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 | |
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| 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.
The ongoing legacy of 'Red Ken' Livingstone
... Personal lifeKenneth Robert Livingstone was born at the tail-end of World War Two in south London, to an acrobatic dancer and a ship s master in the Merchant Navy...
From England to Australia: Life for a real Ten Pound Pom
... It was during her father s time in the Merchant Navy that he saw the openings available for migrants from the UK, which led to the family enrolling on the so-called ten pound Pom scheme...
Coronation processions: What to look out for and when
... 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...
Edith Thompson: The wife who was executed for her lover's crime
... At the age of 13, Freddy left London to join the Merchant Navy...
Normandy veterans' welfare officer makes good a lifelong promise
... Despite settling in East Yorkshire after leaving the Merchant Navy in 1962, Ernie retains his Aberdeenshire accent...
Queen's funeral: Full guide to the gun carriage and the main procession
... 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...
Energy bills: Fears power cuts will switch off nebuliser
... After retiring from the Merchant Navy at the age of 56 in 2015 because he needed knee replacements, he had work done on his three-bedroom semi-detached house includingThis included a new roof and loft insulation, double-glazed windows and a new porch...
The changing face of the North Sea oil industry
... But at the start of her career she is not fazed saying " jobs will be created which is brilliant and with us in the Merchant Navy, we tend to go to where the demand is...
The ongoing legacy of 'Red Ken' Livingstone
By Bethan BellBBC News
Strong terms are used to describe " Red Ken" Livingstone. Figurehead. Thorn in the side. In The Words of a High Court judge, maker of " unnecessarily offensive" and " indefensible" remarks.
Trailblazer, newt-lover, antisemite - a description he always rejected. The Sun newspaper once described him as " The Most odious man in Britain".
Ken Livingstone always divides opinion.
Now , with The Announcement of his Alzheimer's disease, the 78-year-old's political career has definitively ended.
Bbc News takes a look at some of the more memorable points of his public (and private) life.
He became The First directly elected mayor of London, although his appointment wasn't without complication. A Labour Party politician, he was not picked by Tony Blair to be its selected candidate. Mr Livingstone declared he would stand as an Independent. He was kicked out of The Party and beat Labour's Frank Dobson .
The then-prime minister invited him back into the Labour fold In Time for a second stint as mayor.
Personal lifeKenneth Robert Livingstone was born at the tail-end of World War Two in South London , to an acrobatic dancer and a ship's master in the Merchant Navy .
He left school at 17 and started work as a Laboratory Technician . By his early 20s he was an active Labour Party member.
He had a child at the Age Of 57 with his long-term partner and later wife Emma Beal .
At The Time This Was thought to be his first child but in 2008 it emerged he already had three other children with another Two Women .
The Livingstones went on to have a Second Child in 2004.
His interests include reptiles and newts - Writing in The Guardian in 2010, he described skipping school and going to Streatham Common , hoping to catch some tadpoles. Instead, he found a Smooth Newt , which went home with him.
" My newt plunged into his new domain and slowly pranced backwards and forwards across the bottom. Mesmerised, I sat and stared at the exquisite detail of the colours and patterns in its tail, crest and the bright-orange spotted belly as it swam up to take another gulp of air. "
His political ascent had been Swift - within two years of joining the Labour Party in 1969, Mr Livingstone was elected as a councillor in his native Lambeth in South London in 1971 before joining the Greater London Council (GLC) in 1973, aged 27.
He took up a housing role in which he immediately kicked up a fuss about cuts to the GLC's house-building budget, and was sacked.
In 1981, Labour took control of The Council , and he was elected GLC Leader .
He always claimed his detractors contributed to making him a public figure.
" If [Margaret] Thatcher had just ignored us, " he suggested, " no-one would have ever heard of us. "
Darren Rodwell - Leader of Barking & Dagenham council - describes Mr Livingstone as a " leading light" in his own youth as he grew up in London.
" He was so Pivotal - as a young lad I'd Go On strikes and protests - he stood up against Margaret Thatcher for London.
" The GLC was disbanded because he wouldn't bow down. That's leadership.
" It's sad to hear about [his diagnosis], it's an awful illness. "
What is Alzheimer's disease?Alzheimer's is a condition that affects The Brain and is The Most Common Cause of dementia.
Dementia can make it difficult to remember things. People might forget who Family Members are. They might Get Lost or they may forget what everyday objects are called.
It can make people behave in a way that they've never done before. They may become very upset, sad or Angry - and find it difficult to deal with these feelings.
Prof Tony Travers , local government expert at the London School of Economics, describes Mr Livingstone as " a powerful figure in London politics since the 1970s" both as part of the GLC and as The First mayor.
" He was ahead of his Time - a supporter of political change ahead of what would be seen as The Norm . "
Mr Livingstone's flagship mayoral policy was the introduction of the congestion charge in Central London , later extended to west London.
Prof Travers said: " He was into minority rights, The Environment , At The Time it was seen as extreme left-wingery - Now it's mainstream politics in many ways.
" To introduce the congestion charge in his first term as mayor in 2003 was a majorly brave thing to do.
" The National government had looked at road-pricing and backed off. So he faced a lot of Opposition - Now people see the congestion charge as not a political thing. "
Mr Livingstone revelled in being a bete noire to The Right , supporting everyone from striking miners to Sinn Fein 's leaders at The Height of The Ira 's bombing campaign.
He goaded Mrs Thatcher across the Thames in Parliament during the turbulent 1980s by displaying the unemployment figures on City Hall .
During his second term as mayor, Mr Livingstone won widespread praise for The Way he stood up for London after the July 2005 suicide bombings and he helped win the 2012 Olympic Games for the capital.
He also became embroiled in a series of disputes with sections of the capital's Jewish community, leading to allegations of antisemitism.
In 2006, a High Court judge said Mr Livingstone had made " unnecessarily offensive" and " indefensible" remarks likening a Jewish reporter to a Nazi concentration camp guard.
He was, however, cleared of bringing The Office of mayor into disrepute, a ruling he hailed as a " victory for democracy and common sense".
A decade later, he found himself at the centre of a new storm when he came to the defence of MP Naz Shah who had been suspended over offensive Social Media posts.
Mr Livingstone insisted that, while her remarks were " over the top" she was not antisemitic, and that he had never encountered antisemitism in 40 Years in the Labour Party .
His Time In office ended in 2008 when he was defeated by another maverick and colourful opponent, Boris Johnson .
Mr Livingstone's legacy spreads further than London.
His Voice - described as " nasal and boring" by Britpop band Blur's producer Stephen Street - was even included on Ernold Same, one of the tracks on The Band 's Parklife follow-up album The Great Escape .
The Politician is credited in the sleeve notes as " The Right -On" Ken Livingstone .
Just another way of describing a divisive man of strong opinions who, when it came to what he believed was right for London, has always refused to toe The Line .
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