Armed merchantman
An armed merchantman is a merchant ship equipped with guns, usually for defensive purposes, either by design or after the fact. In the days of sail, piracy and privateers, many merchantmen would be routinely armed, especially those engaging in long distance and high value trade. In more modern times, auxiliary cruisers were used offensively as merchant raiders to disrupt trade chiefly during both World War I and World War II, particularly by Germany.
Chinese transport Fu PoGerman auxiliary cruiser HansaHMS Ambrose (1903)HMS MantuaHMS OtrantoHMS RawalpindiHMS ScotstounItalian ship Piero FoscariKongō Maru-class armed merchantmenRMS Alcantara (1913)RMS_Alcantara_(1926)RMS Arlanza (1911)RMS Asturias (1925)RMS Atrato (1888)Ruijin-class armed merchantmanSS Augusta Victoria (1888)SS Saint Paul (1895)SS St. Louis (1894)SS Yorktown (1894)Spanish cruiser RapidoUSS Badger (1889)USS Buffalo (1893)USS Dixie (1893)USS Mayflower (1897)USS Panther (1889)USS Yosemite (1892)
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Chinese transport Fu PoHMS OtrantoHMS RawalpindiHMS ScotstounItalian ship Piero FoscariKongō Maru-class armed merchantmenRuijin-class armed merchantmanSS Saint Paul (1895)SS St. Louis (1894)Spanish cruiser RapidoUSS Badger (1889)USS Buffalo (1893)USS Dixie (1893)USS Panther (1889)USS Yosemite (1892)
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Armed merchantman
An armed merchantman is a merchant ship equipped with guns, usually for defensive purposes, either by design or after the fact. In the days of sail, piracy and privateers, many merchantmen would be routinely armed, especially those engaging in long distance and high value trade. In more modern times, auxiliary cruisers were used offensively as merchant raiders to disrupt trade chiefly during both World War I and World War II, particularly by Germany.
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An armed merchantman is a merc ...... troyed and had to be scuttled.
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Een hulpkruiser is een koopvaa ...... dt omgebouwd tot oorlogsschip.
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Hilfskreuzer waren umgerüstete ...... rdampfer für den Handelskrieg.
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Hjälpfartyg är en typ av örlog ...... starkt beväpnade stridsfartyg.
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Krążownik pomocniczy (niem. Hi ...... podczas obu wojen światowych).
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Pomocný křižník je označení pů ...... přepravu vojenských jednotek.
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Un creuer auxiliar és un vaixe ...... tzar llargs creuers de combat.
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Un croiseur auxiliaire est un ...... ondial et 12 durant le second.
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Un incrociatore ausiliario, me ...... ed adattata all'uso militare.
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Вспомогательный крейсер — быст ...... т их использования отказались.
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An armed merchantman is a merc ...... r II, particularly by Germany.
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Een hulpkruiser is een koopvaa ...... dt omgebouwd tot oorlogsschip.
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Hilfskreuzer waren umgerüstete ...... rdampfer für den Handelskrieg.
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Hjälpfartyg är en typ av örlog ...... som sänktes i Falklandskriget
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Krążownik pomocniczy (niem. Hi ...... kresie I i II wojny światowej.
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Pomocný křižník je označení pů ...... přepravu vojenských jednotek.
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Un creuer auxiliar és un vaixe ...... r en canons, torpedes i mines.
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Un croiseur auxiliaire est un ...... ondial et 12 durant le second.
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Un incrociatore ausiliario, me ...... ed adattata all'uso militare.
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Вспомогательный крейсер — быст ...... (в ВМФ Германии и ВМФ Японии).
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Armed merchantman
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Creuer auxiliar
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Croiseur auxiliaire
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Hilfskreuzer
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Hjälpfartyg
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Hulpkruiser
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Incrociatore ausiliario
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Krążownik pomocniczy
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Pomocný křižník
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Вспомогательный крейсер
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