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Originally Posted by _Seth_
When the merchants started carrying guns, and became so called "armed merchants", was their crew considered soliders or plain sailors? Did they in that case have the same rights (similar to the later 1948 geneva-convention) as a combattant, or was they treated as non-combattants? I just have to ask, or else i cant get to sleep...:hmm:
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Actually I believe these men who manned the guns were navy personel not the merchantmen. Correct me if I'm wrong on this. I do recall reading a book that said the men on the guns had rank and were part of he navies.
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