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Originally Posted by Varley
I am not sure that is entirely right Fw. I remember clearly that the shipping office in Liverpool had a chart describing MN 'Board of Trade' Uniform. All else was surely company uniform - all same McDonalds bun-flipper. Successive Merchant shipping Acts made wearing MN Uniform by those not in the MN a criminal offence (although well hedged with exceptions to permit use by those not deliberately intending to use it maliciously, such as fancy dress and stage players).
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I accept that there were many variations of uniform at company level, including some like Ben Line, who used RN 'executive curls' albeit with narrower stripes (that said up until the 1950s or 60s they used Standard MN Uniform). I'm sure other companies did the same.
In Bank Line when I joined, Standard MN Uniform was the order of the day inluding the East of Suez cap badge. As time passed company policy favoured the greys in tropical waters but there was no compulsion about it. By the time I left the MN there were many versions of uniform on a Bank Boat. They did introduce a cap badge of their own at some point but without crown.
Re Standard MN Uniform, see the link:
https://www.nautilusint.org/en/news-...ndard-uniform/