A story acted and narrated by men of the Merchant Navy illustrates the way their war ... the crew are rescued and later join another ship; and a young seaman among them is motivated to take ...
It holds pre-1941 merchant seamen's service records ... We discovered that Ronald had volunteered to join the merchant navy in 1915, at the age of 17. Two years later, during the First World ...
The forcible repatriation of 2,000 Chinese merchant seamen after World War Two was "one of the most nakedly racist incidents ever taken by the British government", an MP has said. The sailors ...
Subjects covered include life at sea in different parts of the period for both officers and seamen, in both the navy and in merchant ships; piracy and privateering; health, health care and disability; ...
This edited collection of 130 letters, written by seamen in the British Navy and their correspondents between 1793 and 1815, gives voice to a group of some 142,000 men, whose lives and thoughts are ...
Merchant Shipping Acts ensured that they were discriminated against with lower pay, worse conditions and harsher treatment than white seamen. Indian, Chinese, Arab and Somali men came from ...
Unlike the Continental Army, the Navy ... seamen of any color, and partly because many blacks were already experienced sailors, having served in British and state navies, as well as on merchant ...