2007-08-12 00:15:56 · 10 answers · asked by natz300 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
The Merchant Navy is British for the info of our uneducated American cousins and is not called the Merchant Marine.The Royal Navy comes under the Admiralty and is the Senior Service of the British armed forces.The Merchant Navy is civilian privately owned vessels used traditionally for trading purposes and are regulated by The Board of Trade
2007-08-12 01:28:44 · answer #1 · answered by frankturk50 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Merchant Marine is made up of Civilians and Civilian owned Merchant Ships where as the Navy is made up of Military People and Navy owned ships.
The Merchant Marine took the brunt of the German Navy prior to the Declaration of WWII and shortly thereafter.
Unfortunately the USA does not have much of a Merchant Marine any longer. During Desert Storm and Iraq almost all shipping had to be contracted to Civilian agencies of other governments.
There is a Merchant Marine Academy somewhere in New England. Their graduates become Officer in the Merchant Fleet.
The Merchant Marine and the Navy do operate together. Military Sealift Command operates Navy owned ships that are manned by Civilian Merchant Mariners with a sparse Military compliment. In fact the Military Sealift Command is the largest employer of Merchant Seamen in the USA.
Confusing? Well yes it is confusing and that is a sad situation.
2007-08-12 00:36:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
I think you mean the Merchant Marine and the Navy.
The Navy is mostly combat oriented and is military. The Navy has limited support assets of its own.
The Merchant Marine is run by civilians and does support roles to the Navy such as refueling at sea. They cover the support area the Navy does not fill itself. I also believe they operate the Armys Troop Transport Ships. (Little known fact, the Army has more vessels then the Navy.)
2007-08-12 00:27:02 · answer #3 · answered by mnbvcxz52773 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The Merrchant Navy or better known as the merchant marine deals with civilian shipping like container ships oil tankers. The regular Navy of course is the Military branch which includes the US Marines.
2007-08-12 00:26:19 · answer #4 · answered by bob t 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
The Royal military is the British military and the British service provider military is that what you're speaking approximately? The Royal military is fairly like the united statesnavy on an identical time as the service provider military deals with quite often shipment transports. such as you have united statesShips and you have USNS Ships interior the U.S. USNS ships are run by ability of protection stress Sealift Command and have onboard a small contigent of protection stress on occasion for communications or on the wellness middle Ships (that's what i'm on) the protection stress run the wellness middle area of the deliver and the civilians get us from place to place make sense?
2016-10-10 01:29:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Merchant Navy is the civilian ships which carry goods and passengers and ply their trade at sea.
The "normal" navy is the military service which carrys weapons.
2007-08-13 00:00:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the merchant navy is operated by civvies. My dad was in the merchant Navy during vitenam and took fuel to the americans. He spend many years in singapore. So he was employed by shell.
2007-08-12 00:33:43 · answer #7 · answered by british gurly 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
One is trained to work with the military and is responsable for all support operations. They are strictly speaking civvies but they are under military orders when deployed.
2007-08-12 00:26:48 · answer #8 · answered by futuretopgun101 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
One is civilian, and the other is Military; pretty big difference.
~HeadHunter 6
2007-08-12 00:23:24 · answer #9 · answered by Headhunter 6 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
one buys and the other sells
2007-08-12 00:24:27 · answer #10 · answered by Terry 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋