One million 20th century Merchant Navy Seamen records are going online for the first time ever, as Britain approaches Merchant Navy Day on Saturday 3rd September. The Merchant Navy was integral to ...

A simple guide explaining the most effective path to join the Merchant Navy, covering required education, training, ...

Travelling the world, meeting with new folks and the lure of adventure is on the bucket list of every youngster who is starting out their professional career. Especially when it comes to travel by sea ...

This story ws submitted to the People's War site by Jane Otto of East Berkshire College on behalf of Bill Davis and has been added to the site with his permission. The author fully understands the ...

A century of Christmas memories have been shared by a retired seafarer. Brendon Cooke, a 100-year-old Merchant Navy veteran living at Rownhams Manor care home in Southampton, has reflected on a ...

On Merchant Navy Day, 3 September, the Falkland Islands remember all those merchant seafarers who helped to liberate the Falkland Islands in 1982 and those, past and present, who do so much to keep ...

A memorial to commemorate sailors killed on merchant ships in World War II has been unveiled in Dover. The 3m (9.8ft) high sculpture was opened in Marine Parade by Winston Spencer Churchill, the ...

The MV Cape Ray, a civilian-operated ship owned by the Maritime Administration, returns to its homeport of Portsmouth, Va., on Sept. 17, 2014, after assisting in efforts to rid Syria of chemical ...

The war broke out when, as a sixteen-year-old Merchant Navy midshipman, I was homeward bound towards the end on my first trip, a six months voyage to the Far East as far as Japan. My ship a 9000 ton ...

The memorial honours the lives lost at sea in peace and war A memorial to the seamen of the Merchant Navy in the shape of a ship's bow, has been unveiled in Hull. The 13 ft-high (4 metre) memorial in ...

Merchant Navy Day will be marked by a national commemoration on Wednesday 3 September at Pukeahu National War Memorial Park in Wellington. "Please join us to mark this Merchant Navy Day at Pukeahu, ...

The Maritime Union of India has launched android based mobile app named MUI. (Reuters) The Maritime Union of India (MUI), country’s oldest union representing Indian Merchant Navy Officers since 1939, ...