Make your own armed men go to the ship (7)
I believe the answer is:
possess
'make your own armed men' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'to the ship' is the wordplay.
'to the' becomes 'posse' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'ship' becomes 'SS' (prefix in ship names eg SS Great Britain).
'posse'+'ss'='POSSESS'
'go' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for possess that I've seen before include "Have ownership of" , "Own, keep" , "Consume" , "Have - control" , "Have as one's own" .)