Mercantile Movements Division (Royal Navy)

Mercantile Movements Division
Agency overview
Formed1917-1920
Preceding agency
Superseding agency
  • Tactical Division
Jurisdiction United Kingdom
HeadquartersAdmiralty, London
Agency executive
  • Director of Mercantile Movements
Parent agencyAdmiralty Naval Staff

The Mercantile Movements Division originally known as the Convoy Section was a former Directorate of the British Admiralty, Naval Staff that coordinated, organised and plotted all Merchant Navy convoys, routing and schedules from 1917 until 1920.

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