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This list of freight ship companies is arranged by country. Companies listed own and/or operate bulk carriers, car carriers, container ships, Roll-on/roll-off (for freight), and tankers. For a list of companies that own and operate passenger ships (cruise ships, cargo-passenger ships, and ferries), see List of passenger ship companies.
Norwegian tankers carried nearly one-third of the oil transported to Britain during the war. Records show that 694 Norwegian ships were sunk during this period, representing 47% of the total fleet. At the end of the war in 1945, the Norwegian merchant fleet was estimated at 1,378 ships. More than 3,700 Norwegian merchant seamen died.
Merchant ships of Canada include all merchant ships designed, built, or operated by Canada. Subcategories. This category has the following 8 subcategories, out of 8 ...
Merchant ships of New Zealand include all merchant ships designed, built, or operated by New Zealand. Subcategories. This category has the following 5 subcategories ...
Enterprise also captured eight privateers and freed eleven U.S. merchant ships from captivity, while Experiment captured the French privateers Deux Amis and Diane and liberated numerous American merchant ships. Although U.S. military losses were light, the French had seized over 2,000 American merchant ships by the time the war ended. [27]
Pages in category "Merchant ships of Spain" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C. SS Cabo Machichaco;
The first war that an organized United States Merchant Marine took part in was the American Revolutionary War, which lasted from 1775 to 1783.The first merchant marine action in the war took place on June 12, 1775, when a group of Machias, Maine citizens, after hearing the news of what happened in Concord and Lexington, boarded and captured the schooner British warship HMS Margaretta.
Merchant ships of Singapore include all merchant ships designed, built, or operated by Singapore. Pages in category "Merchant ships of Singapore" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.