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stuhogg · PWSTS Forum Member

British Merchant Navy

altosaxx · PWSTS Forum Moderator

Stu,

After googling Merchant Navy Training I got quite a few, this in particular

http://www.careersatsea.org/qualifications/colleges.php

Jolly Sailor · PWSTS Forum Moderator

Stu, found this on a web site, doe's not give how many British seaman we have, but how many ships upto 2008.

Ship Type	1957	2008
Passenger vessels	322	37 (including ROROs)
General cargo ships	1,145	Merchant Navy: 1957^[5] and 2008^[6]
Tankers	575	88
Total	2042	180

As of 2005, the Merchant Navy consists of 429 ships of 1,000 gross register tons (GRT) or over; a total of 9,181,284 GRT. This amounts to 9,566,275 metric tons deadweight (DWT). These vessels can be categorised as follows:

In addition, UK interests own 446 ships registered in other countries, and 202 foreign-owned ships are registered in the UK.^[7]Barry

Colin · PWSTS Forum Member

If anyone is interested this is absolutely amazing.........the mother of all maritime sites list.
Lots of research opportunity here!
http://www.boat-links.com/boatlink.html#top