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Shipping Controller of Ministry of Shipping

The British Shipping Controller or, more accurately, simply the 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 organizing 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

  1. ^ a b 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. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  2. ^ a b http://smsmoewe.com/sundry/smsmhd15.htm
  3. ^ http://www.wrecksite.eu/ownerbuilderview.aspx?9161#&&aj=z2mMeoBr4zPVq%2bX5ByI6vmxFxMPJuJObE0zIz03Gz2k%3d
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