British merchant navy

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civilian maritime fleet merchant navy

The British merchant navy is the United Kingdom’s civilian commercial shipping fleet, responsible for transporting goods and passengers worldwide under the British flag.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
British Merchant Navy	1
British merchant marine	4
British Merchant Navy Day	1
UK merchant fleet	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	civilian maritime fleet ⓘ merchant navy ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	British merchant navy ⓘ surface form: British merchant marine British merchant navy ⓘ surface form: UK merchant fleet
associatedWith	British shipping companies ⓘ Lloyd's Register ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
distinctFrom	Royal Fleet Auxiliary ⓘ Royal Navy ⓘ
economicSector	international trade ⓘ maritime transport ⓘ
employs	British seafarers ⓘ international seafarers ⓘ
flag	British Red Ensign ⓘ surface form: Red Ensign
governedBy	Merchant Shipping Act ⓘ surface form: UK Merchant Shipping Act
hasSymbol	British Red Ensign ⓘ surface form: Red Ensign
historicalImportance	British Empire ⓘ global trade ⓘ
homePortJurisdiction	British ports ⓘ
includes	bulk carriers ⓘ cargo ships ⓘ container ships ⓘ cruise ships ⓘ ferries ⓘ offshore support vessels ⓘ passenger ships ⓘ tankers ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalStatus	civilian ⓘ
operatedBy	United Kingdom ⓘ
partOf	UK maritime industry ⓘ
playedRoleIn	World War I ⓘ surface form: First World War World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War
primaryFunction	commercial shipping ⓘ transport of goods ⓘ transport of passengers ⓘ
regulatedBy	Maritime and Coastguard Agency ⓘ Department for Transport ⓘ surface form: UK Department for Transport
regulates	UK-flagged commercial vessels ⓘ
scope	worldwide operations ⓘ
subjectTo	International Maritime Organization regulations ⓘ International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships ⓘ surface form: MARPOL Convention International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea ⓘ surface form: SOLAS Convention international maritime law ⓘ
supports	United Kingdom economy ⓘ
trainingProvidedBy	UK maritime colleges ⓘ
trainingStandard	International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers ⓘ surface form: STCW Convention
usesFlagState	United Kingdom ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

North Sea theatre of World War I → affected → British merchant navy ⓘ

this entity surface form: British merchant marine

British merchant navy → alsoKnownAs → British merchant navy ⓘ

subject surface form: British Merchant Navy

this entity surface form: British merchant marine

British merchant navy → alsoKnownAs → British merchant navy ⓘ

subject surface form: British Merchant Navy

this entity surface form: UK merchant fleet

British ensign system → appliesTo → British merchant navy ⓘ

this entity surface form: British merchant marine

British Red Ensign → associatedWith → British merchant navy ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Merchant Navy Day

Red Duster → historicalUse → British merchant navy ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Merchant Navy

Joseph Conrad → militaryBranch → British merchant navy ⓘ

this entity surface form: British merchant marine

British Red Ensign → usedBy → British merchant navy ⓘ