Samuel Plimsoll

Samuel Plimsoll
Samuel Plimsoll.

Samuel Plimsoll (* 10. Februar 1824; † 3. Juni 1898) war ein britischer Abgeordneter, der gegen eine Reederschaft zu Felde zog, die absichtlich seeuntüchtige Schiffe ausfahren ließ, um bei Schiffbruch die Versicherungssumme zu erhalten.

Er mobilisierte die öffentliche Meinung gegen Premierminister Benjamin Disraeli und die Schiffseigner für eine Gesetzesvorlage gegen nicht seetüchtige Schiffe (Unseaworthy Ships Bill). Sie führte 1890 zur Kennzeichnung aller Handelsschiffe des Königreichs mit der so genannten Freibordmarke, die später von nahezu allen seeschifffahrttreibenden Nationen übernommen wurde.

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