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Meanings of merchant navy in English

Spanish
marina mercante británica

Merchant marine service of the United Kingdom.

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marina mercante británica
Usage of merchant navy in English
1
No, he didn't: he'd been drafted into the merchant navy, not the army.
Coalition's End
2
The merchant navy, although numerous, was equally deficient in vessels of any size.
By England's Aid; or, the Freeing of the Netherlands (1585-1604)
3
Sir, -I qualified as a merchant navy officer at 19 years of age.
The Irish Times
4
Civilians-andmerchant navy-hadnever had a need for them before.
Coalition's End
5
They were taught maritime skills before their inevitable service in the royal or merchant navy.
The Guardian
6
In his youth, he joined the Dutch merchant navy but returned to Amsterdam in 1962.
Radio NZ
7
Shackleton who had joined the merchant navy aged 16 thought of scientists as boring deadweights.
The Guardian
8
All ships will be required to guard our coastline and to escort our merchant navy convoys.
Depths
9
He was a working-class man among whose jobs was working as a stoker for the merchant navy.
The Guardian
10
He had dreamed of being an officer in the merchant navy before politics took hold of him.
The Guardian
11
It did not include the armed forces or merchant navy, where sex between men remained a criminal offence.
The Guardian
12
One worked in the merchant navy.
Reuters
13
You were in the merchant navy.
Coalition's End
14
Like so many young people growing up in Liverpool in the sixties, I found work in the merchant navy.
The Guardian
15
Despite having his illustrations published in Le Moustique magazine in his mid-teens, he wanted to join the merchant navy.
The Guardian
16
That began in the 1980s, since when the number of British merchant navy officers has been cut by two-thirds.
The Guardian
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