[Milsurplus] "Ocean Boarding Vessel" ?

[Hubert Miller]

Hi Hue,
Per Wikipedia: "Ocean boarding vessels (OBVs) were merchant ships taken over by the Royal Navy<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Navy> during the Second World War<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_World_War> for the purpose of enforcing wartime blockades<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockade> by intercepting and boarding foreign vessels."

Link is here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_boarding_vessel

73, Gordon KJ6IKT

You are absolutely right, and i was wrong. "Boarding vessels" are different from "accommodation vessels", and i looked at a photo caption
and misconstrued the object. One thing that puzzles me: the boarding vessels have no armament, they are just listed as "merchant conversions", no enforcement.
-Hue Miller
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