| 单词 | merchant vessels |
| 例句 | "German battleships and submarines operating in the Atlantic sank 367,800 tons of merchant vessels from March 16 through March 23," says the announcer. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Back and forth from Libya to the south, to Sicily and Rome to the east, sail-driven merchant vessels carried olive oil, cheeses, charcuterie and wine often stored in massive terra-cotta amphoras. In France, Narbonne takes a turn in the international spotlight 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z "Threat of collateral damage to merchant vessels has increased significantly," the registry said in an advisory. Backlog at Israeli ports grows as country steps up shipping supplies 2023-10-15T04:00:00Z The earliest shipwreck is a Spanish Armada vessel from the 1500s, but most are wooden sailing merchant vessels from the 19th Century and World War One and Two vessels. Finding shipwrecks and planes lost at sea 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z Each is providing three merchant vessels for the program. First ships on board military’s tanker security program 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z He said Russia’s blockade of Ukrainian ports, destruction of their infrastructure, obstruction of grain exports, and intimidation of foreign merchant vessels should be considered an attack on freedom of navigation. Angry Russia refuses to speak at UN meeting on its attacks on Ukraine’s key port city of Odesa. 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z Last week, the Iranian Navy attempted to detain two merchant vessels operating in the Strait and in the Gulf of Oman. Pentagon sends warship, jet fighters to Persian Gulf after Iran tries to seize oil tankers 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z The boat had been approached by merchant vessels and shadowed by the Greek coastguard for several hours before capsizing and sinking. Suspected smugglers deny charges over migrant shipwreck off Greece 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z Greek authorities said, they were in contact with people on the trawler via satellite phone, radio, and shouted conversations conducted by merchant vessels and a Coast Guard boat that arrived at night. Diverging narratives emerge after trawler with hundreds of migrants sinks in the Mediterranean 2023-06-17T04:00:00Z It said efforts by its own ships and merchant vessels to assist the boat were repeatedly rejected, with people on board insisting they wanted to continue to Italy. Greece finds no more survivors after sinking of migrant boat. Hundreds are still feared missing 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z It said in a statement that efforts by its own ships and merchant vessels to assist the boat were repeatedly rebuffed, with people on board insisting they wanted to continue to Italy. Huge search seeks survivors of migrant boat sinking off Greece; hundreds feared missing 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z In 1601, there were 100 more Dutch ships in the port of London at any given time than there were English ships, and by 1620 about half of all European merchant vessels were Dutch. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z "Iran's unwarranted, irresponsible and unlawful seizure and harassment of merchant vessels must stop," the Fifth Fleet's commander, Vice Admiral Brad Cooper, said in a statement. US military to bolster defensive posture in Gulf after Iran seizes tankers 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z "Good news. We have learned that the two boats in distress were rescued by merchant vessels that Malta eventually ordered to intervene," Alarm Phone said on Monday. Malta receives 60 rescued migrants in first arrivals in months 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z German non-governmental organisation Sea-Watch International said two merchant vessels near one of the ships had been ordered not to help with rescue efforts by Malta while the boat was in Maltese waters. Europe migrant crisis: Italy moves to rescue 1,200 people on boats 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z But Maltese authorities, Sea-Watch said, had instructed merchant vessels to provide supplies but not to carry out a rescue. Italy’s Coast Guard Rescues Hundreds of Migrants in ‘Chaotic’ Few Days at Sea 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z “Recent events, including the strikes in Syria and public threats made by Iran against merchant vessels, prompted us to remind regional mariners to remain vigilant,” said Cmdr. U.S. Sends Attack Submarine to Middle East as Tensions Rise Between Iran and Israel 2023-04-08T04:00:00Z Regarding Sunday’s shipwreck, the Italian Coast Guard said it asked three merchant vessels to respond to the emergency after Libyan authorities notified them that they were not able to. Activists: Slow response led to 30 migrant deaths off Libya 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z According to Mediterranea, Italian authorities had requested merchant vessels in the area to intervene. Dozens of migrants missing after boat en route from Libya capsizes - charities 2023-03-12T05:00:00Z "The Parties will not undertake any attacks against merchant vessels or other civilian vessels and port facilities engaged in this initiative," the document said. Russia, Ukraine, Turkey, U.N. agree shipping procedures for Ukraine grain exports 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z In the end, avoiding the mines has been left to Ukrainian ship pilots guiding the merchant vessels. First ship carrying grain leaves Odessa in deal to ease global food crisis 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z The deal includes security assurances for both Ukraine and Russia, which agreed not to “undertake any attacks against merchant vessels and other civilian vessels and port facilities” tied to the initiative. Russia attacks Odessa port a day after signing grain deal, Ukraine says 2022-07-23T04:00:00Z He said he visited London last week to lobby for the dispatch of warships to the Black Sea to open up a safe corridor for merchant vessels carrying grain from Ukraine. As Food Shortages Loom, a Race to Free Ukraine’s Stranded Grain 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z A Spanish Coast Guard plane spotted the stricken boat and was assisted by two merchant vessels and a helicopter until a Spanish rescue ship arrived. More than 26 migrants missing after dinghy capsizes off Spain's Canary Islands 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z Two seafarers have been killed and five other merchant vessels hit by projectiles - which sank one of them - off Ukraine's coast since the start of the conflict, shipping officials say. Foreign merchant ship hit by missile in Mariupol, Ukrainian official says 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z Five merchant vessels have been hit by projectiles - with one of them sunk - off Ukraine's coast, with two seafarers killed, shipping officials say. Russia trades accusations with Ukraine on drifting Black Sea mines 2022-04-02T04:00:00Z Five merchant vessels have been hit by projectiles - with one of them sunk - off Ukraine's coast with two seafarers killed, shipping officials say. Ships stranded in Ukraine as conflict slows UN rescue efforts 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z Five merchant vessels have been hit by projectiles - with one of them sunk - off Ukraine's coast. Food supplies running low on foreign ships stuck in Ukraine 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z Right now, there are around 50,000 merchant vessels out at sea, or docked at a quay somewhere. The shipping giant banking on a greener fuel 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z Portugal’s navy said one of its patrol boats and four merchant vessels were helping with the rescue. Rescue ongoing after cargo ship catches fire in mid-Atlantic 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z Others say the potential threat from such missiles is amplified by the prospect that they could be fired from some of the 5,600 merchant vessels controlled by the Chinese government. Global reach: China expands port and military base network to boost commerce, clout 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z "The Russian side calls on competent authorities of the Ukraine to provide for the safety and security of the merchant vessels and their crews transition to the assembly area," it said in the circular. Ships stranded in Ukraine as conflict slows UN rescue efforts 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z These are people living in adult group homes or residential treatment centers, on maritime/merchant vessels, in worker dormitories/job corps centers, and in living quarters for victims of natural disasters. Here’s what the 2020 Census tells us about King County’s homeless population 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z With the absence of state rescue vessels and NGO ships getting increasingly blocked from leaving port, Sea-Watch often relies on the good will of merchant vessels navigating the area. Volunteers in the sky watch over migrant rescues by sea 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z The two countries have been locked in a shadow war for years, which in recent months has taken a higher profile after a long string of attacks on merchant vessels. Israel defense chief: Iran launched drone strike on tanker 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z A day later, merchant vessels sailing in the area and a humanitarian rescue ship, the Ocean Viking, found the boat’s remains and reported seeing at least 10 bodies floating on the surface. Deaths at sea highlight failings in Europe migration policy 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z Three merchant vessels helped the charity’s own rescue ship Ocean Viking search for the boats in international waters, northeast of the Libyan city of Tripoli. At least 130 migrants feared drowned in Mediterranean as capsized boat, bodies found 2021-04-23T04:00:00Z The report shows how airlines, charters and merchant vessels were used by foreign governments to transfer mercenaries and sophisticated weapons to the conflict, often by disguising their missions. UN report documents mass violations of Libya arms embargo 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z Seventy percent of all known historic shipwrecks lost in Florida are merchant vessels, part of the coastal trade of moving goods from one port to another along the Atlantic coast, Meide said. Surfaced shipwreck likely a 19th-century cargo vessel 2020-11-26T05:00:00Z But “merchant vessels are not designed or equipped for this purpose,” he said. Tanker Asked to Rescue Migrants Off Malta Is Denied Permission to Dock 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z But Libyan Coast Guard crews still sometimes use the Italian ship’s equipment to communicate with merchant vessels, Commodore Abdal Samad conceded, particularly when their radios break down. Privatized Pushbacks: How Merchant Ships Guard Europe 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z This month, Britain joined the United States in a maritime security mission in the Gulf to protect merchant vessels. U.S. adviser Bolton to urge tougher UK stance on Iran and China 2019-08-11T04:00:00Z Britain on Monday joined the United States in a maritime security mission in the Gulf to protect merchant vessels after Iran seized a British-flagged vessel. Oil slightly lower as U.S.-China trade tensions weigh 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z The UK Ministry of Defense on Sunday announced the arrival of another British warship in the Persian Gulf to escort merchant vessels. US, Israel successfully test missile defense system in Alaska, officials say 2019-07-28T04:00:00Z The UK Chamber of Shipping trade association, which previously called for more protection of merchant vessels in the area, welcomed the change. Britain begins escorting all UK vessels through Hormuz Strait 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z And in fairness, given the wider tensions in the region, there is a more general threat to merchant vessels plying the Strait of Hormuz. Hunt seeks European help over Gulf ships 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z But arguably the greatest restraint lay under the chilly waters of the Atlantic, where German U-boat submarines preyed on the convoys of merchant vessels bearing critically needed supplies from North America. Heroes of a More Certain Time 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z Sixteen crew members, including the captain, were rescued by nearby merchant vessels. Mitsui Ship Is Ablaze in Middle of Pacific Ocean 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z Coast Guard says good Samaritans on nearby merchant vessels rescued 16 members of the crew of a Panamanian car carrier heading from Japan to Hawaii that caught fire in the Pacific Ocean. 16 of 21 crew members rescued from burning ship near Hawaii 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z Mercer graduated from Maine Maritime Academy and worked as a marine engineer traveling aboard U.S. merchant vessels. LePage environmental chief to retire 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z But a two-year study by the nonprofit Oceans Beyond Piracy recorded 71 major incidents in the region in 2017 — including robberies of merchant vessels and attacks on yachts — up 163 percent from the previous year. As Venezuela disintegrates, a new breed of pirates threatens the Caribbean 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z Two shipwrecks found during a failed search for Malaysia Airlines flight 370 were merchant vessels that sank in the 19th Century, researchers say. Search for MH370 uncovered old shipwrecks 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z Christodoulides said Turkish warships prevented other merchant vessels from approaching the area, citing military maneuvers. Cyprus says Turkish warships continue to block drilling rig 2018-02-11T05:00:00Z Steel from the East, brought in by railroad, became merchant vessels. What Happens When the Richest U.S. Cities Turn to the World? 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z The ship’s captain told investigators that the company provided armed escorts for merchant vessels traveling in pirate-inhabited waters in the Indian Ocean. Indian court acquits 35 crewmembers of private US ship 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z Two serious collisions with merchant vessels; some 17 crew members dead or missing; and two guided missile destroyers of the US Seventh Fleet out of action for months - good reason then for a thorough review. US Navy collision: Divers join search for missing sailors - BBC News 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z And most are now rescued close to Libya by the aid groups or by merchant vessels in the area. Migrant flow to Italy shrinks as government in Rome cracks down 2017-08-15T04:00:00Z Young members of families of German descent underwent paramilitary training in southern Chile, while Nazi supporters in the country routinely sent information to Germany about the routes of Allied merchant vessels, the documents showed. Nazi spies planned bombings in Chile, archives reveal 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z Ten belonged to NGOs, six to the Italian coastguard, six were merchant vessels, and one was an Italian navy ship. Refugees stranded for 30 hours before rescue in Mediterranean 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z Two merchant vessels also rescued migrants, mostly from Eritrea, who were trying to reach European shores in two other boats. Spanish charity rescues 230 African, Asian migrants at sea 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z More than 10 vessels were involved in the search, including tugs, rig vessels, merchant vessels and fishing boats. Boat safety failures led to death of fisherman in North Sea - BBC News 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z Merchant Marine Academy are advised to use if things get really rough during their year-long shipboard training on merchant vessels thousands of miles from shore, or at ports far from home. Merchant Marine midshipmen endure rough waters as sexual misconduct roils their ranks 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z Permission will now be required for people to investigate the medieval fishing boat and two 18th Century merchant vessels in Devon. Devon shipwrecks given listed protection - BBC News 2016-08-14T04:00:00Z The Spar Canis and the Vienna Express rushed to the scene in response to the Coast Guard's emergency broadcast for help, as did two other merchant vessels. Ships rescue 46 people from sinking boat off Alaska islands 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z The Spar Canis and the Vienna Express rushed to the scene in response to the Coast Guard’s emergency broadcast for help, as did two other merchant vessels. Ships rescue 46 people from sinking boat off Alaska islands 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z The Good Samaritan ships Spar Canis and the Vienna Express rushed to the scene in response to a Coast Guard’s emergency broadcast for help, as did two other merchant vessels. 46 People Rescued From Sinking Boat Off Alaska's Coast 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z Several merchant vessels were also heading to the area. Lifeboats and helicopter search Channel for missing crewman - BBC News 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z But then Cuba announced April 22 it was changing the rule to allow Cubans and Cuban Americans to travel on cruise ships, merchant vessels and, sometime in the future, yachts and other private boats. A U.S. cruise arrives in Cuba for the first time in decades 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z Licences to travel to the Andean Altiplano were tightly controlled, but many Spaniards sought work aboard merchant vessels – then abandoned their posts at the earliest opportunity. Story of cities #6: how silver turned Potosí into 'the first city of capitalism' 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z She became involved with breaking Japanese shipping codes to gain information about the location of merchant vessels in order to sink them. Ann Caracristi, who excelled at code breaking and management, dies at 94 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z The War of 1812 was declared over ostensible British insults to American honor, when merchant vessels were boarded by the Royal Navy and U.S. commerce disrupted. Freedom fries and chicken hawks: The American history mosque-closers and chest-thumpers must learn 2015-11-21T05:00:00Z Related Stories All the ships were merchant vessels traversing a route that connected Anatolia, Samos, and the Black Sea region to Rhodes, Cyprus, and even Egypt. Stunned Archaeologists Find 22 Ancient Greek Shipwrecks 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z Many merchant vessels hired private security starting in 2008 as pirates began operating across larger expanses of the ocean, outstripping governments’ policing capacities. Murder at Sea: Captured on Video, but Killers Go Free 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z Many pirate ships were also commandeered merchant vessels—they didn’t exactly spell out S.V. When Not Treasure Hunting, Pirates Practiced Democracy 2015-07-05T04:00:00Z A total of 132 bodies were retrieved - by Robinson's offshore patrol vessel, by merchant vessels and by British RAF and Royal Navy helicopters which joined the search. Getting close to my son who died on Air India 182 - BBC News 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z In Baltimore black people were jailed, sold, and shipped in the bellies of merchant vessels. What Else You Should Know About Baltimore 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z When the islands were seized, however, Thatcher responded by dispatching a task force of more than 120 warships and merchant vessels and thousands of soldiers and special forces. U.K. Upgrades Falklands Defenses to Counter Renewed Argentine Threat 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z Somali piracy spurred many governments to encourage merchant vessels to arm themselves or hire private security, a break from the longstanding practice of nations trying to maintain a near monopoly on the use of force. Murder at Sea: Captured on Video, but Killers Go Free 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z So, private companies, many of them British, stepped in to fill the gap by providing armed guards for merchant vessels. The boats of guns for hire against pirates 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z Both families offered their gratitude to the US and Canadian Coast Guards, the US Navy, the RAF, the merchant vessels and smaller yachts that took part in the search. Families pay tribute to Cheeki Rafiki yachtsmen lost at sea 2014-05-25T04:00:00Z Three US and Canadian aircraft and three merchant vessels looked for the men on Friday and Saturday but called off the search on Sunday at 5am local time. Calls grow to restart yacht search 2014-05-20T04:00:00Z US and Canadian aircraft, assisted by three merchant vessels, looked for the missing Britons throughout Friday and Saturday but called off the 53-hour search on Sunday at 5am local time amid treacherous weather. Missing yacht: MPs back calls for US to resume search for British yachtsmen 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z U.S. and Canadian aircraft, assisted by three merchant vessels, scoured the ocean, but called off the search Sunday amid treacherous weather. Families ask US Coast Guard to resume yacht search 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z Three US and Canadian aircraft and three merchant vessels looked for them on Friday and Saturday. Families want yacht search to resume 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z The search was centred on a 4,146-square-mile stretch of Atlantic Ocean 1,000 miles east of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and comprised three aircraft and three merchant vessels. Four British yachtsmen missing in mid-Atlantic 2014-05-18T04:00:00Z In late 2011, London's marine insurance market added Syria to a list of areas deemed high risk for merchant vessels. Syria struggling to fill food import needs 2014-05-06T15:36:08Z The southern Indian Ocean does not usually harbor large amounts of flotsam and jetsam, such as shipping containers from merchant vessels, he said. Australians Searching for Jet Debris Will Use Human Spotters, Not Radar 2014-03-21T09:26:54Z He said that part of the south Indian Ocean is liable to contain some large debris, such as containers lost overboard from merchant vessels. Newly Detected Objects Draw Searchers for Malaysian Plane 2014-03-20T06:43:14Z The lifeboat and merchant vessels were used to provide some shelter for the helicopter winching operation. Fishermen rescued from sinking boat 2013-11-03T11:21:49Z They say they will argue that Italy considers its merchant vessels Italian soil and that the marines were performing their sovereign duty to protect the ship. Insight: Murder trial of Italian marines in India navigates murky waters 2013-06-09T21:08:20Z Besides, I’d be less interested in Chinese warships and more interested in what all those Chinese merchant vessels in U.S. ports are really up to. China Says Its Navy Is Spying On America 2013-06-04T14:54:43Z On the other, eastern side of Africa, piracy that was once a scourge off the coast of Somalia has been largely contained by international naval patrols and the stationing of armed guards aboard merchant vessels. Pirates kidnap oil tanker crew off Nigeria: security sources 2013-05-28T14:31:55Z Naval patrols and the presence of armed guards aboard merchant vessels have helped reduce piracy off Somalia on Africa's eastern coast but international navies are not engaged in counter-piracy missions off Nigeria. Pirates release five Polish, Russian crew taken from ship off Nigeria 2013-05-14T08:37:05Z Naval patrols and the presence of armed guards aboard merchant vessels have helped reduce piracy off Somalia on Africa's eastern coast. Pirates kidnap five crew from ship off Nigeria: agency 2013-04-29T10:39:48Z Like many merchant vessels, the QM2 now carries armed private contractors when passing through areas of pirate risk. Have hired guns finally scuppered Somali pirates? 2013-02-10T08:08:08Z The European Union's naval task force in the region said last April that factors in the decrease included more armed security aboard merchant vessels and the presence of foreign navies. IHT Rendezvous: Top Pirate Quits as Tide Turns Against Somali Raiders 2013-01-11T13:27:58Z A company called Typhon will use a 10,000 tonne “mother ship” to accompany convoys of merchant vessels. Piracy: Privateers 2013-01-10T16:11:29Z “Two merchant vessels are currently on the scene.” Boat With Asylum Seekers Sinks Near Indonesia, Report Says 2012-06-27T04:02:08Z Two merchant vessels are on site and more vessels and aircraft were on the way to the scene, a Customs spokesman said. Boat carrying 150 capsizes off NW Australia 2012-06-27T02:08:03Z Our merchant vessels were arrested on the high seas, and men, on the groundless charge of being deserters, immediately coerced into the British service. The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:39.100Z Still, when any emergency required, merchant vessels, not merely English, but Genoese, Venetian, and from the Hanse Towns, were constantly hired for warfare. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z Her naval force had become formidable, and augmented by privateers, played havoc with our merchant vessels. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z The subjects of the King ought to have on board their merchant vessels only so much of these articles as is necessary for their own use. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution (Volume VI) 2012-04-03T02:00:34.180Z Entrusted with a small squadron to cruise off Holland, his boats burned a store-ship, made prize of fifteen merchant vessels, a sloop-of-war, and an armed schooner. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z About half of the task force was made up of merchant vessels. Could Britain still defend the Falklands? 2012-02-27T12:26:57Z On merchant vessels they had become a nuisance, as the sailors often made them an opportunity for levying black mail on timid and nervous passengers. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z In this he was successful: Olaf's ships were merchant ships, and the young unsuspecting earl rowed into a sound where the enemy was waiting for him and passed in between the supposed merchant vessels. Canute the Great The Rise of Danish Imperialism during the Viking Age 2012-02-23T03:00:38.817Z These remarks apply, of course, to merchant vessels alone. The Oregon Territory Its History and Discovery 2012-02-22T03:00:27.207Z The paid hands quite approved of it, for it was at any rate better than that served out on the majority of merchant vessels. The Cruise of the 'Alerte' The narrative of a search for treasure on the desert island of Trinidad 2012-02-17T03:00:29.247Z The average annual number of merchant vessels passing the strait is 12,000 and the regular commercial vessels calling at the port of Dardanelles are represented by numerous foreign agencies. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z Scores of passengers survived by clinging to debris before being picked up by at least six merchant vessels that diverted to the scene after being alerted by Australian maritime safety authorities. About 100 feared trapped in sunken PNG ferry 2012-02-03T00:25:01Z It also said that merchant vessels were more often sailing with armed security teams. News Analysis: Seized Pirates in Legal Limbo, With No Formula for Trials 2012-01-28T03:24:19Z The Belvidere, after she had escaped from the American Squadron, captured three American merchant vessels which she brought in with her. History of Halifax City 2012-01-26T03:00:13.263Z They are so difficult to manœuvre that not only could they not afford to remain in the neighbourhood of our anti-submarine craft, but they were not successful in attacking merchant vessels. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z A strict secrecy—a protection of themselves—as merchant vessels on the high seas in olden days guarded themselves from the pirates who, ready to pounce upon them, roamed the waters. The Boyhood of Great Inventors 2011-12-05T03:00:46.233Z At the Armistice he had been compelled to surrender eight of his largest merchant vessels to the Allies. The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z Sixty merchant vessels and many ships of war were torn from their anchors and swallowed up by the sea. The History of Cuba, vol. 2 2011-10-11T02:01:01.423Z There were forty-six merchant vessels, transports and prizes, all large vessels except about seventeen, stranded; most of them having been got off again. History of Halifax City 2012-01-26T03:00:13.263Z One was the comparative ease with which the German submarines were sinking merchant vessels; the other was their failure materially to weaken the Allied fleets. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z The greater part of the population fled to the harbor and sought escape in the merchant vessels which were putting to sea. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z They have not been allowed to pass through because several German merchant vessels are here. The Blue Grass Seminary Girls on the Water Exciting Adventures on a Summer Cruise Through the Panama Canal 2011-09-05T02:00:21.637Z They had learned, too, to appreciate the advantages of free trade; for during the British occupation no less than nine hundred merchant vessels entered the harbor and not a few cargoes of negroes were landed. The History of Cuba, vol. 2 2011-10-11T02:01:01.423Z Belligerents may appeal to the charitable zeal of commanders of neutral merchant vessels, yachts or other craft, to take on board and look after the sick and wounded. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z In the days when great Tyre still stood in all her glory, and her merchant vessels left not even the East Indies unexplored, there dwelt in that city a rich seaman, Bar Noemi by name. Tales From J?kai 2011-09-02T02:00:19.183Z The circumference of the harbor was ringed by a succession of stone wharves, where hundreds of merchant vessels were moored, their sails furled against their masts. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z And its appearance was not exactly like ships of war, nor merchant vessels either, but it was something different from both, on account of the necessity imposed by the depth of the river. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z Spanish privateers lay in wait and intercepted the British merchant vessels, whose cargoes were triumphantly brought to Spanish ports. The History of Cuba, vol. 2 2011-10-11T02:01:01.423Z Off the coast of Somalia, pirates attack merchant vessels in an effort to capture them and to hold the vessels and their crews for ransom. Prosecutors: Piracy includes failed attempts to rob ships at sea under international law 2011-07-25T19:35:11Z These guard-ships were used to convoy merchant vessels to their destination, or to a safe "riding place." The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z Thousands of women and children, accompanied by the aged and infirm, crowded aboard the merchant vessels that had been pressed into service. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z The bay was now full of Hanseatic merchant vessels, and the numerous lights in the ships shone fair upon the shore. King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 2 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. 2011-07-07T02:00:26.270Z Many merchant vessels in the bay were also taken. The History of Cuba, vol. 2 2011-10-11T02:01:01.423Z French had been expelled from Florida, and the coast occupied up to Port Royal Sound, but freebooters continued to prey on treasure and merchant vessels. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z Here a few schooners and merchant vessels were equipped with cannon as warships. Four American Naval Heroes Paul Jones, Admiral Farragut, Oliver H. Perry, Admiral Dewey 2011-07-04T02:00:24.047Z English coal is also consumed, and as the merchant vessels carry it as ballast, its cost is very moderate. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z I suppose our merchant vessels sail as freely as they did before the war? The Dispatch-Riders The Adventures of Two British Motor-cyclists in the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:22.377Z The sole aim and end was to compel Spain to renounce her right of inspecting or examining suspected merchant vessels that cruised in the Antilles, in order that Great Britain might extend her insidious operations. The History of Cuba, vol. 2 2011-10-11T02:01:01.423Z To stop Dutch trade with the French colonies, Dutch merchant vessels were seized. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z Paul Jones was ordered to cruise with his small squadron along the west coast of Ireland and to capture all the English merchant vessels he could find. Four American Naval Heroes Paul Jones, Admiral Farragut, Oliver H. Perry, Admiral Dewey 2011-07-04T02:00:24.047Z In 1841, the merchants could only offer the masters of merchant vessels two-and-a-half francs per sack for freight to Marseilles, while the latter can hardly realise any profit even at the rate of four francs. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z Twenty-third annual list of merchant vessels of the U.S., with the official numbers and signal letters awarded them by the commissioner of navigation, etc., for the year ended June 30, 1891. United States Government Publications, v. 8 Jan-Jun 1892 A Monthly Catalog 2011-06-22T02:00:25.153Z Armed with this, he put to sea on July 28th, 1756, in company with four merchant vessels, with valuable cargoes, bound for England. Privateers and Privateering 2011-06-21T02:00:26.477Z The Barbary pirates also were frequently attacked, and convoys for merchant vessels and fishing fleets were often furnished. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z French cruisers were sent to the American shores to capture merchant vessels while on their way to foreign ports. Four American Naval Heroes Paul Jones, Admiral Farragut, Oliver H. Perry, Admiral Dewey 2011-07-04T02:00:24.047Z The third section gives the right to merchant vessels to defend themselves against pirates. Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York 2011-06-05T02:00:10.927Z Twenty-third annual list of merchant vessels of the U.S., for the year ended June 30, 1891. United States Government Publications, v. 8 Jan-Jun 1892 A Monthly Catalog 2011-06-22T02:00:25.153Z In June 1709 a huge fleet of eighty-four merchant vessels, under convoy of six men-of-war, was despatched to Smyrna to bring back grain. Privateers and Privateering 2011-06-21T02:00:26.477Z The Germans have also sunk British merchant vessels by torpedo without notice, and without any provision for the safety of the crew. The Great War and How It Arose 2011-05-16T02:00:18.923Z They would attack unarmed merchant vessels, seize all the valuables they could carry away, and destroy the remainder. Four American Naval Heroes Paul Jones, Admiral Farragut, Oliver H. Perry, Admiral Dewey 2011-07-04T02:00:24.047Z Such men as these, Jack thought, have made England the nation she is, and raised her merchant vessels and ocean steamers to the highest pitch. The Second String 2011-04-08T02:00:07.383Z Nuclear power may be used to propel 10 percent of merchant vessels within 15 years, Lloyd’s Register, a London-based ship classifier, said in November. Tanker Rates Doubling on Lower Speeds, Libya: Freight Markets 2011-03-09T16:47:03Z Boyle was prepared to find the merchant vessels armed, but did not reckon upon a very obstinate resistance from them. Privateers and Privateering 2011-06-21T02:00:26.477Z Numerous German merchant vessels served as bases of communication, and as auxiliaries to what had become in effect the German Black Sea Fleet. The Great War and How It Arose 2011-05-16T02:00:18.923Z Many of our merchant vessels brought from there large cargoes of fruits, coffee, and spices. Four American Naval Heroes Paul Jones, Admiral Farragut, Oliver H. Perry, Admiral Dewey 2011-07-04T02:00:24.047Z A submarine cannot possibly take off the crews of merchant vessels, for it has no accommodation for them. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z Our sailors seized many German merchant vessels on the seas, and those that were in our ports were captured; but the warships of the enemy were nowhere visible. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 1 (of 10) From the Beginning of the War to the Landing of the British Army in France 2011-02-19T03:01:09.157Z Some of these were large and powerful vessels, mounting fifty or sixty guns, and, having been built for men-of-war, were far superior to most privateers, which were frequently merchant vessels adapted for the purpose. Privateers and Privateering 2011-06-21T02:00:26.477Z From this time forward the Venetian monopoly ceased, and the visits of English merchant vessels to the Mediterranean became frequent and regular. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History 2011-02-12T03:00:32.473Z Somali pirates are increasingly using hijacked merchant vessels with hostage crews as giant motherships to attack deeper into the Indian Ocean, the European Union anti-piracy task force said last month. U.S.-bound oil tanker hijacked off Oman 2011-02-09T12:56:35Z On an average about 1,400 merchant vessels enter and leave our ports every week. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z On the 30th of June Semmes succeeded in running the blockade, and within a week he had captured eight merchant vessels, six of which he took into the port of Cienfuegos, Cuba. Cruise and Captures of the Alabama 2011-01-30T03:00:18.733Z The almost universal practice which prevailed in former times, of arming merchant vessels, particularly in certain trades, as a protection against pirates and privateers, has led to a considerable amount of misunderstanding. Privateers and Privateering 2011-06-21T02:00:26.477Z Sometimes we were chased by superior forces, sometimes pursued by merchant vessels; we did not pass a single day without some fresh adventure. Abb? Aubain and Mosaics 2011-01-21T03:00:12.617Z In the seas off Somalia, the IMB said, heavily-armed pirates were often overpowering fishing or merchant vessels and then using them as bases for further attacks. Pirate kidnappings 'record high' 2011-01-18T10:23:29Z You must not suppose that the Germans waited until 18th February to begin their attacks on our merchant vessels. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z English, French, Prussian, Hamburg and other flags were displayed at her summons upon the passing merchant vessels. Cruise and Captures of the Alabama 2011-01-30T03:00:18.733Z A captain of Hamburg, a neutral city whose merchant vessels had, consequently, nothing to fear from the French, the English or the Dutch squadrons, agreed to convey the three passengers to Havre-de-Grace. The Blacksmith's Hammer, or The Peasant Code A Tale of the Grand Monarch 2011-01-18T03:00:14.120Z Her merchant vessels sailed only by grace of the British fleet. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) 2011-01-05T03:00:52.520Z No doubt, partially in consequence of the war that prevails in America, there may not be the same power in manning and fitting out merchant vessels. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z Her merchant vessels went to and fro across its waters without molestation from the British. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z Many of the ships were merchant vessels pressed or hired, and commanded by their own skippers, who displayed little military spirit. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z Sit in this pleasure-house and rest and look out upon the sea; three merchant vessels will sail by and stop at the islet. Russian Fairy Tales From the Skazki of Polevoi 2010-12-20T17:11:44.353Z Boarding merchant vessels, sailing them to the Somali coast and holding them and their crews ransom, the pirates have redrawn shipping lanes across the Indian Ocean. Hi-tech navies take on Somalia's pirates 2010-06-16T11:47:00Z An armada of warships from more than 20 countries now hunts pirates and escorts convoys of merchant vessels in the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean. The Rise of Extremism in Somalia 2010-02-18T21:00:00Z We had spoken, on our return to Jamaica, several merchant vessels, so that the account of our action with the French frigate was before us. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16 The following year, as a volunteer in a vessel of 28 guns, he was present in a bloody combat with an English fleet of five merchant vessels. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z The lake, which merchant vessels are not allowed to enter, contains the naval port and arsenal. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" The same conditions affect the transit of such merchant vessels as, carrying the flag of one belligerent, are liable to capture by the other. Naval Warfare Their gallant action held the German raiders sufficiently long to enable three of the merchant vessels to effect their escape. Sea-Hounds Leading a mutiny, he gained the ship and made a pirate of her, frequenting Havana, and plundering merchant vessels along the Cuban coast. The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day That the capture of enemy merchant vessels on the high seas is unlawful, because these vessels are dedicated to peaceful trade alone, and have naught to do with hostilities. The Future of International Law Canoes, merchant vessels, and ships of war, may have sunk and have been enveloped, in such situations, in calcareous sand and breccia, detached by the breakers from the summit of a submarine mountain. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology Moreover, it is not proposed to exempt from capture or destruction such merchant vessels of the enemy—or even of a neutral for that matter—as attempt to break a blockade. Naval Warfare In peace the vessels of all nations may travel anywhere, but in war a belligerent's merchant vessels may be seized and confiscated and her shores blockaded. American World Policies Among the seafaring Athenians this had to be at first only a navy, for occasional short expeditions and the protection of the merchant vessels. The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State The remainder were merchant vessels, hastily fitted out and adapted for purposes of war by their owners, or by the ports to which they belonged. Ancient and Modern Ships. Part 1. Wooden Sailing Ships Our whole coast was under surveillance, and many of our merchant vessels were captured without any excuse whatever. The Greater Republic A History of the United States Yet to the very end of the war British merchant vessels were being seized even in the Channel almost every day. Naval Warfare Algerine corsairs had captured eleven American merchant vessels, and upwards of one hundred prisoners, and the regency manifested a disposition for further outrages. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools Almost 100 per cent of the Reserves answered the call, and the few absentees were for the most part at sea in merchant vessels. With Rifle and Bayonet A Story of the Boer War Then merchant vessels found it sometimes convenient to go in to escape these rovers, perhaps to be followed by them, and yet remain safe until an opportunity occurred for escaping their vigilance. The West Indies and the Spanish Main Their government issued "letters of marque" which permitted private persons to capture merchant vessels belonging to the United States, against which the Confederate Congress declared war. The Greater Republic A History of the United States But this, I presume, does not concern what may happen in merchant vessels. A Marriage at Sea He hastily assembled the merchants, officers of militia, and captains of merchant vessels. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools It was a matter of vital import to her, then, to build up and maintain a fleet of merchant vessels second to none. The Planters of Colonial Virginia In the centre were transports and merchant vessels, and on either side men-of-war. The West Indies and the Spanish Main As for merchant vessels, our privateers brought them in by the dozens. The Story of Our Country Every Child Can Read But these were merchant vessels, not the warships he had come so far to find. Stories of Our Naval Heroes Every Child Can Read The British frigate Constance, a French corvette, another of our own, with two merchant vessels, comprised the entire nautical coterie. Los Gringos Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia Undoubtedly in cases of this kind the servants usually sailed in small parties upon the regular merchant vessels. The Planters of Colonial Virginia It was under the command of Sir George Ayscue, who took six or seven merchant vessels under convoy, probably those referred to in the petition. The West Indies and the Spanish Main So they began to take sailors off of American merchant vessels. The Story of Our Country Every Child Can Read The new captain was set at work to carrying troops and guarding merchant vessels along the shore, and he did this with wonderful skill. Stories of Our Naval Heroes Every Child Can Read The name is given to the president of a yacht club, as of the Royal Yacht Squadron, and to the senior captain of a fleet of merchant vessels. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" Its fertile soil, cultivated as we so well know how, produced everything in abundance; the rivers were covered with merchant vessels; gold, silver and copper mines increased its wealth every day; large cities rose everywhere. The Gold Sickle or Hena, The Virgin of The Isle of Sen. A Tale of Druid Gaul According to Turkish regulations, the passage of foreign warships through the Dardanelles is absolutely prohibited at any time and merchant vessels are not allowed to enter during the night. A Trip to the Orient The Story of a Mediterranean Cruise Many of the fishermen had been abroad in their young days, on merchant vessels or in the navy, and there were events happening in other countries which affected both him and them. Ditte: Girl Alive! Then, just as they were about sailing back to France, they came—near an English cape, called Flamborough Head—upon an English fleet of forty merchant vessels and two war ships. Stories of Our Naval Heroes Every Child Can Read This information was sent out again as a daily ice warning to merchant vessels by the Hydrographic Bureau. The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers It was not only merchant vessels which followed that route, but the numerous ships which carried Moslem pilgrims to the birthplace and the tomb of Muhammad at Mecca and Medina. Rulers of India: Albuquerque Like birds of prey they pounced upon the merchant vessels of other nations, confiscating the cargoes, seizing seamen and passengers, and burning the ships. A Trip to the Orient The Story of a Mediterranean Cruise The Navy Commissioners issued the order that in naval flags the stars should be arranged in five rows, four stars in a row; but for many years merchant vessels paid small attention to this decree. The Little Book of the Flag The forty merchant vessels sailed as fast as they could to the nearest harbor, and then the warships had a terrible battle. Stories of Our Naval Heroes Every Child Can Read The order as to the use of arms was supplemented by instructions given to the masters of the merchant vessels to fly false colors and to ram the submarines. My Three Years in America Twelve merchant vessels are anchored in the bay, with refugees on board, under guard of neutral men-of-war; this with my permission. The Boys of '98 After that the merchant vessels flying the American flag were not molested. A Trip to the Orient The Story of a Mediterranean Cruise Naturally reticent, his long voyages in command of merchant vessels had fostered an aloofness and love of solitude, which had later been intensified by a great grief. Chicken Little Jane on the Big John Then she set sail from Philadelphia in charge of a fleet of merchant vessels. Stories of Our Naval Heroes Every Child Can Read As regards the question of armed merchant vessels, I hope to arrive at a modus vivendi. My Three Years in America They had also fleets of war galleys, which they used to protect their interests on the high seas, and in the various ports which their merchant vessels visited. Alexander the Great Makers of History Through this dique the city’s merchant vessels passed to the great arterial stream beyond, and thence some thousand miles south into the heart of the rich and little known regions of upper Colombia. Carmen Ariza It was the custom, during these times of danger, for the merchant vessels of Virginia and Maryland to cross the Atlantic in large fleets, under the protection of English men-of-war. Virginia under the Stuarts 1607-1688 If the merchant vessels were made more torpedo-proof, it would be an important discouragement to the U-boat commander. The Journal of Submarine Commander von Forstner A different situation, however, has lately developed in the more unequal fight between submarines and merchant vessels. Aircraft and Submarines The Story of the Invention, Development, and Present-Day Uses of War's Newest Weapons They bought and sold merchandise in all the ports of the Mediterranean Sea, and transported it by their merchant vessels to and fro. Alexander the Great Makers of History The shipyard at St. Pierre, where the Unicorn had touched, was intended for the anchorage of merchant vessels, just as the shipyard at Fort Royal was for ships-of-war. A Romance of the West Indies How do I know but that there may be a dozen or more vessels like the Sumter cruising about here, watching their chance to make bonfires of the defenseless merchant vessels? Marcy The Blockade Runner While endeavoring to devise intricate and ingenious mechanisms to sink the submersible, we overlook the simplest safeguards for our merchant vessels. The Journal of Submarine Commander von Forstner Great Britain had previously offended in this respect by permitting her patrolling cruisers to intercept and examine merchant vessels off the port of New York. The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources On the night of June 18, 1916, a squadron of Russian submarines, destroyers and torpedo boats surprised a German convoy of merchant vessels at a point southeast of Stockholm and not far from Swedish waters. The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 8) Battle of Jutland Bank; Russian Offensive; Kut-El-Amara; East Africa; Verdun; The Great Somme Drive; United States and Belligerents; Summary of Two Years' War The stumbling-block lay in Germany's objection to subscribing to such a principle as was here implicated—that her war-zone decree against Great Britain, carried out by submarine attacks on merchant vessels, was illegal. The Story of the Great War, Volume IV (of 8) Champagne, Artois, Grodno; Fall of Nish; Caucasus; Mesopotamia; Development of Air Strategy; United States and the War That clause lays it down that the two contracting states shall respect the enactment made by the concluding section of Article VI of the Hague Convention concerning the treatment of enemy merchant vessels. England and Germany The smaller guns of some of these vessels, and their gun crews, would be far more useful on the merchant vessels than awaiting the far-off day when the German fleet shall venture forth again. The Journal of Submarine Commander von Forstner The undersigned, United States senators, favor the passage of Senate bill 8322, to authorize the President of the United States to arm American merchant vessels. The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources Having learned all he wanted, and burned a fleet of merchant vessels, he returned to his Queen. A Short History of Spain The issue had been eased in one important particular—Germany's undertaking, drawn from her in the Arabic crisis, not to sink unarmed merchant vessels without warning and regard for the safety of passengers and crews. The Story of the Great War, Volume IV (of 8) Champagne, Artois, Grodno; Fall of Nish; Caucasus; Mesopotamia; Development of Air Strategy; United States and the War In May he crossed the Atlantic to the Bay of Biscay, captured fourteen merchant vessels, and returned to New York. Harper's Young People, August 31, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly He captured eleven British merchant vessels and the armed schooner Highflyer, a tender of Admiral Warren's flag-ship. Harper's Young People, August 24, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly He was convoying some merchant vessels, and while at anchor near Cape May was attacked by an English cruiser with two companions. Harper's Young People, July 20, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly In January 1815 he was at Cork, and had collected a large fleet of transports and merchant vessels bound for America. The Surrender of Napoleon Being the narrative of the surrender of Buonaparte, and of his residence on board H.M.S. Bellerophon, with a detail of the principal events that occurred in that ship between the 24th of May and the 8th of August 1815 The Germans have twisted a passage in a document taken from a transport which they sank into meaning that merchant vessels have instructions to take the offensive. The Story of the Great War, Volume IV (of 8) Champagne, Artois, Grodno; Fall of Nish; Caucasus; Mesopotamia; Development of Air Strategy; United States and the War They had captured or destroyed during the war about sixteen hundred British merchant vessels of all classes. Harper's Young People, August 31, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly It is now quite a nautical term, at least among the fresh-water sailors: and we find it most frequently applied to yachts, steamers, fast-sailing merchant vessels, &c. Notes and Queries, Number 196, July 30, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc The Virginians could not be induced to bring their tobacco to towns for the purposes of shipping when the merchant vessels could so easily land at their private wharves. Patrician and Plebeian Or The Origin and Development of the Social Classes of the Old Dominion Hence it follows that, prior to such re-establishment, merchant vessels trying to enter or to depart cannot be captured in virtue of the previous proclamation. Lessons of the war with Spain and other articles The wharfs were built of wood; they jutted out, in every direction, and were well adapted for the accommodation of shipping; the largest merchant vessels being able to lie close alongside of them. Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe "Two Serbian steamers fired on and damaged, and two Serbian merchant vessels have been captured by a Hungarian monitor at Orsova." The Story of the Great War, Volume I (of 8) Introductions; Special Articles; Causes of War; Diplomatic and State Papers Each of these courses of action has, as its objective, the establishment of a protected area or areas, stationary or moving, for the safe passage of merchant vessels. Sound Military Decision There was no royal navy, as there was no royal army, but merchant vessels were armed to protect themselves. A Student's History of England, v. 1 (of 3) From the earliest times to the Death of King Edward VII These terrible craft skulked about in the sheltered coves waiting for their prey, and attacked merchant vessels making the passage between China and Singapore. Children of Borneo It is customary in merchant vessels to have the compasses adjusted while the ship is in port. Lectures in Navigation For several months during the submarine campaign against commerce, something like one-half of one per cent of the merchant vessels bound to and from the ports of England were sunk. The Story of the Great War, Volume I (of 8) Introductions; Special Articles; Causes of War; Diplomatic and State Papers But ultimately three merchant vessels appeared in the offing and announced their willingness to put in provided that the anti-Christian ban was removed. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Since neither France nor Great Britain would accept the opportunity to make a friend of the United States, the captures went on; and England added the impressment of American seamen from American merchant vessels. The Mentor: The War of 1812 Volume 4, Number 3, Serial Number 103; 15 March, 1916. They had, besides the merchant vessels which belonged to private individuals, great ships of war belonging to the state. Hannibal Makers of History Eighteen sail of merchant vessels had assembled, and we expected seven more. A Sailor of King George While the war-ships were engaged, the merchant vessels, with the small protection which Desherbiers could spare them, continued on their way to the West Indies. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Their corsairs swept the Mediterranean and ventured far out upon the ocean, capturing merchant vessels, and murdering or enslaving their crews. The Critical Period of American History The ‘Worcester’ provides properly qualified officers for merchant vessels, and accommodates 200 boys. The Voyage Alone in the Yawl "Rob Roy" Armed with this, on July 28th, 1756, he put to sea, in company with four merchant vessels laden with valuable cargoes, and bound for the shores of England. Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure On the 11th we arrived off the town of Anger, in company with a fleet of merchant vessels of all nations and of all rigs. Borneo and the Indian Archipelago with drawings of costume and scenery Three merchant vessels, heavily laden, suffered the same fate. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests The contrast from the moving ship appeared very fine, and the glowing panorama was enriched by the presence of stately men-of-war and merchant vessels from the United States, France, Spain, Italy and other nations. Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 2, February 1886 However, one of the merchant vessels served him a good purpose, although unknown to her. The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War The following year, still as a volunteer, he displayed the greatest personal courage and won much fame in an engagement which his ship had with five merchant vessels.” Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure Piracy was rampant in the China seas during this period, and so bold and ferocious were the Chinese desperadoes that their junks were a great terror to merchant vessels, and seriously interfered with commerce. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 An armed ship with fifty oars was borrowed from the Trapezuntines, and committed to the charge of a Lacedæmonian provincial, named Dexippus, for the purpose of detaining the merchant vessels passing by. The Two Great Retreats of History High rewards have been offered by the British Government as a special incentive for the destruction of the submarines by merchant vessels, and such rewards have already been paid out. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915 Time and tide wait for no man, and, Hun submarines or not, mines or no mines, fog or no fog, merchant vessels must run. Stand By! Naval Sketches and Stories The ships which went out from Amsterdam and Rotterdam were the best merchant vessels in the world, and had got control of the carrying trade between Europe and the colonies. An Introduction to the History of Western Europe Fifteen merchant vessels which were in the harbor were either sunk or run upon the shore, and the German naval vessels "Elber," "Adler," and "Olga" were wrecked, with the loss of many men. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 Many such merchant vessels were often sailing by; so that they would thus acquire the means of transport, even though Cheirisophus should bring few or none from Byzantium. The Two Great Retreats of History June 2—Two Italian torpedo boats sink two Austrian merchant vessels in the Gulf of Trieste and damage an auxiliary cruiser. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915 Congress early adopted the policy of sending out privateers or armed vessels to capture British merchant vessels. Log-book of Timothy Boardman Kept On Board The Privateer Oliver Cromwell, During A Cruise From New London, Ct., to Charleston, S. C., And Return, In 1778; Also, A Biographical Sketch of The Author. A north-country term for a low bank, or ledge of rock; probably the origin of bunk, or sleeping-places in merchant vessels. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Promises that merchant vessels shall not be sunk without warning. World's War Events, Vol. II In this extensive sweep he had seen only five enemy's merchant vessels, two of which were captured. Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1 The only hope of escape lay in two merchant vessels, which were moving slowly close in shore. Historic Tales, Volume 11 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Such cabinets are not shown by Marestier, so probably the crew used the headrails, as then was usual in merchant vessels. The Pioneer Steamship Savannah: A Study for a Scale Model United States National Museum Bulletin 228, 1961, pages 61-80 A toll formerly levied by the Danes on all merchant vessels passing the sound or strait between the North Sea and the Baltic. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. This Governor Johnson proceeded to organize the town for defense, building batteries on Sullivan's Island, recruiting the seafaring men in the militia, and seeking to obtain merchant vessels which could be employed as armed cruisers. Blackbeard: Buccaneer This was a final and absolute rejection of Madison's doctrine, that merchant vessels on the high seas were under the jurisdiction only of their own country. Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1 The events of 1821, in which the Turkish fleet was defeated by armed merchant vessels of Greece, gave a fresh impulse to the navy. The Continental Monthly, Vol 3 No 3, March 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy As the summer wore on, and submarines sank many of our merchant vessels on the seas, the food question began to be an important problem at Brackenfield. A Patriotic Schoolgirl A stower; one employed in the hold in loading and unloading merchant vessels. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Suppose they sink all merchant vessels, and thus destroy our food supplies? "The Pomp of Yesterday" "But with respect to merchant vessels there is no such presumption." Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1 The Continentals, when in need of men, often impressed the seamen of the States' fleet and also those of merchant vessels. The Story of Commodore John Barry In later years another American privateer, “the true-blooded Yankee,” captured a considerable number of merchant vessels at anchor in Port Charlotte. A Yacht Voyage Round England Implies the constant destination of any particular merchant vessels, as the Lisbon trade, West India trade, &c. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Worse than all, he had commenced imprisoning the crews of merchant vessels for contumacy in refusing to acknowledge his authority as the head of an independent nation. Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-'61 It is directed against merchant vessels, and is not a military operation in the narrowest sense, in that it does not necessarily involve fighting, nor propose the capture of the blockaded harbor. Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1 She had been impressing the crews of merchant vessels coming up the river. The Story of Commodore John Barry A number of merchant vessels, coasters, and fishing-boats were at anchor. A Yacht Voyage Round England Timber, casks, or other cargo not liable to damage from wet, stowed on the deck of merchant vessels. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. His vessel was the Don de Dieu, of which he left no exact description, but which was easily reproduced for the tercentenary of Quebec in 1908 from the corresponding French merchant vessels of her day. All Afloat A Chronicle of Craft and Waterways On the contrary, however, hundreds of British merchant vessels had been seized in northern ports, trade had been stopped, and the nation was threatened with a dangerous increment to her foes. A History of Sea Power The captures numbered three ships, one snow, two brigs, one schooner and one sloop, all merchant vessels, variously loaded—nine prizes. The Story of Commodore John Barry The Yugoslavs consented, and after the Italians had installed themselves they requisitioned sixty Austrian merchant vessels which were lying in that harbour. The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 The way in which some address the commanders of merchant vessels. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. But they were little used in merchant vessels, and their longitudinal resistance was only partial and incidental. All Afloat A Chronicle of Craft and Waterways The right of merchant vessels to carry defensive armament is well established; but resistance justifies destruction. A History of Sea Power To which Barry replied that it was somewhat singular for ships of war employed on national objects to be restricted in the same manner as merchant vessels. The Story of Commodore John Barry Then there are a certain number of men who are soldiers by profession, and more still who are sailors—not fighting sailors, but serving on board the 8,000 merchant vessels which Norway possesses. Peeps at Many Lands: Norway That there they had dwelt from that time to the present date without seeing a single sail—the island being far out of the track of merchant vessels. Saved by the Lifeboat Several merchant vessels were taken and sent into port, and a small brig-of-war was captured, without having fired a shot in her own defence. The Heir of Kilfinnan A Tale of the Shore and Ocean This last measure, making surface approach and preliminary warning a highly dangerous procedure for the submarine, led Germany to the announcement that, after March 1, 1916, all armed merchant vessels would be torpedoed without warning. A History of Sea Power The main service of the fleet was in protecting our merchant vessels and convoying them to safe waters. The Story of Commodore John Barry We shall get as many as we want out of the merchant vessels. The Rival Crusoes Daylight found the Falcon’s crew still hard at work, the prisoners on board the Concorde being assisted by the English seamen taken out of the two merchant vessels. The Two Shipmates When Chamberlain returned to London, he asked Eden to open negotiations with Italy to secure a promise to stop killing British sailors and sinking British merchant vessels in the Mediterranean. Secret Armies The New Technique of Nazi Warfare The United States at once broke off diplomatic relations, armed her merchant vessels in March, and on April 6 declared a state of war. A History of Sea Power American merchant vessels were driven from the sea. History of the United States, Volume 4 July 6—Italy closes the Adriatic Sea to navigation by merchant vessels of all countries. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915 Her foolish blindness is partly explained by her delusion that her enemy would not torpedo merchant vessels. Danger! and Other Stories One afternoon a number of merchant vessels succeeded in evading the blockaders, and though cut off from the chief harbor of the town, yet took refuge in the port of Old Tripoli. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 After Vasco's return, fleets were sent out each year, to open the Indian ports by either force or diplomacy, destroy Moslem merchant vessels, and establish factories and garrisons. A History of Sea Power The expense of transportation to Africa in merchant vessels will not exceed thirty dollars per head, and to Hayti from ten to fifteen dollars per head. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921 At times more than a hundred merchant vessels could be seen swinging to their anchors in the roadstead. Plotting in Pirate Seas Blockade-runners discharging it into lighters, tier upon tier of it, piled high upon the wharves, and merchant vessels, chiefly under the British flag, loading with it. The Narrative of a Blockade-Runner The victory was not clean-cut, for Germany had not yet disavowed the sinking of the Lusitania, nor did the category "liners" seem to include all merchant vessels. Woodrow Wilson and the World War A Chronicle of Our Own Times. During this period there were a few "king's ships," the sovereign's personal property, forming a nucleus around which a naval force of fishing and merchant vessels could be assembled in time of war. A History of Sea Power And now George Foster beheld, for the first time, the celebrated city, which was, at that period, the terror of the merchant vessels of all nations that had dealings with the Mediterranean shores. The Middy and the Moors An Algerine Story There are many inlets of the Italian seas where sweet gardens and regular terraces descend to the water's edge; but these are not the spots where merchant vessels anchor, or where bales are disembarked. The Harbours of England There were many English females among them, who had been captured in our merchant vessels, and had been forced into marriages with their lawless captors. Rattlin the Reefer British merchant vessels, following long-established custom, had for some months been armed for purposes of defense. Woodrow Wilson and the World War A Chronicle of Our Own Times. Now there was a grog-shop which was a very favourite rendezvous of the seamen belonging to the merchant vessels, and to which they were accustomed to retreat when they heard that the press-gangs were out. Peter Simple Before we arrived on board the breeze had passed us and caught the sails of our frigate and the two merchant vessels, so that we were more easy on that score. Percival Keene At noon they were well in for the bay, and before three o’clock the Surprise was brought to an anchor between two other merchant vessels, which were filling up their home cargoes. The Mission; or Scenes in Africa In one of these retaken merchant vessels, there was found, as the French prize-master, and now of course our prisoner, a mercurial little fellow of the name of Messurier. Rattlin the Reefer We ran for Boston Bay, when, on the morning we made the land, we discovered ten or twelve sail of merchant vessels. Frank Mildmay Or, the Naval Officer Being a dull sailer, and fit for nothing else, she was constantly employed in protecting large convoys of merchant vessels to America and the West Indies. The King's Own All we had to fear for was the merchant vessels which we had re-taken, and which were two or three miles astern of us, with all the sail that they could carry. Percival Keene We had two black men, who, having long served on board merchant vessels, spoke English pretty well. The Two Supercargoes Adventures in Savage Africa For centuries no English admiral’s flag had been seen in the Mediterranean, our merchant vessels trading in those seas being thus exposed to the attacks of pirates without hope of redress. The Boy who sailed with Blake This seemed somewhat to cool the courage of the Moors, who looked at each other, for they were accustomed to see the merchant vessels they attacked run from them and do their utmost to escape. Roger Willoughby A Story of the Times of Benbow We sighted a number of merchant vessels, and occasionally a man-of-war, homeward-bound from other stations, but all were as badly off as we were. Paddy Finn The two merchant vessels had made all sail, and were running inshore ahead of us. Percival Keene But that was in the war-time, Mary, and even the Queen’s ships are not now kept out for so long a period, while merchant vessels return every year, and sometimes from short voyages much oftener. Ned Garth Made Prisoner in Africa. A Tale of the Slave Trade His first object, however, was to capture the corsairs, who were committing much damage among the merchant vessels. The Boy who sailed with Blake Captain Roberts was provided with a telescope, an instrument not long introduced at sea, which many merchant vessels did not possess. Roger Willoughby A Story of the Times of Benbow It was certainly trying to see his own vessel sailing away in the hands of the miscreants who had captured her, on an expedition which boded ill for any merchant vessels she could overtake. The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley She admitted civilians, army officers, and navy, down to midshipmen; but warrant officers and captains of merchant vessels were considered too low. Percival Keene On the next day we sailed from Port Royal, in company with his Majesty’s ships Ruby, Lyon, Bristol, Leviathan, Salisbury, James, Resource, Lowestoffe, Pallas, Galatrea, Delight, and about ninety sail of merchant vessels. Hurricane Hurry That they were not merchant vessels, he was well aware. The Ferryman of Brill and other stories After this, we again stood in for the coast, capturing several Spanish merchant vessels. Charley Laurel A Story of Adventure by Sea and Land If we disable them, we shall do good service by preventing them from convoying the merchant vessels, and maybe we shall take one or two of them. The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley We took a good many of the enemy’s merchant vessels, which struck without offering much resistance; but, though they assisted to fill our pockets, we gained little honour, or glory, or a chance of promotion. Ben Burton Born and Bred at Sea The Krumen were fine athletic fellows, neatly dressed in shirts and trousers, and having all served on board men-of-war or in merchant vessels, spoke a little English. The African Trader The Adventures of Harry Bayford I counted forty sail-of-the-line, a dozen frigates and smaller ships of war, and well-nigh three hundred merchant vessels, riding, as of course we were, to the flood with our heads towards Cowes. The Loss of the Royal George If we were wise, we should navigate our merchant vessels, or go fishing, or stay at home and cultivate our fields and gardens. From Powder Monkey to Admiral A Story of Naval Adventure On this the Thisbe hoisted a signal to the Druid to join her, while the merchant vessels were directed to keep together and to stand on as they were steering. The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley They, at all events, the Carthagenans had no right to detain whatever might have been the case with regard to the colonel, and the officers and the crews of the merchant vessels. The Three Lieutenants Besides the Krumen there were, as I have before said, several other black seamen engaged, who had been mostly recaptured slaves, and had afterwards entered on board men-of-war or merchant vessels touching at Sierra Leone. The African Trader The Adventures of Harry Bayford As we drew near we made out five frigates and two men-of-war brigs, with full eighty merchant vessels, steering to the northward, having apparently come from Cadiz. The Loss of the Royal George As the men-of-war approached, the merchant vessels, to the number of nearly fifty, got under way and stood down Channel. From Powder Monkey to Admiral A Story of Naval Adventure Two frigates arrived a few days after this, and orders were issued to the merchant vessels to rendezvous in the bay. The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley Then in the harbour are found men-of-war, merchant vessels of numerous European nations, large numbers of Chinese junks and Malay praus, with hundreds of little fishing and passenger boats. In the Eastern Seas We have found here a Portuguese brig of war, a schooner, and eight gun-boats; also sixteen merchant vessels, and a good deal of property belonging to Portuguese resident in Lisbon, deposited in the custom-house. Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823 Several small merchant vessels came in her way, and submitted without a blow to the argument of her compelling pair of guns. The Boy Patriot The Red-shirts landed at Marsala, a thousand strong, packed into merchant vessels by a patriotic owner. Heroes of Modern Europe Depend on it, had the merchant vessels been allowed, they would have come to our assistance if we had wanted them.” The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley Here, no sooner had the brig weathered Drake Island, anchoring inside the Cattwater, where all merchant vessels go to discharge their cargoes, than the skipper at once gave us notice to quit, almost without warning. On Board the Esmeralda Martin Leigh's Log - A Sea Story The forts were abandoned this morning; and the men of war, 13 in number, with about 32 sail of transports and merchant vessels, are under sail. Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823 He mingled freely with captains of the foreign merchant vessels and went out in their boats. The Story of Russia On the 25th an act was passed authorizing the commanders of merchant vessels to defend themselves against search and seizure under regulations by the President. Albert Gallatin American Statesmen Series, Vol. XIII There could be little doubt, from their position, that they were shown by merchant vessels, though the darkness prevented the vessels themselves from being distinguished. The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley A portion of the prisoners were taken on board the brig, and some distributed among the merchant vessels. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 As these laws were of English origin the Danes did not feel inclined to submit to them, and after the death of Bernstorf Danish men-of-war were sent to sea to protect their merchant vessels. Historical Tales, Vol. 9 (of 15) The Romance of Reality. Scandinavian. The Dnieper was alive with merchant vessels, and she counted eight markets. The Story of Russia While she was doing this the firing diminished greatly, owing to the disinclination on the part of either, I imagine, wantonly to damage harmless merchant vessels. The New York Times Current History, A Monthly Magazine The European War, March 1915 The trade was in jeopardy; but the captains of merchant vessels, who found it very lucrative, were determined that the supply of hands should not run short. Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies England could afford no aid to her colonies, but thirty-two merchant vessels and frigates had been impressed into the service, some of them carrying as many as forty-four cannon. Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom As early as 1775, when Congress determined to organize a navy, Jones was commissioned as first lieutenant, and in command of the sloop Providence he made several important captures of British merchant vessels. The Land We Live In The Story of Our Country The Black Sea was opened to merchant vessels of all nations, but closed to all warships, and no arsenals were to be constructed on its shores. The Story of Russia Our war vessels had captured merchant vessels trying to run the blockade, had taken them into prize courts, and had sold them there, distributing the proceeds among themselves. Ethics in Service In another five minutes the pathway to the Thames would be blocked and all the merchant vessels at their mercy. The Blue Pavilions They had felt it by losing hundreds of merchant vessels on the outbreak of war. Flag and Fleet How the British Navy Won the Freedom of the Seas In great haste they hurried down to the sea, and swam off to two merchant vessels, which received them on board. A Smaller History of Rome In 1539 this Baltic pirate was cruising off Antwerp, waiting to waylay English merchant vessels. The Pirates' Who's Who Giving Particulars Of The Lives and Deaths Of The Pirates And Buccaneers All the governments of the world must transform their battleships and warcraft into merchant vessels. Compilation on Peace Thirty—All merchant vessels in German hands belonging to the Allied and associated powers are to be restored in ports to be specified by the Allies and the United States of America without reciprocity. Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights One of these was the convoy: fleets of merchant vessels surrounded by fast destroyers made life a misery for the submarine crews. History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War Long before the declaration of war British squadrons hovered off the port of New York to ransack merchant vessels or to seize them as prizes. The Fight for a Free Sea: A Chronicle of the War of 1812 The Chronicles of America Series, Volume 17 Gibbs led a mutiny, seized the ship and turned her into a pirate, and cruised about in the neighbourhood of Havana, plundering merchant vessels along the coast of Cuba. The Pirates' Who's Who Giving Particulars Of The Lives and Deaths Of The Pirates And Buccaneers The United States has but one national flag, which is flown alike on buildings, men-of-war, and merchant vessels, and to us Americans its purity and beauty appeal strongly. The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 2, No. 23, June 9, 1898 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls One of the first acts of the Government after the declaration of war was the seizure of the German merchant vessels interned in United States ports. Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights This was believed to be a fulfilment of their pledge "not to sink merchant vessels without warning and without saving human lives, unless the ship attempts to escape or offers resistance." History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War Rodgers then forgot his orders to return to New York and went off in search of the great convoy of British merchant vessels homeward bound from Jamaica, which was called the plate fleet. The Fight for a Free Sea: A Chronicle of the War of 1812 The Chronicles of America Series, Volume 17 At length came the sinking of American merchantmen and the final decision by our government to place armed guards on all merchant vessels carrying our flag. Our Navy in the War We see shipping of all sorts about the town—barges 174and flatboats along the river bank, merchant vessels in the harbor, and farther down some war-ships. Stories of Later American History Equipments of merchant vessels, by either of the belligerent parties in the ports of the United States, purely for the accommodation of them as such, is deemed lawful. 3d. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 5 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States All merchant vessels in German hands belonging to the Allied and associated Powers are to be restored in ports to be specified by the Allies and the United States of America without reciprocity. History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War Gray entered Acushnet River, where he destroyed a number of privateers with their prizes, and some merchant vessels. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 3 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States The navy supplies the operators for the rapidly increasing number of war vessels, and has undertaken to supply radio operators for all merchant vessels in transatlantic service. Our Navy in the War In this ship, which was old, he set out to cruise along the western coast of Ireland, in order to capture English merchant vessels. Stories of Later American History The decree was aimed directly at enemy merchant vessels and indirectly at the ships of neutrals. From Isolation to Leadership, Revised A Review of American Foreign Policy On the next day the news came in that the U-53 had sunk five merchant vessels. History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War In time of peace, we shall have safe harbors for our merchant vessels, and we shall open a new field for our commerce. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 1, January, 1864 The Board of Construction and Repair has also prepared in co-operation with the Shipping Board, a number of preliminary designs of simplified merchant vessels, varying in length from 400 to 800 feet. Our Navy in the War Then he sailed up and down the eastern coast of England, looking for merchant vessels. Stories of Later American History It utterly ignored the well-recognized right of neutral passengers to travel on merchant vessels of belligerents. From Isolation to Leadership, Revised A Review of American Foreign Policy Schools in gunnery and engineering were established and thousands of gunners and engineers were trained, not only for the Navy but for the armed merchant vessels. History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War It was a very large fleet, nearly three hundred sail of merchant vessels—and a noble sight truly. Great Sea Stories In the previous three weeks submarines had sunk 152 British merchant vessels, and patrol-vessels each day were bringing in survivors of the various victims. Our Navy in the War Twelve ships of the royal navy, with fifteen hundred men, were lost; and an enormous number of merchant vessels. A Jacobite Exile Being the Adventures of a Young Englishman in the Service of Charles the Twelfth of Sweden The citizens of neutral countries have always had the right to travel on the merchant vessels of belligerents, subject, of course, to the risk of capture and detention. From Isolation to Leadership, Revised A Review of American Foreign Policy The Deutschland later was converted into a naval submarine and re-visited American shores, sinking a number of merchant vessels. History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War Their own merchant vessels, being on the return voyage, were able to complete it. Types of Naval Officers Drawn from the History of the British Navy Convoyed merchant vessels steam in a wedge or V-shaped formation. Our Navy in the War History shows us that, according to the general law of nations, merchant vessels have never been justified in resisting the exercise by warships of the right of taking prizes. In the World War Messages were being sent out announcing the sinking of the U-boat and warning other craft, especially merchant vessels, of the possibility of other undersea boats being in the vicinity. Navy Boys Behind the Big Guns Sinking the German U-Boats All merchant vessels held by Austria-Hungary belonging to the Allies and associated Powers to be returned. History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War To the train of supply ships were added for convoy a number of merchant vessels destined to different parts of the world, so that the grand total which finally sailed on September 11th was 183. Types of Naval Officers Drawn from the History of the British Navy One of the ships lay at the little island of Onroost, which is piled and jettied all around, and contained a small and compact repairing yard for merchant vessels of all nations. The Life of Admiral Viscount Exmouth As a matter of fact, since the practice of privateering was discontinued, until a few years back no Power has ever thought of arming merchant vessels. In the World War She passed convoys of merchant vessels guarded by French, British and American destroyers. Navy Boys Behind the Big Guns Sinking the German U-Boats Camouflage also found great usefulness in the protective coloration of battleships and merchant vessels. History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War In 1742 he went again to the Mediterranean with Admiral Mathews, who there gave him command of a "post" ship, with which he brought home the trade,—three hundred merchant vessels,—from Lisbon. Types of Naval Officers Drawn from the History of the British Navy This was to a certain extent neutralized by the interference of the United States warships in the harbour of Rio on behalf of some merchant vessels of their nationality threatened by the revolutionary squadron. South America Nevertheless, the Austrian warships have been instructed as far as possible to warn such merchant vessels as may be encountered in the area concerned and provide for the safety of passengers and crew. In the World War Mr. Van Buren, a tea-merchant of Boston, received his goods through merchant vessels, and not through his own ships as his father had done. Little Sky-High The Surprising Doings of Washee-Washee-Wang State galleys would not be attacked, but merchant vessels are different. The Lion of Saint Mark A Story of Venice in the Fourteenth Century Maida followed the progress of these merchant vessels as breathlessly as their owners. Maida's Little Shop Thursday, February 8th.—When we read day by day long lists of merchant vessels sunk by the enemy submarines two questions occur to most of us. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, February 14, 1917 Their corsairs roamed up and down the Mediterranean, eagerly hunting for Christian merchant vessels, that they might kill the crews and divide the plunder among themselves. Dewey and Other Naval Commanders Soon numbers of the submarines made their way to the waters surrounding the British Isles, where they torpedoed merchant vessels taking food and supplies to Great Britain and France. A School History of the Great War When the ship and the big sloop saw the four merchant vessels sailing quietly out of the harbor, they made immediate preparations to capture them. Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coasts The "brig" is a place aboard a warship, as aboard some merchant vessels, that is set apart for prison purposes. The Submarine Boys and the Middies The Prize Detail at Annapolis Between February 26 and April 2, six American merchant vessels were torpedoed, in most cases without any warning and without regard to the loss of American lives. History of the United States Seeing that it would be sure death to go to the vessel, the boat was rowed to a small town about twenty miles distant, where the occupants found three American merchant vessels. Dewey and Other Naval Commanders To reduce the danger to merchant vessels from submarines, harbors and sea lanes were protected by mines and by great nets made of heavy wire cables. A School History of the Great War Vessels are here, loading with corn for Malta; but I can neither get the Neapolitan men of war, nor merchant vessels, to move. The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 2 They have probably come through merchant vessels and merchants, who will let them lie on their counters two or three months before they will forward them. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3 The vessel in which I was, although laden with bales of cotton, had some corsair papers of the Regency, and was the reputed escort of three richly laden merchant vessels which were going to France. Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men Once more the men of the Cinque Ports came to the king's aid, and there was severe fighting at sea, involving much plunder of merchant vessels and dislocation of trade. The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) Her merchant vessels were to be found in all parts of the world; and her navy was increased from year to year to protect her commerce and colonies. A School History of the Great War Seven were ships of war, one 64 and six frigates; the remainder merchant vessels, laden with naval stores and provisions for the Spanish fleet at Cadiz. The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence The Danes, who alone had power by sea in those times, exercised it by piracies and seizing all merchant vessels; particularly such as passed the Sound, from the Baltic to the North Sea. An Inquiry into the Permanent Causes of the Decline and Fall of Powerful and Wealthy Nations. Designed To Shew How The Prosperity Of The British Empire May Be Prolonged "You, individually, can do what may seem to you best," answered the Englishman; "as to the merchant vessels under your escort, they will be, I repeat to you, taken to Admiral Collingwood." Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men Thirty—All merchant vessels in German hands belonging to the allied and associated powers are to be restored in ports to be specified by the Allies and the United States of America without reciprocity. World's War Events Volume 3 Beginning with the departure of the first American destroyers for service abroad in April, 1917, and closing with the treaties of peace in 1919. July 31—German squadron stops merchant vessels in Danish waters; British warships near; Montenegrin King's yacht escapes Austrian destroyers. The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, Issue 4, January 23, 1915 A term applied to a body of merchant vessels, to or from a particular destination. The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence To meet this demand she has placed a certain number of merchant vessels on her Naval Reserve list. The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 38, July 29, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls Having then learnt from the crews of the merchant vessels that we were ourselves laden with cotton, she tacked about to seize us. Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men We had wretched quarters, foul and unhealthy; some five hundred prisoners, most of them captured in merchant vessels, were herded in a space not large enough for the comfortable habitation of half that number. Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow We are conducting to-day a war against enemy merchant vessels different from the methods of former wars only in part by ordinary warships. Germany, The Next Republic? When that contract is out of the way the yard will enter the business of building merchant vessels, just as several yards, which long had their only support from naval contracts, are now doing. American Merchant Ships and Sailors The Germans represent British merchant vessels generally as armed with guns and say that they repeatedly ram submarines. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 3, June, 1915 April-September, 1915 Germany, so far as possible, will seek to close this war zone with mines, and will also endeavor to destroy hostile merchant vessels in every other way. New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol 2, No. 1, April, 1915 April-September, 1915 It was the practice of such craft to board merchant vessels. Israel Potter Private merchant vessels only are subject to search; the right does not extend to public ships of war. The Government Class Book Designed for the Instruction of Youth in the Principles of Constitutional Government and the Rights and Duties of Citizens. The merchant vessels around were stranded in all directions, and the air resounded with the despairing shrieks of those on board. Narratives of Shipwrecks of the Royal Navy; between 1793 and 1849 They cannot, therefore, be treated as ordinary merchant vessels. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 3, June, 1915 April-September, 1915 Germany has further expressly announced the destruction of all enemy merchant vessels found within the war zone, but not the destruction of all merchant vessels, as the United States seems erroneously to have understood. New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol 2, No. 1, April, 1915 April-September, 1915 Nor would they indiscriminately sink merchant vessels loaded with civilian passengers composed of men, women, and children, and leave them to drown, as is the inhuman practice of the German submarine crews of to-day. Drake, Nelson and Napoleon The Dutch islands of St Eustatius and Curaçoa became centres of smuggling enterprise; and Dutch merchant vessels were constantly being searched by the British cruisers and often carried off as prizes into English ports. History of Holland His promotion to the rank of commander took place in 1808, when he was appointed to the Cephalus, in the Mediterranean, and there he captured four of the enemy's privateers, and several merchant vessels. Narratives of Shipwrecks of the Royal Navy; between 1793 and 1849 As already stated, merchant vessels had, as a matter of fact, been sunk by a German submarine at the end of January. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 3, June, 1915 April-September, 1915 The Germans have announced their intention of sinking British merchant vessels by torpedo without notice and without any provision for the safety of the crews. New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol 2, No. 1, April, 1915 April-September, 1915 The use of the sextant may be learnt at various establishments in the City and East End of London, where the junior officers of merchant vessels receive instruction at small cost. The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries Dutch squadrons sailed into the Baltic with instructions to convoy the merchant vessels, but to avoid hostilities. History of Holland Here he continued in the unpleasant duty of convoying merchant vessels backwards and forwards from Dar's Head, the south entrance of the Great Belt, to Sproe Island. Narratives of Shipwrecks of the Royal Navy; between 1793 and 1849 The President demands a cessation of German submarine warfare on merchant vessels, but while the interruption of the starvation plan adopted by England against the civil population is urged upon the latter it will continue. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 3, June, 1915 April-September, 1915 So, also, the humane duty to provide for the safety of crews of merchant vessels, whether neutral or enemy, is an obligation on every belligerent. New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol 2, No. 1, April, 1915 April-September, 1915 He had sailed always on French merchant vessels, with the one exception of a voyage on a "lime-juicer." The Road "Our merchant vessels no longer have anything to fear from the foe." The Boy Allies with the Victorious Fleets Or, the Fall of the German Navy There is as much in the relation of officers and crews in our merchant vessels, to say the least, to enlist the prayers of ministers, as in slavery. The Sable Cloud A Southern Tale With Northern Comments (1861) Equipments of merchant vessels by either of the belligerent parties in the ports of the United States purely for the accommodation of them as such is deemed lawful. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Section 1 (of 3) of Volume 10. Germany would be particularly grateful, however, if the United States would urgently recommend to its merchant vessels to avoid the British naval war zone, in any case until the settlement of the flag question. New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol 2, No. 1, April, 1915 April-September, 1915 We have found here a fine brig of war—a schooner—eight gunboats, and about sixteen sail of Portuguese merchant vessels. Narrative of Services in the Liberation of Chili, Peru and Brazil, from Spanish and Portuguese Domination, Volume 2 All German merchant vessels have been captured or sunk. The Boy Allies with the Victorious Fleets Or, the Fall of the German Navy He seldom spoke to this person without threats and abuse, which the old man, with the license which sailors take on merchant vessels, was very apt to return. Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft By the end of May their fastest merchant vessels were converted into cruisers, ready to start at a short notice. The Life and Correspondence of Sir Isaac Brock The statement says that during that period eighty-eight merchant vessels were sunk or captured. New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol 2, No. 1, April, 1915 April-September, 1915 A fleet of Phoenician merchant vessels was next sent to Egypt laden with logs of wood from the forests of Palestine and the Lebanon for the buildings of the king. Patriarchal Palestine There were but two ways of travelling open to him: on foot, as the hunters did, or by the merchant vessels. After London Or, Wild England Convoy is a ship or ships of war appointed by the Government, or by the Commander-in-Chief on a particular station, for the guard of merchant vessels bound to their destination. The Laws Of War, Affecting Commerce And Shipping As soon as the Algerian Regency was informed that war existed between the United States and Great Britain, the Dey dispatched his cruisers to capture all American merchant vessels. International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 8, August 19, 1850 Second—That neither will use submarines to attack merchant vessels of any nationality, except to enforce the right of visit and search. New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol 2, No. 1, April, 1915 April-September, 1915 All nations in principle repudiated that trade and Britain made treaties with various maritime powers giving mutual right of search to the naval vessels of each upon the others' merchant vessels. Great Britain and the American Civil War On looking closer he noticed, too, that there were few persons on the merchant vessels, and not one gang at work loading or unloading. After London Or, Wild England The shipping bounty was declared to be granted "as compensation for the charges imposed on the mercantile marine" by making merchant vessels practically schools for seamen. Manual of Ship Subsidies The Wasp hauled to the windward and closely watched their movements until daylight next morning, when it was found that they were six large merchant vessels under convoy of a sloop of war. International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 8, August 19, 1850 Third—-That each will require their respective merchant vessels not to use neutral flags for the purpose of disguise or ruse de guerre. New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol 2, No. 1, April, 1915 April-September, 1915 You will force the line; the thing will be easy, the Antwerpians have only merchant vessels in the port; then you will bring them to bear upon the fort. The Forty-Five Guardsmen This operation of war, being directed against peaceful merchant vessels which are usually defenceless, calls for ships of small military force. The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 Would it not be possible to excite a spirit of emulation in the captains of merchant vessels and fishing-smacks that navigated the waters of Iceland and the Faroe Islands? Ticket No. "9672" Before Bonn we saw the remains of two merchant vessels which had been wrecked there a few days before. A tour through some parts of France, Switzerland, Savoy, Germany and Belgium So, also, is the humane duty to provide for the safety of the crews of merchant vessels, whether neutral or enemy, an obligation on every belligerent. New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol 2, No. 1, April, 1915 April-September, 1915 At noon they were well in for the bay, and before three o'clock the Surprise was brought to an anchor between two other merchant vessels, which were filling up their home cargoes. The Mission Of 146 merchant vessels and steamers entered at Hawaiian ports during 1872, 90 were American, only 15 were English; 6 were German, 9 belonged to other nations, and 26 were Hawaiian. Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands Now there was a grog-shop which was a very favourite rendezvous of the seamen belonging to the merchant vessels, and to which they were accustomed to retreat when they heard that the pressgangs were out. Peter Simple; and, The Three Cutters, Vol. 1-2 Among them he happened to meet two Chinese merchant vessels plying from Manila to China. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 06 of 55 1583-1588 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century We ran for Boston bay, when, on the morning we made the land, we discovered ten or twelve sail of merchant vessels. Frank Mildmay Or, The Naval Officer A return dated six months later shows that there were 23 merchant vessels owned, or constantly employed, in the colony, of a total tonnage of 660 tons, carrying crews numbering altogether 117. The Naval Pioneers of Australia In the evening we anchored in thirty-six fathoms water, the Loo Rock bearing N. by E. We found a Portuguese sloop of war and several small merchant vessels lying here. A Voyage Round the World, Volume I Including Travels in Africa, Asia, Australasia, America, etc., etc., from 1827 to 1832 However, on his way back to join the fleet he ran across a convoy of ten merchant vessels, guarded by three of the enemy's line-of-battle ships. Hero Tales of the Far North The building of more warships was begun, and merchant vessels were bought and converted into cruisers. A Short History of the United States The harbour is well sheltered in both monsoons, and is easy of access, but it is closed against foreign merchant vessels.* Discoveries in Australia, Volume 2 Discoveries in Australia; with an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in The Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners Of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits To the Islands in the Arafura Sea The two French ships were taken; and a few days afterwards, three hundred merchant vessels, peaceably pursuing their course, were seized by the English navy. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6 The Mediterranean, fortunately for the merchant vessels, was quite beyond the range of their treacherous lying-in-wait. Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel |
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