Defensively equipped merchant ship (DEMS) was an Admiralty Trade Division programme established in June 1939, to arm 5,500 British merchant ships with...

sailing ships engaged in trade while carrying guns similar to contemporary warships. Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships were civilian-crewed cargo ships carrying...

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in 1939 for use as coastal artillery and as a defensive weapon on Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships (DEMS) during the Second World War. The guns armed...

An armed merchantman is a merchant ship equipped with guns, usually for defensive purposes, either by design or after the fact. In the days of sail, piracy...

the Japanese merchant fleet to less than a quarter its initial tonnage. Cruiser rules Submarine warfare Defensively equipped merchant ship Commerce raiding...

guns (Mark 9) were transferred to Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships for anti-submarine protection. For the ships converted to minesweepers, the twelve...

II. Large submarines remained vulnerable to damage from defensively equipped merchant ships (DEMS), were slow to dive if found by aircraft, offered a...

Kenneth Martin Willett Defensively equipped merchant ship SS Stephen Hopkins Convoy PQ 17 Deck gun Liberty ship Victory ship World War II U.S. Navy Armed...

cwt high-angle gun for anti-aircraft defence to make her a defensively equipped merchant ship. Britannic loaded cargo, returned to England and then returned...

An Empire ship is a merchant ship that was given a name beginning with "Empire" in the service of the Government of the United Kingdom during and after...

gunners called defensively equipped merchant ship or DEMS gunners. Merchant seamen crewed the merchant ships of the British Merchant Navy which kept...

covering demobilisation accounts from December 1918 onwards. The Defensively Equipped Merchant Ship accounts were transferred to HMS Vivid on 1 October 1919....

(such as the gunners manning defensively equipped merchant ships), or those listed on other memorials to missing merchant seafarers (such as the memorials...

submerged. Amphibious assault submarine Submarine Cargo Vessel Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships German Submarine Deutschland's Atlantic Crossing (information...

It was installed on major warships, armed trawlers and defensively equipped merchant ships. It was often used in twin mountings and a quadruple mount...

ships were armed. There were merchant seamen gunners. Also many British and Canadian merchantmen carried volunteer naval gunners called Defensively equipped...

landing crafts. Armed merchantman is a type of merchant ship equipped with naval guns, usually for defensive purposes, either by design or after the fact...

Navy warships. In October she was refitted at Gibraltar as a defensively equipped merchant ship and in November was assigned to support Operation Torch, the...

began his naval gunnery training on board City of Florence, a defensively equipped merchant ship (DEMS) which delivered ammunition to the city of Alexandria...

Ministry of War Transport partly funded Thistlegorm. She was a defensively equipped merchant ship (DEMS) with a 4.7 in (120 mm) mounted on her stern and a heavy-calibre...

until 1944. In the spring of 1944 Harvey was assigned to a defensively equipped merchant ship; this was again a suggestion of Alf, as it meant a less rigorous...

the ships that were armed were operated by Defensively Equipped Merchant Ship personnel provided by the RAN and members of the ship's crew. Merchant seaman...

Artillery Maritime Regiment. These vessels were known as DEMS (defensively equipped merchant ships). Gunners varied in number with the armament and could be...

from destroyers were mounted on Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships of the British Merchant Navy and United States Merchant Marine like SS Stephen Hopkins...

ships new names. Park ships were armed. There were merchant seamen gunners. Also many British and Canadian merchantmen naval gunners as Defensively equipped...

2021[update], it is the only nuclear-powered merchant ship in service.[citation needed] Civilian nuclear ships suffer from the costs of specialized infrastructure...

cutters and Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships. Low-angle 3 inch/50-caliber guns (Marks 3, 5, 6, and 19) were originally mounted on ships built from the...

other merchant ships left Le Verdon as part of Operation Aerial. Tankers were a priority for conversion into defensively equipped merchant ships. Primary...

at enemy aircraft. Intended primarily as a stop-gap defensive weapon for British merchant ships, which had been suffering heavy losses from Luftwaffe...