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Pages in category "16th-century merchants" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Jørgen von ...
These practices date back to at least the 16th century among European sailors, and since colonial times among American sailors. People participating in these traditions have included military service members in national navies, seafarers in whaling and fishing fleets, and civilian mariners on merchant ships and research vessels.
The United States Merchant Marine [1] [2] is an organization composed of United States civilian mariners and U.S. civilian and federally owned merchant vessels.Both the civilian mariners and the merchant vessels are managed by a combination of the government and private sectors, and engage in commerce or transportation of goods and services in and out of the navigable waters of the United ...
Voyages to India in the sixteenth century used carracks, large merchant ships with a high edge and three masts with square sails, that reached 2,000 tons. [clarification needed] People interested included merchants looking for profitable trade, people who were not initially dreaming of traveling over the vast expanses of the ocean.
On October 22, 2001, the Merchant Marine Act of 2001 was enacted, providing for the construction of 300 ships in a span of ten years. [63] In 2003, 40 RRF ships were used in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. This RRF contribution was significant and included sealifting equipment and supplies into the theatre of ...
The revival period ended in the mid-16th century due to a series of military failures. The Imperial fleet was decisively defeated by the Ottomans at the Battle of Preveza in 1538, a Genoese fleet was damaged by a series of storms during the 1541 Algiers expedition , a Genoese-Spanish fleet was defeated at Ponza in 1552, and the navy failed to ...
Pages in category "16th-century sailors" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C. Peter Carder; F.
James Harvey (merchant) William Hawkins (died 1589) William Hawkins (died c. 1554) Rowland Hayward; Rowland Heylyn; Thomas Holland (MP) William Holliday (merchant) John Hull (MP for Hythe) Anthony Hussey