Welcome!

Welcome to this history and tribute site for Barry Merchant Seamen. Our concern is the lack of recognition given to those in the Merchant Navy for their work, particularly during the World Wars. We are interested in the port of Barry (in South Wales, UK), once a major coal exporting facility, and the way that had an impact on the town's seamen, resulting in their disproportionately high casualty rate.

Site news

The new format and appearance of the site seems to work: remember that many browsers provide an easy way to chage font size and allow substitute style sheets (for different fonts, text colours etc).

The rearrangement of the contents with Ships and Articles in their own subsections is to allow for sensible listing and access as the number of items here increases.

Latest changes (16th May 2008)

• Added notice for the National Merchant Navy Day Commemoration and Re-union
• Re-structured: articles and ships have separate contents, and links in the page headers
• Minor updates to ships lost list
• Added Joe Earl's gift poem The PS Barry

What else is on this site

• Contents page includes:
• • About this site
  • Credits & Contacts
  • Pictures of the Memorial
  • The Plaques on the Memeorial
  • Sailors and ships lost during WW2
  • Possibilities for non-virtual development
  • Essays and articles
  • Ship notes

Pages not here yet but planned ...

• Liberty ships and the "Sam..." names
• The SS Anglo Saxon
• Stokers, firemen and trimmers
• Why convoys?
• Non convoyed (independent) ships
• Barry docks - growth and decline
• Contributor biographies (brief!)
• Book list