| 1. | "Hardly anybody knew so many merchant seamen were dying, " he says.
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| 2. | He joined the United States Merchant Marine and became a merchant seaman.
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| 3. | The building was originally built as the Merchant Seamans'Orphan Asylum in 1861.
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| 4. | It was founded in 1784 by the Reincke family of merchant seamen.
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| 5. | He attended West Point for two years before becoming a merchant seaman.
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| 6. | He was a merchant seaman, stationary engineer and steam engineer by career.
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| 7. | Hansen returned to the United States and started working as a merchant seaman.
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| 8. | The Royal Merchant Seaman's Orphanage offered to educate two of Fryatt's seven children.
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| 9. | As a Merchant seaman he could not receive the VC at that time.
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| 10. | For centuries, the Swedes were merchant seamen well known for their far-reaching trade.
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