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Ministry of Shipping Established

Great Britain · Warfare / World War, 1st. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1916Date range
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1916

David Lloyd George Dwyfor, 1stDecember 1916

London · Warfare / World War, 1st

Creates a dedicated shipping ministry to control scarce merchant tonnage during the submarine crisis.

Names involved

David Lloyd George Dwyfor, 1st

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