1. The 3rd Division consisted of the smaller screw gunboats and armed merchantmen . 2. She attacked 19 Allied armed merchantmen but only succeeded in sinking 9 of them. 3. In World War I, some ships were refitted as Armed merchantmen or auxiliary minelayers. 4. In 1914 she was re-fitted to become one of the Admiralty's Armed merchantmen . 5. Initially obsolescent cruisers were used but these were later replaced by Armed Merchantmen which had better seakeeping qualities. 6. Most of its ships were probably armed merchantmen , carrying around 40 guns, a few were probably larger. 7. The Axis threat to Australia developed gradually and until 1942 was limited to sporadic attacks by German armed merchantmen . 8. On their approach three large armed merchantmen , commanded to assist the guard ships, lost courage and fled. 9. The Spanish fleet, numbering two galleons and ten well armed merchantmen , also received extra munitions and armaments. 10. Promoted to captain in June 1915 and later given command of the armed merchantman HMS " Calliope ".
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