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merchant marine

organization, fleet and crew of merchant vessels operating under a national flag
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merchant marine

Summary

merchant marine ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,858 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • merchant marine is a type of fleet[2].
  • merchant marine is a type of organization[3].
  • merchant marine is used for commercial shipping[4].
  • merchant marine's Commons category is recorded as Merchant marine[5].
  • merchant marine's said to be the same as is recorded as merchant shipping[6].
  • merchant marine's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Merchant navy[7].
  • merchant marine's practiced by is recorded as Q107994920[8].
  • merchant marine's practiced by is recorded as Q107996006[9].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include fleet[2] and organization[3].

Use and Application

merchant marine is used for commercial shipping[4].

Why It Matters

merchant marine ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,858 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

Related Entities

Günther Prien organization

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as → merchant shipping
    Subclass of → fleet, organization
    Topic's main category → Category:Merchant navy
    Practiced by → Q107994920, Q107996006
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 8080, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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