List of British mariners
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Over the history of the British Merchant Navy, a number of mariners have become prominent due to actions or a subsequent career. Notable members of the British Merchant Navy have included:
Officers
[edit]Captains
[edit]- James Bisset, Commodore of the Cunard Line, captained RMS Queen Mary and RMS Queen Elizabeth during World War II
- Joseph Conrad, author; Merchant Navy captain during the late 19th-century[1]
- Herbert Haddock, first captain of RMS Titanic
- Stanley Lord, captain of SS Californian during the Titanic disaster
- Frederick Parslow, first Merchant Navy recipient of the Victoria Cross; captain of the HMHT Anglo-Calfornian when killed in U-boat attack
- Arthur Rostron, Commodore of the Cunard Line; captain of RMS Carpathia during the Titanic disaster
- Samuel Robinson, captain of the RMS Empress of Australia during the Great Kantō Earthquake
- Edward Smith, Captain of the RMS Titanic
- William Thomas Turner, last captain of the RMS Lusitania
General Officers
[edit]- Jameson Adams, Merchant navy officer, participant of the Nimrod expedition
- David Blair, original Second Officer of Titanic; officer of the watch during the HMS Oceanic grounding and sinking
- Joseph Boxhall, Titanic Fourth Officer; served in the Royal Navy during WWI[2]
- Victoria Drummond, Marine engineer, first woman to serve as an officer in the British Merchant Navy[3]
- Charles Lightoller, Titanic Second Officer; participated in the Dunkirk evacuation during WWII
- Harold Lowe, Titanic Fifth Officer; served in the Royal Navy during WWI and as an air raid warden during WWII[4]
- William Murdoch, Titanic First Officer; died on the Titanic
- Herbert Pitman, Titanic Third Officer; merchant sailor in WWI and WWII
- James Moody, Titanic Sixth Officer; died on the Titanic
- Henry Wilde, Titanic Chief Officer; died on the Titanic
Others
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[edit]B
[edit]C
[edit]D
[edit]E
[edit]F
[edit]G
[edit]H
[edit]- Adrian Harbidge
- Jock Haston
- Brian Haw
- Robert Hichens, Quartermaster on Titanic
- Michael Holliday
- John Horner (British politician)
- Stan Hugill
- Gareth Hunt
J
[edit]- Michael Jackson, singer
- Brian Jacques
- Thomas Jones (Titanic survivor), sailor on Titanic
K
[edit]L
[edit]- Reginald Robinson Lee, lookout on Titanic
- Basil Lubbock
- Trevor Lummis
M
[edit]N
[edit]- Laurence Naismith, actor[5]
O
[edit]- Tom Oliver
- Alfred Olliver, Quartermaster on Titanic
- Albert Owen
P
[edit]- Bryan Pearson, politician
- William Henry Pennington
- John Prescott
R
[edit]- Les Rackley, boxing trainer
- Jonathan Rees
- John Richardson (actor)
- George Roper
- George Thomas Rowe, Quartermaster on Titanic
- Ken Russell
- William Clark Russell
S
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[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Joseph Conrad". Encyclopaedia Britannica.
- ↑ "RMS Titanic: Fourth Officer Boxhall" (PDF). A Quiet Sea. Retrieved February 28, 2025.
- ↑ "Victoria Alexandrina Drummond, M.B.E." Clan McFarlane and Associated Clans Genealogy. Retrieved January 20, 2013.
- ↑ Sheil, Inger (2012). Titanic Valour: The Life of Fifth Officer Harold Lowe. The History Press. ISBN 978-0752469966.
- ↑ LAURENCE NAISMITH Metacritic. Retrieved February 14, 2023.