Requisition of Ships
The whole of the Ocean-going merchant fleet of the United Kingdom, totalling about 3,000 vessels, is under the requisition of the British Government. Vessels are paid for at fixed rates per month, wherever they are sent, and whatever they are asked to load. They carry either Government cargoes or such cargoes as the Government may direct. Any freights they earn are earned for the British Treasury. This system of requisition did not begin until 1917 during the last war, but this time it was brought into operation almost immediately because of the greater advantage in carrying on the war effort. This requisition of shipping does not apply to ships on the registers of the Dominions and India, which are therefore able to decide what shall be done with their own ships,
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 40, 29 March 1940, Page 4
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134Requisition of Ships New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 40, 29 March 1940, Page 4
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