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Meanings of mercantile navy in English

Portuguese
marinha mercante
Spanish
comercio marítimo
Catalan
marina mercant

Organization, fleet and crew of merchant vessels operating under a national flag.

        marinha mercante
        Usage of mercantile navy in English
        1
        The number of men employed in the American mercantile navy will be as follows:-
        Diary in America, Series One
        2
        The whole line of the coast was deeply indented with bays, where rode at anchor the ships of the mercantile navy.
        The Young Carthaginian: A Story of The Times of Hannibal
        3
        His career as an officer in the mercantile navy was cut short by a period of imprisonment in a small town in Madagascar.
        Hyacinth
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