defensively armed merchant vessels

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• Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships — Defensively Equipped Merchant Ship (DEMS) was an Admiralty Trade Division program established in June, 1939, to arm 5,500 British merchant ships with an adequate defence against enemy submarines and aircraft. The acronym DEMS was used to describe …   Wikipedia

• Armed merchant ship — The term armed merchant ship may describe a number of similar ship modifications intended for significantly different missions. This page is intended as a list to offer the reader links to articles of interest.* East Indiaman describes late 18th… …   Wikipedia

• Armed merchantmen — has come to mean merchant ships equipped with guns, usually for defensive purposes, either by design or after the fact. In the days of sail, piracy and privateers, many merchantmen would be routinely armed, especially those engaging in long… …   Wikipedia

• Merchant submarine — Deutschland unloading in New London, 1916. A merchant submarine is a type of submarine intended for trade, and being without armaments, it is not considered a warship like most other types of submarines. The intended use would be blockade running …   Wikipedia

• United States Navy Armed Guard — Insignia of the United States Armed Guard. United States Navy Armed Guard units were established during World War I in an attempt to provide defensive firepower to merchant ships in convoy or merchant ships traveling alone. This was done because… …   Wikipedia

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