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Shipping Controller

Shipping Controller

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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]

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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]

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References

  1. [1]
    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.
  2. [2]
    "British Shipping Controller – Count Dohna and His SeaGull". Smsmoewe.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  3. [3]
    Lettens, Jan (25 April 2012). "TSC - The Shipping Controller (WWI)". WreckSite.
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