How the UK lost its shipbuilding industry

Re:How the UK lost its shipbuilding industry by realityking on Monday November 10, 2025 @04:41AM (#45874251)

I just clicked through to some of the listed ships and it appears they were all flying a British flag in 1982 before being requisitioned.

It’s not at all clear to me a government would have that power about a foreign flagged vessel, even if the shipping line owning it might be British.

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Re:How the UK lost its shipbuilding industry by RobotToaster on Monday November 10, 2025 @05:50AM (#45874641)

Maybe not legally, but most of the countries used as a flag of convenience are tiny, what could the Marshall islands do about it?

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