merchant vessel
civilian boat or ship that transports cargo or carries passengers for hire
passenger vessel
watercraft intended to carry people onboard
David Clark
British convict barque
Neptune
merchant ship built at Chepstow, Wales in 1836
Cygnus
Norwegian steam ship
brigantine
vessel with two masts, only the forward of which is square rigged
galeas
small sailing ship used as a trading vessel in the North Sea and Baltic Sea
Hog Islander
ship type
Derry Castle
full-rigged three-masted barque
merchant submarine
type of submarine intended for trade
James Pattison
English merchant sailing ship
Mauritius
Dutch sailing ship that visited Western Australia in July 1618
Good Design
British merchant and Royal Navy ship
Italian ship Mario Roselli
Italian cargo ship
bilander
ship type
Black Ships
historical name for European ships trading with Japan
Louisa
an American merchant ship
SS Bremerhaven
German merchant ship, built 1921, sunk 1944
Vega
Norwegian ship
cog
ship type
galley
ship mainly propelled by oars
Alexander
a British merchant ship launched at Hull in 1783 or 1784
Earl St. Vincent
ship
Neptune
ship
Molly
ship
passenger-cargo ship
type of merchant vessel
Dundonald
ship
Phoenix
merchant vessel launched in 1810
Castle Eden
merchant ship
Monarch
British merchant ship 1799–1825
ferry
type of ship travelling over short to medium distances between two places transporting people, cars or trains and acting like a replacement for a bridge
Mary Celeste
Ship found abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean in 1872
Batavia
ship wrecked in 1629 on Houtman Abrolhos with at least 110 men, women and children being murdered during subsequent mutiny
trunk deck ship
ship type
Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships
British Admiralty Trade Division programme established in June 1939
SS Empire Comfort
1944 Castle-class corvette
Neptune
merchant ship built at Whitby, England in 1810
turret deck ship
ship type
sailing frigate
sailing warship larger than a corvette and smaller than a ship of the line
Isabella
merchant ship built on the Thames, England, and launched in 1818
Glory
1802 ship built in Topsham, Devon
NS Savannah
nuclear-powered merchant vessel built in 1964
armed merchantman
merchant ship equipped with guns, usually for defensive purposes, either by design or after the fact
SS City of Oxford
merchant ship sunk in the Second World War
SS Pan Kraft
ship
West Indiaman
general name for any merchantman sailing ship making runs from the Old World to the West Indies and the east coast of the Americas
Earl of Mornington
merchant vessel launched in 1766 or 1768
Lady Washington
Merchant Vessel (18th century original)
Shipley
1805 ship