Stumbled across some early 1950s NATO documents concerning the defensive arming and equipping of Merchant Ships. SGS.1 and the 4" Mk 25 are briefly mentioned, although unsurprisingly the vast majority of equipment intended for DEMS was supposed to come from US stocks.
There are more documents...
armed merchant ships
armed merchantman
cold war
defensively equipped merchant ships
early 1950s
great britain
north atlantic treaty organisation
royalnavytradedivision (royalnavy)
united states
united states navy
Does anyone know anything more about this?
https://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/568598.html
Description
Scale 1:192. A plan showing the outboard profile and arrangement of rig of a proposed aircraft carrier/liner hybrid by Eustace H. T. D'Eyncourt [Director of Naval...
1920s
aircraft carrier
british commonwealth
british empire
director of naval construction (royalnavy)
directorate of naval construction
great britain
interwar period
ships taken up from trade
stuft
tradedivision (royalnavy)
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