merchant navy in English

country's trading ships; crew that mans these ships

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1. Nothing daunted the ardour of the merchant navy.

2. He spent ten years in the merchant navy.

3. John worked as a chef in the merchant navy.

4. Merchant Navy class locomotive Port Line is schedule to be hauling this train.

5. She also rescued merchant navy prisoners of war from Brava and transported them to Mombassa.

6. Blears had actually met Ben and Mike during the war, while on leave from the Merchant Navy

7. He went on to serve on other vessels, finishing his Merchant Navy career as third engineer aboard the SS Ichanga.

8. Blears enlisted in the Merchant Navy in 1940 during World War II, with his knowledge of Morse code leading to him being made a radio officer.

9. ‘On his yachts the King usually flies the normal yachting flag, that is the well known Bicolour flag with a blue royal crown in the centre of it.’ ‘This includes the ensign of the merchant navy, which is a plain bicolor flag.’ ‘The second boy looks perfect with the grey jacket and the Bicolour shoes.’

10. He left school at 13 for a 10 shilling job as a Liptons Teas delivery boy, and went on to work as a pageboy in a ladies 'club, a cabin boy? after, he insisted, walking from London to Cardiff to join the merchant navy? and having learned in his days as a Bandsman in the army, a useful boxer despite his slight frame.