Thankyou for that. Edie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chrism" <chrism@webone.com.au> To: "Edie McArthur" <ediemc@bigpond.com>; "Mariners Rootsweb" <mariners@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 6:11 PM Subject: Re: [MAR] Ships name change > Edie, > British ships keep their original number. I don't know about others. > Chris > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Edie McArthur" <ediemc@bigpond.com> > To: "Mariners Rootsweb" <mariners@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 4:24 PM > Subject: [MAR] Ships name change > > > Hi > Can anyone tell me please if a Ship has a name change (Mercahnt Navy) does > the ship keep her original number please. > Thanks > Edie >