Legally speaking, the owners representative on board is the Captain of the ship, properly referred to as the Master.
Merchant ships did (and still do!) travel all over the world, wherever there are sea ports.
The British did board the colonist ships, because they were the colonists. The acts of impressment, when British naval soldiers would commandeer American merchant ships in order to force the sailors to fight under the British Crown against Napoleon did not occur until the early 1800s.
103 merchant ships were sunk in world war one
Merchant ships can't have weapons because the government doesn't want weapons to be sold overseas. Which may be contributing to the war in Iraq.
3,000 Allied ships (175 warships; 2,825 merchant ships)
arm the merchant ships
Frederick C. Matthews has written: 'American merchant ships, 1850-1900' -- subject(s): History, Merchant marine, Merchant ships, Ships
Merchant ships did (and still do!) travel all over the world, wherever there are sea ports.
The British did board the colonist ships, because they were the colonists. The acts of impressment, when British naval soldiers would commandeer American merchant ships in order to force the sailors to fight under the British Crown against Napoleon did not occur until the early 1800s.
Roger Villar has written: 'Merchant ships at war' -- subject(s): Armed merchant ships, British Naval operations, Falkland Islands War, 1982, Merchant ships
Congress denied President Wilson the right to do what with merchant ships?
103 merchant ships were sunk in world war one
Orchard Cook has written: 'Mr. Cook's motion for arming merchant vessels' -- subject(s): Armed merchant ships, Merchant ships
Knarrs, which are Viking merchant ships.
Armed merchantmen.
Charles E. Cartwright has written: 'The tale of our merchant ships' -- subject(s): Merchant marine, Ships
H. J. Pursey has written: 'Merchant ship stability' -- subject- s -: Merchant ships, Stability of ships