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A merchant navy or merchant marine is the fleet of merchant vessels that are registered in a country, which varies in capacity. Seafarers on merchant vessels, who hold various military-like ranks and responsibilities and are sometimes members of various maritime trade unions, are required by the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers to carry Merchant Mariner's Documents. King George V bestowed the title of the "Merchant Navy" on the British merchant shipping fleets following their service in the First World War, however a number of other nations have since adopted the title. The following is a partial list of the merchant navies or merchant marines of various countries. In many countries the fleet's proper name is simply the capitalized version of the common noun.
The British Merchant Navy comprises the British merchant ships that transport cargo and people during time of peace and war.
For long periods of the last millennium, the Merchant Navy had the largest merchant fleet in the world, but it has slipped down the rankings. Today, there are 429 ships of 1,000 Gross Tonnes (GT) or over, making a total of 9,181,284 GT (9,566,275 tons deadweight (DWT)). These are split into the following types: bulk carrier 18, cargo 55, chemical tanker 48, container 134, liquefied gas 11, passenger 12, passenger/cargo 64, petroleum tanker 40, refrigerated cargo 19, roll on/roll off 25, vehicle carrier 3. There are also 446 ships registered in other countries, and 202 foreign-owned ships registered in the UK. (2005 CIA estimate)
Actors: Christine Vachon (producer), Eugene Stamos (miscellaneous crew), Kyra Sedgwick (actress), Eva Vedock (miscellaneous crew), David Velasco (miscellaneous crew), William Sepulveda (miscellaneous crew), Jennifer Jason Leigh (actress), David Rasche (actor), Erik Bright (miscellaneous crew), Daniel Radcliffe (actor), David Cross (actor), John Cullum (actor), Paul Brennan (miscellaneous crew), Brian A. Kates (editor), Michael C. Hall (actor),
Plot: In the early 1940s, Alan Ginsberg is an English major in Columbia University, only to learn more than he bargained for. Dissatisfied by the orthodox attitudes of the school, Alan finds himself drawn to iconoclastic colleagues like Lucien Carr, William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac. Together, this gang would explore bold new literary ideas that would challenge the sensibilities of their time as the future Beat Generation. However, for all their creativity, their very appetites and choices lead to more serious transgressions that would mark their lives forever.
Keywords: 1940s, arrest, author, beat-generation, book, breaking-and-entering, college-student, columbia-university, coming-of-age, drugsActors: Christine Vachon (producer), Eugene Stamos (miscellaneous crew), Kyra Sedgwick (actress), Eva Vedock (miscellaneous crew), David Velasco (miscellaneous crew), William Sepulveda (miscellaneous crew), Jennifer Jason Leigh (actress), David Rasche (actor), Erik Bright (miscellaneous crew), Daniel Radcliffe (actor), David Cross (actor), John Cullum (actor), Paul Brennan (miscellaneous crew), Brian A. Kates (editor), Michael C. Hall (actor),
Plot: In the early 1940s, Alan Ginsberg is an English major in Columbia University, only to learn more than he bargained for. Dissatisfied by the orthodox attitudes of the school, Alan finds himself drawn to iconoclastic colleagues like Lucien Carr, William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac. Together, this gang would explore bold new literary ideas that would challenge the sensibilities of their time as the future Beat Generation. However, for all their creativity, their very appetites and choices lead to more serious transgressions that would mark their lives forever.
Keywords: 1940s, arrest, author, beat-generation, book, breaking-and-entering, college-student, columbia-university, coming-of-age, drugsActors: Joel Coen (writer), Ethan Coen (director), Ethan Coen (writer), Scott Rudin (producer), Joel Coen (producer), Ethan Coen (producer), Ethan Phillips (actor), F. Murray Abraham (actor), David Boston (actor), John Goodman (actor), Justin Timberlake (actor), Rosemary Howard (actress), Rosemary Howard (actress), Ethan Coen (editor), Joel Coen (director),
Plot: Follow a week in the life of a young folk singer as he navigates the Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961. Guitar in tow, huddled against the unforgiving New York winter, he is struggling to make it as a musician against seemingly insurmountable obstacles -- some of them of his own making.
Keywords: 1960s, abortion, audition, bar, cat, character-name-in-title, concert, couch, driving-at-night, driving-in-snowActors: Marlon Brando (actor), Henry Rowland (actor), Martin Kosleck (actor), Roy Jenson (actor), Trevor Howard (actor), Rainer Penkert (actor), Harold Goodwin (actor), Gregg Barton (actor), Hans Christian Blech (actor), Yul Brynner (actor), Martin Benrath (actor), Max Haufler (actor), Carl Esmond (actor), Ivan Triesault (actor), George Takei (actor),
Plot: A German living in India during World War II is blackmailed by the English to impersonate an SS officer on board a cargo ship leaving Japan for Germany carrying a large supply of rubber for tyres. His mission is to disable the scuttling charges so the captain cannot sink the ship if they are stopped by English warships.
Keywords: 1940s, based-on-novel, blackmail, british, camouflage, cargo-ship, code-name, dead-woman, dead-woman-with-eyes-open, destroyerActors: Marlon Brando (actor), Henry Rowland (actor), Martin Kosleck (actor), Roy Jenson (actor), Trevor Howard (actor), Rainer Penkert (actor), Harold Goodwin (actor), Gregg Barton (actor), Hans Christian Blech (actor), Yul Brynner (actor), Martin Benrath (actor), Max Haufler (actor), Carl Esmond (actor), Ivan Triesault (actor), George Takei (actor),
Plot: A German living in India during World War II is blackmailed by the English to impersonate an SS officer on board a cargo ship leaving Japan for Germany carrying a large supply of rubber for tyres. His mission is to disable the scuttling charges so the captain cannot sink the ship if they are stopped by English warships.
Keywords: 1940s, based-on-novel, blackmail, british, camouflage, cargo-ship, code-name, dead-woman, dead-woman-with-eyes-open, destroyerActors: Marlon Brando (actor), Henry Rowland (actor), Martin Kosleck (actor), Roy Jenson (actor), Trevor Howard (actor), Rainer Penkert (actor), Harold Goodwin (actor), Gregg Barton (actor), Hans Christian Blech (actor), Yul Brynner (actor), Martin Benrath (actor), Max Haufler (actor), Carl Esmond (actor), Ivan Triesault (actor), George Takei (actor),
Plot: A German living in India during World War II is blackmailed by the English to impersonate an SS officer on board a cargo ship leaving Japan for Germany carrying a large supply of rubber for tyres. His mission is to disable the scuttling charges so the captain cannot sink the ship if they are stopped by English warships.
Keywords: 1940s, based-on-novel, blackmail, british, camouflage, cargo-ship, code-name, dead-woman, dead-woman-with-eyes-open, destroyerActors: Marlon Brando (actor), Henry Rowland (actor), Martin Kosleck (actor), Roy Jenson (actor), Trevor Howard (actor), Rainer Penkert (actor), Harold Goodwin (actor), Gregg Barton (actor), Hans Christian Blech (actor), Yul Brynner (actor), Martin Benrath (actor), Max Haufler (actor), Carl Esmond (actor), Ivan Triesault (actor), George Takei (actor),
Plot: A German living in India during World War II is blackmailed by the English to impersonate an SS officer on board a cargo ship leaving Japan for Germany carrying a large supply of rubber for tyres. His mission is to disable the scuttling charges so the captain cannot sink the ship if they are stopped by English warships.
Keywords: 1940s, based-on-novel, blackmail, british, camouflage, cargo-ship, code-name, dead-woman, dead-woman-with-eyes-open, destroyerActors: Marlon Brando (actor), Henry Rowland (actor), Martin Kosleck (actor), Roy Jenson (actor), Trevor Howard (actor), Rainer Penkert (actor), Harold Goodwin (actor), Gregg Barton (actor), Hans Christian Blech (actor), Yul Brynner (actor), Martin Benrath (actor), Max Haufler (actor), Carl Esmond (actor), Ivan Triesault (actor), George Takei (actor),
Plot: A German living in India during World War II is blackmailed by the English to impersonate an SS officer on board a cargo ship leaving Japan for Germany carrying a large supply of rubber for tyres. His mission is to disable the scuttling charges so the captain cannot sink the ship if they are stopped by English warships.
Keywords: 1940s, based-on-novel, blackmail, british, camouflage, cargo-ship, code-name, dead-woman, dead-woman-with-eyes-open, destroyerActors: Marlon Brando (actor), Henry Rowland (actor), Martin Kosleck (actor), Roy Jenson (actor), Trevor Howard (actor), Rainer Penkert (actor), Harold Goodwin (actor), Gregg Barton (actor), Hans Christian Blech (actor), Yul Brynner (actor), Martin Benrath (actor), Max Haufler (actor), Carl Esmond (actor), Ivan Triesault (actor), George Takei (actor),
Plot: A German living in India during World War II is blackmailed by the English to impersonate an SS officer on board a cargo ship leaving Japan for Germany carrying a large supply of rubber for tyres. His mission is to disable the scuttling charges so the captain cannot sink the ship if they are stopped by English warships.
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Genres: Comedy, Drama, War,