Confederate States Merchant Navy

"All civilian and government owned merchant vessels shall be included in a register of said vessels, vessels within said register shall be considered a part of the Confederate States Merchant Navy. The Merchant Navy shall be concerned with the transport of goods and services across the Confederacy and allied territories."

- Part of the Confederate Merchant Navy Act, the act which created the navy

The Confederate States Merchant Navy (C.S.M.N; also known as the Confederate Merchant Navy, the Confederate Merchant Fleet, the Merchant Navy, and, simply, the Merchant Fleet') was a navy consisting of all merchant ships registered within the Confederate States of Earth, these included both government and civilian-owned ships. The Merchant Navy was led by the "Grand Admiral of the Merchant Navy", and was based in Port Zarkan, the largest port in the Confederacy, which was close to Zarkan City.

Founded as a means to bring all merchant ships together into one overarching organisation, the Merchant Navy was not a "navy" in the sense of the Confederate States of Earth Navy, rather it was a means of having all merchant vessels work together as part of a common goal, that goal being keeping the Confederacy and allied territories and space supplied.

As with the other national navies of the Confederacy the Merchant Navy had both oceanic and space fleets, the oceanic fleet consisted mainly of traditional cargo ships, whilst the space fleet had starship transports such as the Trade Federation Freighter (designated the Neimoidia-class Space Transport by the Confederacy), the Trade Federation Superfreighter (designated the Super Neimoidia-class Space Transport) and the GR-75 medium transport (designated the Supply-class Space Transport).

The Merchant Navy used the civil ensign and jack of the Confederate States of Earth.