10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MERCHANT SEAMEN»
Discover the use of
merchant seamen in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
merchant seamen and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Code of Safe Working Practices for
Merchant Seamen
This publication is intended primarily for merchant seamen on UK registered vessels, and addressed to all ship personnel, regardless of rank or rating.
2
Sweatshops at Sea:
Merchant Seamen in the World's First ...
Sweatshops at Sea: Merchant Seamen in the World's First Globalized Industry, from 1812 to the Present.
3
Code of Safe Working Practices for
Merchant Seamen
Includes six thumb index dividers. Supersedes 2007 consolidated ed. (ISBN 9780115528231)
Stationery Office (Great Britain), 2011
4
American
merchant seaman's manual: for
seamen by
seamen
This is a complete handbook for merchant seamen, covering every phase of good seamanship and all navigation necessary to prepare for the third mate's license.
William B. Hayler, Felix M. Cornell, Paul M. Seiler, 1981
5
Black Sailors: Afro-American
Merchant Seamen and Whalemen ...
This is the first book to document thoroughly the lifestyle and collective experience of the many thousands of black sailors during this time period.
6
Sailors: English
Merchant Seamen 1650 - 1775
Drawing on primary documents and memoirs, this is an exemplary history of those who lived and toiled on the sea.
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Remarks on the Present State and Method of Managing the ...
... and grant the Seumen the redress which your Memoralists, on their behalf,
solicit, by cansing a thorough investigation to be made into the Accounts of the
Merchant. Seamen's Co:poration in London and Trustees at the Out-ports. “ And
your ...
Samuel BAKER (of the Board of Trade.), 1846
8
Our
Merchant Seamen, their importance and their claims
F. L.. 10. Act of 8th Geo. I., c.' 24, enacts, that any Sea- Th" “mm” still shews that
man maimed in fight in King's or Merchant Ships 'he “Emmerchant Seamen to
should have preference to those disabled by age. "WHI'EPMW recognised. 11.
9
The
Merchant Seamen's War
merchant seamen and describing their conduct there was nothing but unanimity.
A Times leading article in November 1941 called for greater recognition for
merchant seamen, reminding its readers that, 'In the sustained endurance of our
...
10
pt. III. Naval reserves and
merchant seamen. Naval artillery ...
Thomas Brassey Brassey (1st earl), Sir Sydney Marow Eardley-Wilmot. he just,
had once more consulted the experienced officers of the Board of Trade and the
Admiralty under whom the pensions to seamen and the funds of Greenwich ...
Thomas Brassey Brassey (1st earl), Sir Sydney Marow Eardley-Wilmot, 1894
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MERCHANT SEAMEN»
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merchant seamen is used in the context of the following news items.
Princess Alexandra opens new wing at East End's old 'Queen Vic …
The Mission began an appeal after the First World War for a Memorial Wing honouring the 20,000 Merchant Seamen who lost their lives, which ... «East London Advertiser, Jul 15»
Forgotten past
... many entrepreneurs who successfully traded for centuries in all aspects of global maritime activity, to the 6,500 merchant seamen of Scotland ... «Scotsman, Jul 15»
Friends of Glasgow Necropolis reveal stories of First World War dead
Of those 155, 137 were from the Army, nine were in the Royal Navy and Royal Marines and two were merchant seamen. Eliza Margaret Nisbet is the only ... «Glasgow Evening Times, Jul 15»
Debt owed to seamen
EVEN if a memorial to the Merchant Seamen who lost their lives in WW2 is not erected in Weymouth their service should not be forgotten. «Dorset Echo, Jul 15»
Volunteer project uncovers untold stories of Merchant Navy men in …
The stories of 750,000 First World War merchant seamen and 39,000 voyages can be read online for the first time following the completion of a ... «Culture24, Jul 15»
Postcards from camp
Kestler interviewed 11 surviving merchant seamen interned in Canada, where 34,000 Germans PoWs were shipped. The marine PoWs had ... «Winnipeg Free Press, Jul 15»
Merchant Mariners Ensure Survival of Newly-Founded U.S.
An estimated 11,000 merchant seamen died from disease and malnutrition after being captured by the British. Merchant mariners played a ... «The Maritime Executive, Jul 15»
How the Centaur was found
Just a crew of 75 merchant seamen and a couple of hundred medical staff, nurses, the 2/12th Field Ambulance Unit and army ambulance ... «Courier Mail, Jun 15»
Congresswoman still seeks payments for WWII merchant seamen …
continues her efforts in Congress to provide surviving U.S. merchant seamen from that conflict with what she says is long-overdue monetary ... «AL.com, Jun 15»
San Pedro's SS Lane Victory celebrates 70th birthday with three-day …
Only about 5,000 World War II merchant seamen are still alive, all in their 80s and 90s. Despite the critical work they did to move supplies to ... «The Daily Breeze, Jun 15»