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Text=Displacement: 1,200-2,200 GRT|Length: 45-75 m|Beam: 12-14 m|Draft: 6-7.7 m|Mast: 22.5 m|Speed: 9-11 knots|Main Armament:Varies||Summary: Light Merchants ranged from 1,200-2,200 tons (GRT). Cargo capacity was between 100,000 and 200,000 cubic feet. Older ships were powered by steam turbines or reciprocating steam engines, with no LP exhaust system. Fuel was typically solid or crushed coal, although a minority were converted to burn oil. They were rarely mass produced but were made to order in small classes of 5-10 ships. They were extremely common, especially on routes between coastal ports that did not require large, fast ships. Modified variants were built to carry timber, grain, vegetable oil, and other unique cargoes. Despite their small size they could still be used on transatlantic voyages, if necessary. During the war, neutral vessels remained unarmed. Merchants owned by belligerent nations received increasingly heavy armament as the war progressed. 
