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THE BRITISH EMPIRE: — UNITED KINGDOM

Shipping and Navigation.

Vessels registered as belonging to the United Kingdom (including the Isle of Man and Channel Islands) at the end of each year

At end

Sailing Vessels

Steam Vessels

Total

of year

No.

Net Tons

No. Net Tons

No.

Net Tons

1913 1915 1916 1917 1918

8,336 8,019 7,669 7,186 6,857

846,504 776,761 714,830 625,428 603,905

12,602 '11,273,387 12,771 jll, 650,349 12,405 jll, 036,788 11,534 9,606,671 11,334 9,497,040

20,938 20,790 20,074 18,720 18,191

12,119,891 12,427,110 11,751,618 10,232,099 10,100,945

The total mimber of vessels on the registers at ports in the British Empire (including the United Kingdom) in 1918 was 36,395, of 12,295,671 tons net (sailing, 18,071 vessels, tonnage, 1,496,271; steam, 18,324 vessels, tonnage, 10,799,400).

Vessels built in the United Kingdom (including vessels built for foreigners) : —

Other than War Vessels

War Vessels

Year

Sailing

Steam

Total

For British For Royal Navy Foreigners

No.

Net Tons

No.

Net Tons

No.

Net. Tons

Tons Dis- placement

Gross Tons

1913 1915 1916 1917 1918

33S 158 115 59

11

30,382

12,942

14,334

7,229

5,663

909 394 385 348 313

1,170,107 397,212 409,568 764,598 820,829

1,247 552 500 407 324

1.200,489 410,154 423,892 771,827

826,492

193,785 (a) (a) («) («)

55,024 18

(a) Cannot be stated.

The output of merchant shipbuilding in gross tons was: in 1915, 650,919; 1916,541,552; 1917,1,163,474; 1918,1,342,396; 1919, 1,620,442; 1920, 2,055,624.

The total loss of United Kingdom merchant shipping from the outbreak of war in August, 1914, to the end of October, 1918, was 9,031,828 gross tons. New construction in that period amounted to 4,342,296 gross torjs, purchases abroad, to 530,000 gross tons, and enemy tonnage captured, to 716,520, making a net loss of 3,443,012 gross tons.

Total shipping of the United Kingdom engaged in the home and foreign trade or in fishing

Sailing Vessels

Steam Vessels

Total

Tonnage

(Net)

Number

3,886 3,198 2,877

Cannot

T-(Nct) ; ^-

569,088 17,783 506,801 ' 16,106 431,191 14,0'.'l

be stated.

Number

Tons (Net)

Persons

employed

1912 1913 1014 1915 | 10 } 1918 1

9.672 B,T91

9,609

11,146,100 11,462,690 11,783,846

209,023 275,891 281,558

11,714,198 11,959,491 12,214,540