed to the Dutch government and renamed Velsen. She was sold into merchant service in 1947 and renamed Cronenburgh. In 1955, she was sold to Italy

SS Deneb (739 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Transport (MoWT) and renamed Empire Congo. In 1947, she was sold into merchant service and renamed Coquetside. In 1951, she was sold to Italy and renamed

George Medal (1,348 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The George Medal (GM), instituted on 24 September 1940 by King George VI, is a decoration of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth, awarded for gallantry

SS Ceuta (1929) (552 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Ship Data. Retrieved 25 February 2010. Jordan, Roger (1999). The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939. London: Chatham publishing. p. 572. ISBN 1-86176-023-X. "LLOYD'S

SS Maine (431 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Maine was a British steamship launched in 1904 as Sierra Blanca for the Sierra Shipping Co. Ltd. She was sold to the Atlantic Transport Co. Ltd. in 1913

West Indiaman (523 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

General term for a merchant sailing ship sailing between Great Britain or Europe and the Caribbean

Ronald Stuart (4,068 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Stuart, VC, DSO, RD, RNR (26 August 1886 – 8 February 1954) was a British Merchant Navy commodore and Royal Navy captain who was highly commended following

Lerwick (2,686 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Edmondston Senior Bailie Doctor 1823–1827 Charles Ogilvy Snr Senior Bailie Merchant 1827–1829 William Spence Junior Bailie Acting as Senior Bailie Royal Navy

Carrack (2,327 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The origin of the term carraca is unclear, perhaps from Arabic qaraqir "merchant ship", itself of unknown origin (maybe from Latin carricare "to load a

SS Ajax (1923) (603 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

SS Ajax was a cargo steamship that was built in Germany in 1923 as Elbe. In 1927 she was renamed twice, first to Ceuta and then to Ajax. A series of German

SS Ganter (723 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

War Transport (MoWT) and was renamed Empire Consistance, being sold into merchant service in 1948. In 1950, she was sold to the Dutch government and renamed

MV Nyora (715 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

to the Australian Shipping Board and renamed Nyora. Nyora was sold into merchant service in 1953. In 1963, she was sold to Panama and then to Singapore

SS Jean Marie (1922) (617 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

she was transferred to Belgium and renamed Jean Marie. She was sold into merchant service, serving until 1951 when she sank after her cargo shifted. The

Polly Woodside (1,652 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

achievement in the preservation of maritime heritage" – a first for a restored merchant ship. In March 2007, Polly Woodside was added to the Victorian Heritage

Baltimore Clipper (812 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the Baltimore configuration was not only popular in the United States as merchant craft, but also in Britain.[page needed] The National Maritime Museum,

Windjammer (775 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military calls windjammer "a merchant sailing ship". The following languages have adopted "windjammer" as a loanword

Windjammer (775 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military calls windjammer "a merchant sailing ship". The following languages have adopted "windjammer" as a loanword

SS Storaa (1,855 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Kingdom in June 1943. From 1941, the MOWT had the power to requisition merchant ships, regulate and control the movement of ships and regulate the trade

MV Pool Fisher (465 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

M/V Pool Fisher was a British merchant vessel that sank off the Isle of Wight on 6 November 1979 with the loss of most of her crew. Pool Fisher was built

MV Wotan (739 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Transport (MoWT) and was renamed SS Empire Control. She was sold into merchant service in 1948 and renamed SS Kleinella, serving as a storage hulk at

SS Hispania (1912) (939 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

SS Hispania was a Swedish 1,323 GRT triple-expansion engine steamer built in Belgium in 1912. She sank in the Sound of Mull on 18 December 1954 after striking

Marco Polo (12,537 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

ˈpolo]; Italian: [ˈmarko ˈpɔːlo] ; c. 1254 – 8 January 1324) was a Venetian merchant, explorer and writer who travelled through Asia along the Silk Road between

German submarine U-255 (3,570 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

then from France in 1944–1945, sailing on 15 combat patrols, sinking ten merchant ships totalling 47,640 GRT and damaging another of 7,191 GRT enough for

Blackwall frigate (756 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Tipairua Tongiaki Trimaran Ungalawa Va'a-tele Vaka katea Vinta Wa Naval and merchant sailing ships and other vessels (by origin date) Fishing vessels Bagan

Viking (barque) (879 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

originally built as a sail training ship for the rapidly growing Danish merchant fleet. At that time, seaworthiness and cargo capacity were given top priority

SS Empire Conyngham (470 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

World War II merchant ship of the United Kingdom

RV Vityaz (1939) (1,100 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Vityaz (Russian: Витязь) is a research vessel that was built in 1939 by Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG, Bremen, Germany as Mars for Neptun Line,

Spice and Wolf (6,200 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and Wolf's story revolves around Kraft Lawrence, a 25-year-old traveling merchant who peddles various goods from town to town to make a living in a stylized

SS Monrovia (1,915 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the French Government and renamed Commandant Mantelet. She was sold into merchant service in 1950 and renamed Commandant le Bilboul. In 1954, she was sold

ORP Gryf (1957) (632 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

reparations from Germany. Renamed Omsk (Омск), she served in the Soviet merchant fleet until 1947 when she was sold to Poland. In 1950, she was acquired

SS Ljusneälf (717 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(MoWT) and renamed Empire Conquest. In 1947, Empire Conquest was sold into merchant service and renamed Southern Island. In 1951, she was sold to Italian owners

MV Bessel (736 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Government and was allocated to them in 1947. She was sold into Danish merchant service and renamed Birgitte Skou. In 1959, she was sold to Italy and renamed

Chasse-marée (1,745 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

on fresh fish in this top end of the market. The medieval chasse-marée merchants catered to this originally by carrying fish in pairs of baskets on pack

SS I P Suhr (740 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

passed to the Norwegian Government and renamed Fornes. She was sold into merchant service in 1948 and renamed I.P. Suhr, serving until December 1950 when

SS Claus Rickmers (687 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Ship Data. Retrieved 12 March 2010. Jordan, Roger (1999). The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939. London: Chatham Publishing. p. 468. ISBN 1-86176-023-X. "S

Benedict Arnold (11,063 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

treason and betrayal in the United States. Born in Connecticut, Arnold was a merchant operating ships in the Atlantic when the war began. He joined the growing

Hall Place (1,070 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Champneys, a wealthy merchant and former Lord Mayor of London. The house was extended in 1649 by Sir Robert Austen, a merchant from Tenterden in Kent

Robert Taylor (875 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Robert Taylor may refer to: Robert Taylor (American actor) (1911–1969), American actor Robert Robinson Taylor (1868–1942), first African-American architect

SS Empire Conveyor (983 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Empire Conveyor was a 5,911 GRT shelter deck cargo ship that was built in 1917 as Farnworth by Richardson, Duck and Company, Thornaby-on-Tees, England

SS Malmö (1918) (379 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Transport (MoWT) and was renamed Empire Contay. In 1947, she was sold into merchant service and renamed Reykjanes. She served until 1953 when she was scrapped

SS Canada Victory (555 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

2.5 miles (4.0 km) west of Tokashiki Island. Two armed guards and one merchant mariner were killed, and twelve crew members were wounded in the attack

Emergency Fleet Corporation (2,743 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

pursuant to the Shipping Act (39 Stat. 729) to acquire, maintain, and operate merchant ships to meet national defense, foreign and domestic commerce during World

SS Kolno (621 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Kolno was a 2,487 GRT cargo ship that was built in 1936 as Nordcoke by Lübecker Flenderwerke AG, Lübeck, Germany. In 1940, she was requisitioned by the

SS Quersee (500 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of War Transport (MoWT), and renamed Empire Condor. She was sold into merchant service in 1947, and renamed Mediterranean Trader. In 1949, she was sold

Fluyt (1,002 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

factors combined to sharply lower the cost of transportation for Dutch merchants, giving them a major competitive advantage, particularly with bulk goods

Daniel Keyes (1,403 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Daniel Keyes (August 9, 1927 – June 15, 2014) was an American writer who wrote the novel Flowers for Algernon. Keyes was given the Author Emeritus honor

SS Alk (476 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Alk was a 1,175 GRT cargo ship that was built in 1924 by Neptun AG, Rostock, Germany for German owners. She was seized by the Allies in May 1945, passed

Louisa Adams (4,552 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

in England and raised in France. Her father was an influential American merchant, and she was regularly introduced to prominent Americans. After her family

SS Alk (476 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Alk was a 1,175 GRT cargo ship that was built in 1924 by Neptun AG, Rostock, Germany for German owners. She was seized by the Allies in May 1945, passed

Frederick Fleet (1,675 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

different shipping companies, including the Union-Castle Line. Fleet served on merchant ships throughout World War I. Later, he was the ship's lookout again on

MV Clary (1939) (458 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Transport (MoWT) and renamed Empire Condee. In 1947, she was sold into merchant service and was renamed Condee. In 1950, a further sale saw her renamed

Mary Celeste (8,068 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

referred to as Marie Celeste) was a Canadian-built, American-registered merchant brigantine that was discovered adrift and deserted in the Atlantic Ocean

SS I P Suhr (740 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

passed to the Norwegian Government and renamed Fornes. She was sold into merchant service in 1948 and renamed I.P. Suhr, serving until December 1950 when

Sigyn (ship) (703 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

maintenance. After the wars there were negotiations about Sigyn sailing as merchant ship again and thus earning the needed money herself. There was a shortage

SS Claus Rickmers (687 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Ship Data. Retrieved 12 March 2010. Jordan, Roger (1999). The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939. London: Chatham Publishing. p. 468. ISBN 1-86176-023-X. "S

SS Malmö (1918) (379 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Transport (MoWT) and was renamed Empire Contay. In 1947, she was sold into merchant service and renamed Reykjanes. She served until 1953 when she was scrapped

Armin Shimerman (1,886 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

science-fictional basis for the life of John Dee. The first novel in the series, The Merchant Prince, was co-written with Irish author Michael Scott, known for his Nicholas

Ocean ship (1,904 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

enemy action and eight to accidents; survivors were sold postwar into merchant service. To expedite production, the type was based on an existing design

SS Philippines Victory (674 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Speed 16.5 knots Boats & landing craft carried 4 Lifeboats Complement 62 Merchant Marine and 28 US Naval Armed Guards Armament 1 × 5 inch (127 mm)/38 caliber

List of German flags (317 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Flaggenkunde: 17–23. Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Nazi German merchant ensign (1935-1945) "German-Occupied Territories 1939-1945". Wikimedia Commons

Spice trade (4,046 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

traders eventually took over conveying goods via the Levant and Venetian merchants to Europe until the rise of the Seljuk Turks in 1090. Later the Ottoman

SS Ambria (612 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Norwegian Government and renamed Dragnes. She was sold into Norwegian merchant service and renamed Mimona. In 1959, she was sold and renamed Malay. She

Down Easter (ship) (384 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Tipairua Tongiaki Trimaran Ungalawa Va'a-tele Vaka katea Vinta Wa Naval and merchant sailing ships and other vessels (by origin date) Fishing vessels Bagan

SS Quersee (500 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of War Transport (MoWT), and renamed Empire Condor. She was sold into merchant service in 1947, and renamed Mediterranean Trader. In 1949, she was sold

Preston, Lancashire (15,089 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

parish and township in the hundred of Amounderness and was granted a Guild Merchant charter in 1179, giving it the status of a market town. Textiles have been

SS Skagway Victory (499 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

until the end of World War II hostilities. She was operated under the US Merchant Marine Act for the War Shipping Administration. Victory ships were designed

Thomas Piketty (4,640 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

have been captured by the "elites," coining the terms Brahmin Left and Merchant Right respectively to describe them. According to Piketty, western left-wing

Endurance (1912 ship) (7,150 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Endurance was the three-masted barquentine in which Sir Ernest Shackleton and a crew of 27 men sailed for the Antarctic on the 1914–1917 Imperial Trans-Antarctic

MV Tyrronall (557 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

constructive total loss. She was rebuilt as a motor vessel, sold into merchant service and renamed Tyrronall. Further rebuilds were undertaken in 1950

Mercantile Marine War Medal (1,235 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Kingdom to mariners of the British Mercantile Marine (later renamed the Merchant Navy) for service at sea during the First World War. Between 5 August 1914

ZNF148 (1,032 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

55–9. doi:10.1042/0264-6021:3470055. PMC 1220930. PMID 10727401. Bai L, Merchant JL (Jul 2001). "ZBP-89 promotes growth arrest through stabilization of

SS Cap Tafelneh (775 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Cap Tafelneh was a 2,266 GRT cargo ship which was built in 1920 by Burntisland Shipbuilding Company Ltd, Fife, Scotland. She was built for Joseph Lasry

Ministry of War Transport (1,171 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

provision of bunkering facilities at home and abroad for the use of controlled merchant shipping. Coasting and Short Sea Shipping Division, responsible for the

Tartane (134 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Tipairua Tongiaki Trimaran Ungalawa Va'a-tele Vaka katea Vinta Wa Naval and merchant sailing ships and other vessels (by origin date) Fishing vessels Bagan

SS Ilse L M Russ (599 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

allocated to the Norwegian Government and renamed Ekornes. She was sold into merchant service in 1947 and renamed Elfrida. She served until December 1959 when

SS Luray Victory (753 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Speed 16.5 knots Boats & landing craft carried 4 Lifeboats Complement 62 Merchant Marine and 28 US Naval Armed Guards Armament 1 × 5 inch (127 mm)/38 caliber

Bilander (283 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

secured at the corners by a crossjack. A bilander was a small European merchant ship with two masts. It was used in the Netherlands for coast and canal

ZNF148 (1,032 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

55–9. doi:10.1042/0264-6021:3470055. PMC 1220930. PMID 10727401. Bai L, Merchant JL (Jul 2001). "ZBP-89 promotes growth arrest through stabilization of

SS Quinault Victory (628 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

x single screwed shaft horsepower 8,500 Speed 16.5 knots Complement 36 Merchant Marine and 17 US Naval Armed Guards Armament 1 × 5 inch (127 mm)/38 caliber

SS Charlotte Cords (753 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Charlotte Cords was a cargo ship that was built in 1923 by Neptun AG, Rostock for German owners. She was seized by the Allies in Travemünde in May 1945

SS Stettin (1923) (609 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Stettin was a 2,646 GRT cargo ship which was built in 1923 for the Stettiner Dampfer Compagnie. In 1930 she was sold to Norddeutscher Lloyd and renamed

SS Egypt (913 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

SS Egypt was a P&O ocean liner. She sank after a collision with Seine on 20 May 1922 in the Celtic Sea. 252 people were rescued from the 338 passengers

SS Skagway Victory (499 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

until the end of World War II hostilities. She was operated under the US Merchant Marine Act for the War Shipping Administration. Victory ships were designed

SS Luray Victory (753 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Speed 16.5 knots Boats & landing craft carried 4 Lifeboats Complement 62 Merchant Marine and 28 US Naval Armed Guards Armament 1 × 5 inch (127 mm)/38 caliber

SS Smith Victory (385 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

United States Merchant Marine ship

SS Arratoon Apcar (738 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

SS Arratoon Apcar was an iron-hulled sail and steam merchant ship that was built in Scotland in 1861 and wrecked off the coast of Florida in 1878. Her

Transport in Chile (1,160 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Transport in Chile is mostly by road. The far south of the country is not directly connected to central Chile by road without travelling through Argentina

Valayapathi (1,046 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Purattirattu. Based on these fragments, the epic appears to be the story of a merchant with an overseas trading business who married two women. He abandoned one

SS Polar Chief (2,975 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

SS Polar Chief was a merchant steamship that was built in England in 1897 and scrapped in Scotland in 1952. In her 55-year career she had previously been

Atlantic U-boat campaign of World War I (4,145 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

destructive, and resulted in the loss of nearly half of Britain's initial merchant marine fleet during the course of the war. To counter the German submarines

SS Haga (1938) (518 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

transferred to the Norwegian Government and renamed Hauknes. She was sold into merchant service in 1947 and renamed Orm Jarl. In 1958, she was sold to Yugoslavia

SS Frontier (1922) (554 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

allocated to the Netherlands in 1946 and renamed Grebburg. She was sold into merchant service in 1947 and renamed Echo. A sale to South Africa in 1952 saw her

SS Aenos (1944) (548 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Contyne. She was allocated to the United States in 1946 and sold into merchant service in 1948. In 1952, she was sold to Panama and renamed Aenos. In

German trawler V 104 Falke (619 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

V 104 Falke was a German-built cargo ship which was converted into an auxiliary warship for the Kriegsmarine as a Vorpostenboot and then Sperrbrecher.

Robert Morris (financier) (13,985 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Morris Jr. (January 20, 1734 – May 8, 1806) was an English-born American merchant, investor and politician who was one of the Founding Fathers of the United

SS Erna (453 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Erna was an 865 GRT coaster that was built in 1922 by Howaldtswerke, Kiel, Germany for German owners. She was seized by the Allies at Kristiansand, Norway

Timeline of the Battle of the Atlantic (4,012 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Allied convoy sets sail from Halifax, Nova Scotia. Convoy HX 1 contains 18 merchant ships and is escorted by HMCS St. Laurent and HMCS Saguenay to an Atlantic

MV Ulysses (1941) (702 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

being bombed shortly after entering service. In 1946, she was sold into merchant service and renamed Springcreek. Further sales in 1948 and 1951 saw her

SS Empire Collins (521 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Sunderland for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). In 1945 she was sold into merchant service and renamed Southern Collins. She was sold in 1956 to Panama and

SS Lina Fisser (734 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Transport (MoWT) and renamed Empire Conderton. In 1947, it was sold into merchant service and was renamed Marchmont. In 1952, a further sale saw her renamed

SS Corona (551 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Corona was a 1,549 GRT cargo ship that was built in 1922 by Lübecker Maschinenbau-Gesellschaft, Lübeck, Germany as Ingrid Horn for German owners. She was

SS Ilse L M Russ (599 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

allocated to the Norwegian Government and renamed Ekornes. She was sold into merchant service in 1947 and renamed Elfrida. She served until December 1959 when

SS Minna (577 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

MOTORSHIPS" (PDF). Plimsoll Ship Data. Retrieved 18 May 2010. "TIME-LINE Merchant and Navy Ship events 1939 - 1945 (WWII)". Mareud. Archived from the original

MV Scantic (820 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Transport (MoWT) and renamed Empire Crocus. In 1947, she was sold into merchant service and renamed Stainton. A further sale in 1951 saw her renamed Benwood

SS Hobbs Victory (869 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

1945, Ships sunk or damaged during 1945 -- 182 ships SS Hobbs Victory Merchant Marine Survivors of World War II: Oral Histories of Cargo Carrying, By

Hanseaten (class) (2,187 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Carl Eduard Abenroth (1804–1885), merchant, member of the Hamburg parliament Johann Christoph Albers (1741–1800), merchant representative of Bremen Johann

SS Samuel Mather (1887) (1,067 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

The SS Samuel Mather was the first of seven U.S. merchant ships to bear that name. The wooden Mather sank in 1891 after she was rammed by the steel freighter

SS Borussia (1912) (466 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Transport (MoWT) and renamed Empire Confal. In 1947, she was sold into merchant service and renamed Woodwren. She was renamed Artemis in 1953 and hulked

Bilander (283 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

secured at the corners by a crossjack. A bilander was a small European merchant ship with two masts. It was used in the Netherlands for coast and canal

SS Regina (1907) (1,103 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

The SS Regina was a cargo ship built for the Merchant Mutual Line and home ported in Montreal, Quebec. Named after Regina, Saskatchewan, Regina had a tonnage

Sunni Bohra (693 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Indian Ocean maritime trade, and the Sunni Bohra merchant Mulla Abdul Ghafur was one of the richest merchants of the 18th Century. There are multiple Gujarati

Gross tonnage (869 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(2003). American Merchant Seaman's Manual. Cornell Maritime Press. ISBN 0-87033-549-9. Turpin, Edward A.; McEwen, William A. (1980). Merchant Marine Officers'

MV Wickenburgh (802 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

to the Dutch Government and renamed Margeca. In 1947 she was sold into merchant service and renamed Wickenburgh. In 1953 her compound steam engine and

SS Thielbek (1940) (577 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Thielbek was a 2,815 GRT cargo steamship that was built in Germany in 1940, sunk in an air raid in 1945, refloated in 1949 and repaired, and was in service

German trawler V 104 Falke (619 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

V 104 Falke was a German-built cargo ship which was converted into an auxiliary warship for the Kriegsmarine as a Vorpostenboot and then Sperrbrecher.

TSS Maianbar (412 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

TSS Maianbar was a coastal steamship of the North Coast Steam Navigation Company. Built in Scotland in 1910 she ran aground in Newcastle, New South Wales

MV Ulysses (1941) (702 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

being bombed shortly after entering service. In 1946, she was sold into merchant service and renamed Springcreek. Further sales in 1948 and 1951 saw her

SS Ernst Brockelmann (590 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Transport (MoWT), renamed Empire Concession. In 1946, she was sold into merchant service and renamed Brazen Head. In 1950, she was sold to Finland and renamed

SS Empire Collins (521 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Sunderland for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). In 1945 she was sold into merchant service and renamed Southern Collins. She was sold in 1956 to Panama and

SS Nordmark (569 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Transport (MoWT) and renamed Empire Congerstone. In 1947, she was sold into merchant service and renamed Oakley. In 1953, she was sold to Costa Rica and renamed

Payment gateway (823 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

A payment gateway is a merchant service provided by an e-commerce application service provider that authorizes credit card or direct payment processing

Wärtsilä (2,263 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

for the marine sector, including cruise ships, ferries, fishing vessels, merchant ships, navy ships, special vessels, tugs, yachts and offshore vessels.

SS Minna (577 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

MOTORSHIPS" (PDF). Plimsoll Ship Data. Retrieved 18 May 2010. "TIME-LINE Merchant and Navy Ship events 1939 - 1945 (WWII)". Mareud. Archived from the original

SS Manganese (441 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

she was transferred to Greece and renamed Herakleion. She was sold into merchant service in 1948 and renamed Laconia. In 1965, she was sold to Egypt and

SS Borussia (1912) (466 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Transport (MoWT) and renamed Empire Confal. In 1947, she was sold into merchant service and renamed Woodwren. She was renamed Artemis in 1953 and hulked

Google Base (347 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

WordPerfect. Google Base was launched in 2005 and downgraded to Google Merchant Center in September 2010. If Google found user-added content relevant,

Confederate States Navy (3,691 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

invasion, making the war costly for the United States by attacking its merchant ships worldwide, and running the U.S. blockade by drawing off Union ships

MV Doulos Phos (1,218 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

MV Doulos Phos is a retired ocean liner, and former cruise ship that held the record of being the world's oldest active ocean-going passenger ship, serving

German trawler V 421 Rauzan (616 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Rauzan was built as the British fishing trawler Earl Hereford. Sold to the Faroe Islands in 1912, she was purchased by the French Navy in 1917, serving

SS Johannes C Russ (575 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Johannes C Russ was a coaster that was built in 1921 by Stettiner Oderwerke AG, Stettin for German owners. In 1942 she was wrecked off Sweden but was salvaged

Michiel de Ruyter (6,454 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

an early age; by the age of 30 he had become a shipmaster in the Dutch merchant fleet. In 1641, De Ruyter briefly served as a rear admiral during the Portuguese

Trade Wars (1,115 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Trade Wars is a series of video games dating back to 1984. The video games are inspired by Hunt the Wumpus, the board game Risk, and the original space

SS Memel (536 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Memel was a 1,102 GRT cargo ship that was built in 1925 as Reval by Schiffs-und Dockbauwerft Flender AG, Lübeck, Germany for German owners. A sale in 1934

Junk (ship) (6,279 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

other East Asian countries, most notably Japan, where junks were used as merchant ships to trade goods with China and Southeast Asia. The English word "junk"

SS Empire Conrad (813 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

v t e Ships built by Lithgows, Port Glasgow Merchant ships Atheltemplar City of Benares Empire Addison Empire Austen Empire Baffin Empire Balfour Empire

SS Mercer Victory (563 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Review. mercercluster.com, Mercer Victory National Parks, Victory ships Merchant Marine Survivors of World War II: Oral Histories of Cargo Carrying, By

SS Anakriya (517 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Anakriya was a 1,000 GRT cargo ship that was built in 1925 as Riga by Travewerk Gebrüder Goedhart AG, Hamburg, Germany. After a sale in 1934 she was renamed

Harold Bride (1,828 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Harold Sydney Bride (11 January 1890 – 29 April 1956) was a British merchant seaman and the junior wireless operator on the ocean liner RMS Titanic during

SS Orlanda (524 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Orlanda was a cargo ship that was built in 1920 by F Krupp AG, Emden for German owners. She was seized by the Allies in Hamburg, in May 1945, passed to

SS Wilhelm Russ (406 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Transport (MoWT) and was renamed Empire Cony. In 1947, she was sold into merchant service and renamed Elsie Beth. In 1950, she was sold back to her original

Confederate States Navy (3,691 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

invasion, making the war costly for the United States by attacking its merchant ships worldwide, and running the U.S. blockade by drawing off Union ships

Elavon (509 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Bancorp. Elavon offers merchant processing in more than 30 countries and supports the payment needs of more than 1,000,000 merchant locations across the

SS Anakriya (517 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Anakriya was a 1,000 GRT cargo ship that was built in 1925 as Riga by Travewerk Gebrüder Goedhart AG, Hamburg, Germany. After a sale in 1934 she was renamed

Albatros (1899) (630 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Albatros is a sailing ketch built in the Netherlands in 1899. Trading as a cargo sailing ship until 1996, she is now used as a training vessel. Albatros

Type C1 ship (4,069 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

was an agency of the United States government that was created by the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, passed by Congress on 29 June 1936 and replaced the

Henry Spira (1,886 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Black recruited New York City high school students to the SWP. He became a merchant seaman in 1945, joining other Trotskyists who were active in the National

SS Mauna Loa (3,221 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

ISBN 978-0-8117-3294-9. OCLC 221269808. Jordan, Roger W. (2006) [1999]. The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939: The Particulars And Wartime Fates of 6,000 Ships. Annapolis

List of Empire ships (M) (9,931 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

remain in active service or preserved. Empire MacAlpine was a 7,954 GRT Merchant Aircraft Carrier (MAC) cargo ship which was built by Burntisland Shipbuilding

SS Goodleigh (1928) (670 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Goodleigh was a 3,857 GRT cargo ship that was built in 1928 by J L Thompson & Sons Ltd, Sunderland for the Dulverton Steamship Company. In 1937 she was

SS Empire Celia (1,058 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Glasgow for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). In 1948 she was sold into merchant service and renamed Putney Hill. Further name changes were Castle Hill

Anne Bonny (4,340 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

August 1720. Rackham and his crew would carry out a number of attacks on merchant ships in the West Indies until they were captured following a brief naval

Payment gateway (823 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

A payment gateway is a merchant service provided by an e-commerce application service provider that authorizes credit card or direct payment processing

SS Corvus (1919) (3,977 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

program of the Emergency Fleet Corporation (EFC) to restore the nation's Merchant Marine. The freighter was operated on international and domestic routes

SS Maudie (908 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

v t e Ships built by Lithgows, Port Glasgow Merchant ships Atheltemplar City of Benares Empire Addison Empire Austen Empire Baffin Empire Balfour Empire

Harold Bride (1,828 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Harold Sydney Bride (11 January 1890 – 29 April 1956) was a British merchant seaman and the junior wireless operator on the ocean liner RMS Titanic during

EFTPOS (4,022 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

with one of the many (originally seven) merchant service providers, which rent an EFTPOS terminal to the merchant. ePal also sets the EFTPOS interchange

SS Ernst Brockelmann (590 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Transport (MoWT), renamed Empire Concession. In 1946, she was sold into merchant service and renamed Brazen Head. In 1950, she was sold to Finland and renamed

Henrik Ibsen (9,063 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

House was the world's most performed play in 2006. Ibsen was born into the merchant elite of the port town of Skien, and had strong family ties to the families

Prize money (10,576 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

privateers and merchant ships. The two main changes to the made under this act were the abolition of the Crown's shares in the value of merchant ships and

Michiel de Ruyter (6,454 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

an early age; by the age of 30 he had become a shipmaster in the Dutch merchant fleet. In 1641, De Ruyter briefly served as a rear admiral during the Portuguese

SS Marie Fisser (312 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Marie Fisser was a 1,235 GRT cargo ship that was built in 1937 by Lübecker Flender-Werke AG, Lübeck for German owners. She was seized by the Allies at

Toop (boat) (833 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

used by sailors and traders in Nusantara. Majority of toop is owned by merchants from the western area of Nusantara.: 33 Two to three masted, toop carries

Ferguson plc (995 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Ferguson plc (formerly Wolseley plc) was an American-British multinational plumbing and heating products distributor. In August 2024, it merged into Ferguson

Khatri (13,458 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Sanskrit "Kshatriya", in Punjab's context Khatri refers to a "cluster of merchant castes including Bedis, Bhallas and Sodhis". Purnima Dhavan sees the claim

Frankie Lymon (3,902 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

integrated group, included three African-American members, Lymon, Jimmy Merchant, and Sherman Garnes; and two Puerto Rican members, Joe Negroni and Herman

SS Elbe (1921) (356 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Elbe was a 1,197 GRT cargo ship that was built in 1921 by Nobiskrug Werft, Rendsburg for German owners. She was seized by the Allies at Copenhagen, Denmark

SS Azov (1944) (408 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Azov (Russian: Азо́в) was a 1,953 GRT cargo ship that was built in 1944 by Deutsche Werft, Hamburg, Germany as Deike Rickmers for Rickmers Line. In 1945

SS Belgian Crew (632 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Belgian Crew was a 7,048 GRT cargo ship which was built in 1942 by Sir W G Armstrong, Whitworth & Co (Shipbuilders) Ltd, Newcastle upon Tyne as Empire

Chargeback (1,316 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

that help merchants determine if chargebacks are legitimate or fraudulent. The merchant's acquiring bank accepts the risk that the merchant will remain

MV Mironave (452 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

passed to the Norwegian Government and renamed Galtnes. She was sold into merchant service in 1947 and renamed Ila. In 1952, she was sold to Brazil and was

SS Empire Caicos (531 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

World War II merchant ship of the United Kingdom

SS Runa (419 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(MoWT) and renamed Empire Consent. In 1949, Empire Consent was sold into merchant service and renamed Runa. In 1964, she was sold to Greek owners and renamed

SS Söderhamn (577 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Gehrckens, Hamburg and was renamed Söderhamn. She was then the largest merchant ship that Germany possessed. She served until 1958 when she was scrapped

Khatri (13,458 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Sanskrit "Kshatriya", in Punjab's context Khatri refers to a "cluster of merchant castes including Bedis, Bhallas and Sodhis". Purnima Dhavan sees the claim

USS Scourge (1812) (906 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Scourge was an American warship converted from a confiscated Canadian merchant schooner. She and the American warship Hamilton foundered at 2:00am on

German submarine U-633 (691 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Flotilla for the remainder of her short service. In one patrol she sank one merchant ship, for a total of 3,921 gross register tons (GRT). U-633 was sunk on

SS Antoine Saugrain (1,602 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

kamikaze torpedo planes on 5 December 1944. Twelve gunners were wounded and merchant seamen took over the machine guns to fight off the attack. Two days later

SS Belocean (412 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Belocean was a 7,750 GRT heavy lift ship which was built in 1945 for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) as Empire Canute. She was completed in 1947 as

Deadweight tonnage (385 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

016 kilograms (2,240 lb). Turpin, Edward A.; William A. McEwen (1980). Merchant Marine Officers' Handbook (4th ed.). Centreville, Maryland: Cornell Maritime

German trawler V 209 Carl Röver (976 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

September 1944. Carl Röver was repaired in November 1945. She returned to merchant service in December as the fishing boat Essen, registration BX343, under

Chargeback (1,316 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

that help merchants determine if chargebacks are legitimate or fraudulent. The merchant's acquiring bank accepts the risk that the merchant will remain

SS Klio (1924) (643 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Klio was a 1,403 GRT cargo ship that was built in 1924 by AG Weser, Bremen, Germany for Neptun Line. In 1945, she was seized by the Allies and passed to

William Caxton (3,206 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

William Caxton (c. 1422 – c. 1491) was an English merchant, diplomat and writer. He is thought to be the first person to introduce a printing press into

German trawler V 212 Friedrich Busse (705 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Friedrich Busse was a German fishing trawler that was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine in the Second World War for use as a Vorpostenboot, serving as

First National Bank of Omaha (1,245 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of stake in FNBO merchant acquiring business". Finextra. 1 April 2010. "TSYS acquires remaining 49% stake in First National Merchant Solutions". NS Banking

SS Pinnau (493 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(MoWT) and was renamed Empire Constructor. In 1947, she was sold into merchant service and renamed Estkon. She served until 1959 when she was scrapped

SS Saar (333 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Saar was a 1,026 GRT cargo ship that was built in 1937 by Stettiner Oderwerke AG, Stettin for German owners. She was seized by the Allies at Kolding, Denmark

HMS Sainfoin (1,429 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Consolidated Steel Corporation, Wilmington, California, United States as the merchant vessel Cape Washington. She was transferred to the Ministry of War Transport

Ship replica (1,580 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Japanese ship replica Naniwa Maru; Osaka Maritime Museum, Japan; Edo period merchant ship San Juan Bautista; Ishinomaki, Japan; a Japanese warship Turtle ship;

SS Letchworth (1942) (659 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Letchworth was a 2,873 GRT cargo ship which was built in 1942 for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) as Empire Caxton. In 1945 she was sold and renamed

SS Empire Carpenter (612 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

2010. "CONVOY JW 54A". Warsailors. Retrieved 11 March 2010. "Navy and Merchant ships on Convoy JW-57". HMS Mahratta Association. Archived from the original

Rickmer Rickmers (330 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Rickmer Rickmers is a sailing ship (three masted barque) permanently moored as a museum ship in Hamburg, near the Cap San Diego. Rickmer Clasen Rickmers

SS Messina (643 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Archive. Mitchell & Sawyer, p. 445 Jordan, Roger W (1999). The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939: The Particulars and Wartime Fates of 6,000 Ships. London:

Capital Cities (duo) (1,842 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

American pop duo from Los Angeles, California, formed in 2008 by Ryan Merchant (vocals, keyboard, guitar) and Sebu Simonian (vocals, keyboard). Their

Loro Piana (1,019 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

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