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Platinum Jubilee Portrait 2022
Master of the Merchant Navy and Fishing Fleets, Queen Elizabeth II.
The term Merchant Navy was coined by King George V in 1919, as recognition of the sacrifice made by merchant seafarers during the First World War. On the 14th February 1928, ‘His Majesty King George V formally renamed the Mercantile Marine in appointing HRH The Prince of Wales as the first ‘Master of the Merchant Navy and Fishing Fleets’.
In honour of that sacrifice, King George V formally granted the title “Merchant Navy” collectively to the companies whose vessels made up the fleet. A decade after the war’s end, he appointed his eldest son, Edward, Prince of Wales, as “Master of the Merchant Navy and Fishing Fleets”. He retained the title on his accession to the throne in 1936 and it has since passed automatically to his successors, George VI and the current monarch, Queen Elizabeth II.
On 5 November 1955, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II unveiled a memorial at Tower Hill to the 24,000 men of the Merchant Navy and fishing fleets who lost their lives during World War II.
Master of the Merchant Navy and Fishing Fleets, Queen Elizabeth II.
The term Merchant Navy was coined by King George V in 1919, as recognition of the sacrifice made by merchant seafarers during the First World War. On the 14th February 1928, ‘His Majesty King George V formally renamed the Mercantile Marine in appointing HRH The Prince of Wales as the first ‘Master of the Merchant Navy and Fishing Fleets’.
In honour of that sacrifice, King George V formally granted the title “Merchant Navy” collectively to the companies whose vessels made up the fleet. A decade after the war’s end, he appointed his eldest son, Edward, Prince of Wales, as “Master of the Merchant Navy and Fishing Fleets”. He retained the title on his accession to the throne in 1936 and it has since passed automatically to his successors, George VI and the current monarch, Queen Elizabeth II.
On 5 November 1955, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II unveiled a memorial at Tower Hill to the 24,000 men of the Merchant Navy and fishing fleets who lost their lives during World War II.