In 1931 the prime minister, Ramsay MacDonald, opened a new aerodrome at Blackpool's Stanley Park, which was requisitioned by the Royal Air Force during the second world war.
Delphine was designed by Henry John Gielow of New York, who had built previous much-loved yachts for the Dodge brothers; Horace's sister once wrote a teary farewell poem to another of the family's yachts, the Gielow-designed Nokomis, which was requisitioned by the U.S. Navy.
Then, as now, the poor were requisitioned to fight the wars which enrich the few, dying and suffering disproportionately.
Eight CAM ships were requisitioned from private owners, two of which were sunk: Daghestan, Daltonhall, Eastern City, Helencrest, Kafiristan, Michael E (sunk), Novelist, Primrose Hill (sunk).
Dughan avoided the hamlet where until recently locals had lived, which had been requisitioned, with only minor scandal.
Some were created in former concentration camps, others were parts of towns, which had been requisitioned by the Allies.
In Britain, people who had seen men from the Welsh Guards departing on the luxury cruise liner the QE2, which had been requisitioned for service to carry troops to the South Atlantic, now saw pictures of two stricken ships, and desperate attempts to rescue troops from the burning vessels by helicopter and by boat.
Private cars, ambulances, trucks, delivery vans and taxis were requisitioned.
During the Occupation, horses were requisitioned, and men were called up for forced labor in Germany.
In a scene recalling Dunkirk, some 50 civilian ships were requisitioned for supplies.
