Merchantman Collection

The pirates ruse luring a merchantman in the olden days. Date c1896 Feb. 21

BEA Vickers Merchantman G-APEO outside the BEA Cargocentre
BEA Vickers Merchantman, G-APEO, outside the BEA Cargocentre. circa 1970. Date: 1970

Vickers Type 953C Merchantman G-APEJ (msn 713), of Air Bridge Carriers, at East Midlands Airport (Castle Donington), in January 1977. Date: 1969

How Germany treats neutral commerce, torpedo WW1
How Germany treats neutral commerce in the First World War. A German torpedo just about to strike a merchantman. 1915

Vickers 953C Merchantman G-APES (msn 721, of British Airways Cargo. The Merchantman freighters were converted from passenger carrying Vanguards)

Miles M. 71 Merchantman U-21
The sole Miles M.71 Merchantman U-21 (msn 6695), at Woodley aerodrome, with stored unwanted Miles M.33 Monitor target-tugs in the background

Merchantman - G-AXNT
Vickers Merchantman - G-AXNT of Invicta Air Cargo (freighter conversion of Vickers Vanguard). Date: 1980s

Cutty Sark under Anchor
The tea clipper Cutty Sark under anchor. Whilst undergoing restoration in dry dock in Greenwich London in May 2007 the ship was badly damaged by fire

WW1 - Sinking Svionia the merchantman - Baltics Sea, 1915
WW1 - The first German merchant ship victim Svionia, was sunk by the gunfire off Sassnitz in the western Baltic. The men from two smaller boats and a submarine

Twiss, Peter test pilot flew Hurricanes catapulted from merchantman

Merchant Ship Fighter Unit by G. H. Davis
The Merchant Ship Fighter Unit (MSFU) at work during the Second World War: a system which was able to defeat the long-range bomber

British destroyers v. German U-boat by G. H. Davis
The long arm of the Royal Navy: a German U-boat meets its end in the Atlantic, British destroyers having picked up its trail 120 miles away

Bomber v. warship and merchantman by G. H. Davis
Bomber versus warship and merchantman: difficulties confronting any German attempt at aerial blockade during the Second World War. Date: 1940

Richard Hornby
RICHARD HORNBY Heroic seaman of Stokesley, captain of the merchantman Isabella which successfully withstood a French attack on 1st June 1744. Date: CIRCA 1744

BEA Vickers Merchantman outside the BEA Cargocentre. circa 1970. Date: 1970

Vickers Merchantman - all-cargo conversion
Vickers Merchantman, an all-cargo conversion of the Vanguard, belonging to BEA Cargo

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