Shipping Controller
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| Shipping Controller of Ministry of Shipping | |
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| Appointer | Lloyd George Coalition Government |
| Constituting instrument | New Ministries and Secretaries Act 1916 |
| Formation | 10 December 1916 |
| First holder | Sir Joseph Maclay |
| Final holder | Lord Pirrie |
| Abolished | 1921 |
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Shipping Controller was a post created by the Lloyd George Coalition Government in 1916 under the New Ministries and Secretaries Act (6 & 7 George 5 c.68) to regulate and organize merchant shipping in order to supply the United Kingdom with the materials to fight the war following severe losses.[1][2]
Shipping Controllers
The first Shipping Controller was Sir Joseph Maclay,[1] later Baron Maclay, who was appointed on 10 December 1916.[2]
The second Shipping Controller was Lord Pirrie from 1918.[3]
See also
References
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- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Hurwitz, Samuel J (15 Oct 2013). "Chapter XI – The "Jugular Vein": Shipping". State Intervention in Great Britain: Study of Economic Control and Social Response, 1914–1919. Routledge. p. 194. ISBN 9781136931864. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."British Shipping Controller – Count Dohna and His SeaGull". Smsmoewe.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Lettens, Jan (25 April 2012). "TSC - The Shipping Controller (WWI)". WreckSite.
External links
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Finch, Ted; Provost, Gilbert. "WWI Standard Built Ships". Mariners.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."British Shipping Controller". Marlborough Express. 7 August 1917 – via Papers Past.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Records inherited and created by the Ministry of Transport, Shipping Divisions". The National Archives.
