Picture link above will take you to The story of the Prince of Wales Sea Training School,The PWSTS was used to train boys for service as Deck Ratings in the Merchant Navy.Our aim is to reunite merchant navy seamen and to eventually establish a museum to commemorate the school, its staff and those who died during the war.

Picture link above will take you to the U.S Merchant Marine WW2 site, which is about the men who served in the U.S Merchant service during World War two,this site is hosted and maintained by a VERY PROUD MERCHANT MARINE VETERAN OF WW2, called Harold "BUD" Schmidt Sr.

Research sites.
Medal search.
Search for relatives medals or just browse for a medal to add to your collection.

Mariners research.
Research the mariners and ships of the Merchant Navy, very helpful group who sent me plenty of information on S.S South Western.

Smart groups.com.
Join a chat group on your subject and watch the info sail in. Once again a very helpful bunch of chaps,who where very helpful in my research.

Maritime History on the Internet.
Web pages on Maritime History on the Internet,a site that guides visitors in methods of doing maritime history research on the internet.

Sites of interest.
Merchant cruisers.
Listings of Brittish merchant shipping losses between 1914-1918

Northern Ireland MN Association.
From time immemorial we have had our seamen, a motley bunch of men, fearless, hardworking, unpretentious loyal only to their ship exploited by governments and shipowners alike, In 1836 a House of Commons Select Committee was set up by the government of the day to look into the affairs of seamen. Forty year later in 1876 Parliament passed the Merchant Shipping Acts after which seafarers were collectively refereed to as the Merchant Service. In recognition of the service given during the First World War by our seamen, King George V in 1922 decreed that the Merchant Service would henceforth be known as the Merchant Navy and that the Prince of Wales would be Master of the Merchant Navy, hence the title MERCHANT NAVY. A title hard earned and well deserved. Unfortunately ignorance often prevails even among senior politicians who should know better they have a propensity to use the Americanism 'Merchant Marine' rather than our own title 'Merchant Navy'.

Wartime Merchant Navy.(Gordon Mumford).
Personal World War II experiences of Gordon Mumford, author of "The Black
Pit ... and Beyond" and "The Sampan Girl". Gordon was Third Radio Officer of
one of the fifteen ships torpedoed in Convoy ONS154 in December 1942.
His website includes memorials to more than 500 seamen killed, plus stories
of some merchant seamen held as prisoners in Timbuktu, and a list of
merchant seamen who received high awards for bravery.

MNA.
National Merchant Navy Association National Organisation website. We went live on the first ever Merchant Navy Day, the 3rd of September 2000. This special Day will change the nations perspective of seafarers.


Bristol MNA.
Bristol branch of the MNA.

NEWBOB-LO STEAMERS. The Bob-Lo Steamers Columbia and Ste. Claire are the last two remaining classic excursion steamers in the country; and the last essentially unaltered passenger ships designed by Frank E. Kirby; and for their essentially unaltered propulsion machinery of a type becoming increasingly rare ; as the two last vessels of the Detroit and Windsor Ferry Co.; as two of the few surviving vessels built by the Detroit Dry Dock Company, and for their unaltered propulsion machinery, which is of a rare type. Columbia is the oldest passenger steamer in the United States, excepting vessels properly classed as ferries. Columbia and her running-mate Ste. Claire are the last two steamers of their type with integrity left in the United States. The pair shared their original run from Detroit to Bob-Lo Island for 81 years, a record of service on a single run unequalled in U. S. maritimehistory.

NEWBruce Sherman's Home Page A detailed look at the CSX Anchorage and other ship related information.

NEWThe pages of Radio Officer Eric N. Bissmire The purpose of this site is to recall wartime activities of the British Merchant Navy and US Merchant Marine, for the benefit of the children and grandchildren of those who served

NEWJerry & NeNe's Home Page. Navy & merchant ships and other maritime related information, well worth a visit.

MILAG Prisoner of War Association
During WW II some 4,500 seamen and civilian passengers endured illegal captivity in this camp.


WW1 war at sea.
Trench warfare on the Western Front may have captured the popular imagination, but the First World War was very much a maritime conflict as well. This section of WWI/WWW provides resources on the naval side.

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