Merchant Navy
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| Size | Deadweight Tonnage |
|---|---|
| Fleet | Cargo; Cruise; Civilian/Pleasure |
| Colours | Red |
| Active | 1835 |
| Engagements | Battle of the Atlantic |
| U-boat Campaign | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 2435030 |
About Merchant Navy
The Merchant Navy is the maritime register of the United Kingdom, and comprises the seagoing commercial interests of UK-registered ships and their crews. Merchant Navy vessels fly the Red Ensign and are regulated by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency.
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The procession in fullMounted Metropolitan Police • Royal Canadian Mounted Police • Bands of The Rifles and Brigade of Gurkhas • Representatives of the George Cross from Malta, the Royal Ulster Constabulary and the UK National Health Service Representative detachments of Commonwealth forces: Territorial Air Force of New Zealand • Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment • The Corps of Royal New Zealand Engineers • Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps • Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery • Royal New Zealand Navy • Royal Australian Air Force Reserve • Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps • Royal Australian Army Ordnance Corps • Royal Australian Infantry Corps • Royal Australian Engineers • Royal Regiment of Australian Artillery • Royal Australian Navy • The Canadian Armed Forces Legal Branch • The Royal Canadian Air Force (Reserve) • The Calgary Highlanders • The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada • The 48th Highlanders of Canada • The North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment • The Royal New Brunswick Regiment • Le Regiment de Ia Chaudière • The Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders (Princess Louise s) • The Canadian Grenadier Guards • Governor General s Foot Guards • Royal 22e Regiment • The King s Own Calgary Regiment (RCAC) The Governor General s Horse Guards • The Royal Canadian Engineers • The Canadian Armed Forces Military Engineering Branch • The Royal Regiment of Canadian ArtilleryRepresentatives of the Royal Air Force: 603 (City of Edinburgh) Squadron Royal Auxiliary Air Force • Royal Auxiliary Air Force • Royal Air Force Marham • The Combined Bands of the Royal Air Force • Royal Air Force College, Cranwell • Royal Air Force RegimentRepresentatives of the Army: The Honourable Artillery Company • Adjutant General s Corps • British Army Bands Sandhurst and Colchester • The Queen s Gurkha Engineers • The Royal Welsh • The Duke of Lancaster s Regiment • The Royal Regiment of Scotland • Welsh Guards • Irish Guards • Scots Guards • Coldstream Guards • Grenadier Guards • Bands of the Irish Guards and Welsh Guards • Corps of Royal Engineers • Royal Regiment of Artillery • Royal Tank Regiment • The Royal Lancers • The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys)Representatives of the Royal Navy: Royal Navy • Royal Marines • The Combined Bands of the Royal MarinesDefence advisers and staff of Her Majesty s realms: Jamaica • New Zealand • Australia • CanadaRepresentative colonels of Commonwealth forces of which Her Majesty was Colonel-in-ChiefChaplains of the armed forces: Principal Church of Scotland & Free Church Chaplain Royal Air Force • Principal Roman Catholic Chaplain Royal Air Force • Chaplain-in-Chief Royal Air Force • Deputy Chaplain General (Army) • Principal Roman Catholic Chaplain (Army) • Chaplain General (Army) • Principal Church of Scotland and Free Churches Chaplain (Royal Navy) • Principal Roman Catholic Chaplain (Royal Navy) • Chaplain of the FleetRepresentatives of forces of which the Queen was air commodore-in-chief • Representative Colonels Commandant, Colonels and Honorary Colonels of Her Majesty s Regiments and Corps • Commandant General, Royal Marines • Representatives of Her Majesty s ships • Commander Strategic Command • Vice Chief of the Defence Staff • Chief of the Air Staff • Chief of the General Staff • Chief of the Naval Staff • Chief of the Defence Staff • Drum Horse and State Trumpeter • 1st Division of the Sovereign s Escort • ADC to the Major General Commanding the Household Division • Brigade Major Household Division • Major General Commanding the Household Division • Combined Bands of the Scots Guards and Coldstream Guards Pursuivants and Heralds of Arms of Scotland: March • Linlithgow • Ormond • Rothesay • Falkland • Unicorn • Carrick • Marchmont Pursuivants and Heralds of Arms of England: Portcullis • Rouge Dragon • Norfolk • Windsor • York • Bluemantle • Wales • Maltravers • Chester • RichmondKings of Arms: Norroy and Ulster King of Arms • Lord Lyon King of Arms • Clarenceux King of Arms • Lady Usher of the Black Rod • Garter King of ArmsThe Earl Marshal • Bands of the Scots Guards and Coldstream Guards • Captain, the King s Body Guard of the Yeoman of the Guard • Captain general, the King s Body Guard for Scotland (Royal Company of Archers) (Gold Stick for Scotland) • Captain, His Majesty s Body Guard of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms Royal Household; Vice Chamberlain of the Household • Comptroller of the Household • Treasurer of the Household • Queen s Gurkha Orderly Officer (x2) • Royal Waterman (x2) • Director of the Royal Collection • Comptroller Lord Chamberlain s Office • Master of the Household • Keeper of the Privy Purse • Private secretary to the Queen • Master of the Horse • Lord Steward • Her Majesty s Page (x2) • Her Majesty s Palace StewardBehind the gun carriage: Escort Party of the Household CavalryRoyal Family: The Earl of Wessex and Forfar • The Duke of York • The Princess Royal • The King • Peter Phillips • The Duke of Sussex • The Prince of Wales • Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence • The Duke of Gloucester • The Earl of SnowdonRoyal Car 1: The Queen Consort • The Princess of WalesRoyal Car 2: The Duchess of Sussex • The Countess of Wessex and ForfarField officer in Brigade Waiting • Silver Stick in Waiting • Colonel Coldstream Guards • Gold Stick in Waiting • Adjutant in Brigade Waiting • Silver Stick Adjutant • Crown EquerryHousehold of the King: Master of the Household • Equerry • Principal Private Secretary • TreasurerSecond division of the Sovereign s escortRepresentatives of Civilian Services: Merchant Navy • Royal Fleet Auxiliary • The Maritime Coastguard Agency • Police Services • Fire and Rescue Services • His Majesty s Prison Services • Ambulance Service • British Red Cross • St John Ambulance • Royal Voluntary Service • Cadet forcesRear: Mounted Metropolitan PoliceOnce the procession reaches Wellington Arch at Hyde Park Corner, at about 13:00 BST, the coffin will be transferred to the new State Hearse for its final journey to Windsor Castle...
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Coronation processions: What to look out for and when
By The Visual Journalism Team BBC News
Thousands of people are expected to line The Streets hoping to catch a glimpse of King Charles III as he travels between Buckingham Palace and Westminster Abbey before and after his coronation on 6 May.
Soldiers and royal footmen, marching bands and ornate coaches, magnificent horses and an Irish Wolfhound called Seamus will all be taking part in The UK military's largest ceremonial operation for 70 years - and it will all end with a spectacular fly-past. Here is what to look out for.
King's Procession to The abbeyThe Day will begin at 10:20 BST with The relatively modest King's Procession - The First of two processions on Saturday - in which The King and Queen Consort Camilla will travel from Buckingham Palace to The Great West Door of Westminster Abbey .
They will travel in The horse-drawn Diamond Jubilee State Coach, created in 2012 to commemorate Queen Elizabeth Ii 's 60th year on The Throne .
The coach, accompanied by The Sovereign's Escort of The Household Cavalry, will Head Down The Mall to Trafalgar Square , then along Whitehall and Parliament Street before turning into Parliament Square and Broad Sanctuary.
The 1. 42-mile route will be flanked by 1,000 members of The military from The Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force .
Almost 4,000 armed forces veterans and NHS and social care workers have been invited to watch from specially built grandstands in front of Buckingham Palace .
The 200-strong Procession is expected to arrive at The abbey at 11:00 for The Service .
How To follow events liveThe Service and both processions will be broadcast online, on TV and radio but you can also follow events on big screens in London's Hyde Park , Green Park , St James's Park and sites around The country.
If you are planning to watch The Processions up close along The Mall and Whitehall, viewing areas will be open from 06:00 on Saturday 6 May and are expected to get very busy. The big screen areas in Hyde Park open at 05:00.
Gun salutes mark crowningAbout halfway through The two-hour coronation ceremony, gun salutes involving 400 personnel will mark The Moment St Edward's Crown is placed on The King 's head.
Twenty-one rounds will be fired at 11 locations around The UK - including Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast - and on Royal Navy ships at sea.
And in London, a 62-round salute will fire at The Tower of London, along with a six-gun salvo on Horse Guards Parade.
Coronation Procession to palaceAfter The Ceremony , in The Second Procession of The Day , The King and Queen Consort will travel back to The Palace in The ornate Gold State Coach as part of The Coronation Procession - a much larger ceremonial display than The Morning 's Procession .
At The Head of The Procession will be Brigade Major Lieutenant Colonel James Shaw riding Sovereign's Shadow, about a mile in front of The coach.
The Gold State Coach, which is covered in gold leaf and carved decorations, was first used by King George III to travel to The State Opening of Parliament in 1762 and has been used at every coronation in The Last 200 years.
The panels feature Roman gods, and sculptures of cherubs and tritons Ride On The Roof and over The Wheels .
Queen Elizabeth Ii , who used The coach for her coronation as well as jubilee celebrations, said it might look luxurious but it was a horrible, uncomfortable ride because of The lack of suspension.
It weighs four tonnes and is pulled at walking pace by eight grey horses, with a mounted rider or postilion for each pair.
Alongside The coach, walk nine grooms, six footmen and four Yeomen of The Guard .
Reports suggest The Prince of Wales' three children, princes George and Louis and Princess Charlotte, will be in a carriage with their parents behind The Gold Stage Coach.
And More Than 4,000 members of The Armed forces from The UK and across The Commonwealth , 19 bands and flag-bearers will join them.
Among those taking part will be members of The Blues and Royals and Life Guards of The Household Cavalry, The King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery and The Irish Guards with their mascot Seamus, The Irish Wolfhound .
The Ministry of Defence says Saturday 's event will be The largest military Procession in London since More Than 16,000 people took part in Queen Elizabeth Ii 's coronation Procession in 1953.
Some soldiers involved have returned to represent their regiments from operational duties or training exercises abroad, in places like Cyprus, Iraq, Kenya and Estonia.
Also on parade will be members of The Royal Watermen, who traditionally rowed The Royal Barges up and down The River Thames between The Royal palaces, but now have ceremonial duties.
And The Royal British Legion is providing a 100-strong guard of honour to line The Procession route in Parliament Square .
The standard-bearers will represent The legion and seven other associated armed forces charities: The Royal Naval Association; Royal Marines Association; Army Benevolent Fund; Air Forces Association; Royal Commonwealth and Ex Services League; Merchant Navy Association; and SSAFA, The Armed Forces Charity.
The Procession will leave The abbey and travel along Whitehall, past The Statue of King Charles I at Trafalgar Square , through Admiralty Arch and up The Mall to The Palace .
The coach is expected to make The 1. 42 mile journey in about 30 Minutes .
Once The Procession has passed, members of The Public will be allowed to move up The Mall to fill The area around The Queen Victoria Memorial in front of Buckingham Palace .
The marching bands will keep a beat of 108 paces a minute, which is slightly slower than a standard quick march of 116 paces a minute, because of The speed of The Heavy Gold State Coach.
The personnel on parade will also have to negotiate a tricky drill manoeuvre after marching down The Mall 12 abreast to pass through The Gates of Buckingham Palace six abreast, without dropping their pace.
Royal Salute and three cheersIn a coronation first, all those marching will form up in The Palace gardens where they will give a Royal Salute and three cheers to The King and Queen Consort .
The King and other members of The Royal Family will then proceed to The Front balcony of Buckingham Palace to greet The Public crowds assembled in The Mall .
Palace fly-pastThey will then move to The Palace balcony, with other Family Members for a fly-past at about 14:30 BST.
The six-minute fly-past will include More Than 60 aircraft from The Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force . Among The aircraft on display will be helicopters, Spitfires, The new P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft, F-35B Lightning II jets, The new Envoy IV CC1 and transport aircraft.
They will be followed by The Red Arrows display team.
If you are not in London, you might catch a glimpse of some of The aircraft as they approach from Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex - or after The fly-past as they disperse over Surrey, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire.
Written and produced by Dominic Bailey and Chris Clayton, design by Lilly Huynh and Zoe Bartholomew, illustration by Jenny Law.
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