merchant navy
Britishnoun
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During evidence at the hearing, the man's daughter Su Christie, said her father, a former merchant navy crewman, had a lifelong fear of showers due to a childhood trauma.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
The Iranian merchant navy is likewise visible off the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas on the other side of the strait.
From Barron's ● Mar. 2, 2026
Seeking adventure beyond his native country, he joined the merchant navy after graduation.
From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2022
He was raised by a foster family after his merchant navy sailor father died in a submarine attack in the North Atlantic.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 24, 2022
The aim was to close those ports to the Dutch merchant navy, and to cause the influence of Lubeck to prevail in the three Scandinavian kingdoms.
From Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster by Bartholomew Sastrow
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