[2019] Did the British government pay for requisitioned ships?

In the times of the White Star heyday as the premier passenger liner, the British government always had a hand in the passenger and cargo industries.

Even to the point of financially providing assistance, see Cunard and White Star merger during the great depression as the most obvious example.

Big shipping always saw it in their best interest to work with the interests of the government and visa a virsa. My question would be how much compensation did they pay to the ships lost during WW1 and WW2 to those transport companies? If anyone knows please answer here as I would be curious to see what the answer is.