Training of Officers of Mercantile Marine The Admiralty announce that the defence courses for officers of the Merchant Navy, details of which were announced in "The Times" of July 23, will begin in London and at Liverpool, Glasgow. and South Shields on August 30, at Hull and Cardiff on September 13, and at Southampton on dates to be promulgated later.
Programmes of the courses beginning on August 30 and instructions for those who wish to take part in them can be seen at the Mercantile Marine offices of the Board of Trade and at the main and branch offices of the Shipping Federation, Liverpool Steamship Owners' Association, Officers'. (Merchant Navy) Federation, and Mercantile Marine Service Association, The same information will be available at Hull and Cardiff on September 3.
These courses are designed to give to officers of the Merchant Navy instruction in the methods of, and equipment for, the defence of merchant ships in time of war. so as to ensure that there shall be no delay in the adoption of defence measures through lack of such knowledge. The courses are arranged so as to suit the convenience of ships' offücers and to interfere as little as possible with their ordinary duties.
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