Merchant navy - How To Discuss

Merchant navy,

Definition of Merchant navy:

1. A countrys commercial shipping, as opposed to that involved in military activity.

2. All non-military ships including bulk carriers, coasters, container ships, tankers, passenger liners, etc., but excluding fishing and research vessels, listed on the official registry of a country. Also called merchant marine.

How to use Merchant navy in a sentence?

1. In 1918 he joined the merchant navy, then did military service before returning to Paris in 1922.