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When it was first formed it did not own a ship of the line and had no ship building capacity. Not even an armed merchant fleet was available, It was a Navy in name alone.
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An armed merchant ship, built in Amsterdam in 1628. Shipwrecked on her maiden voyage of the coast of Australia
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The name of the armed services of the Third Reich was Wehrmacht.
The name of the ship that ships ships is "The Ship Ship."
It is a privateer, provided it is commissioned or authorised by a Government (usually in time of war). Otherwise, it may be classed as a pirate or buccaneer.