GERMAN SHIPBUILDING

Dominion, Volume 16, Issue 169, 5 April 1923, Page 8

GERMAN SHIPBUILDING

While practically every maritime country in the world showed a decrease in shipbuilding during, the past year as compared with the previous one, Germany continued to forge ahead, her production being second only to that of British yards. Launchings in German} during 1922 were 525,829 gross tons, as against 509,064 tons in 1921. The output for both years is above the prewar figure of 465,000 tons, and represents a total of more than a million tons of new German vessels. Nearly 25 per cent, of last year’s total production is represented by the German output alone. In addition, the shipyards of Danzig, during the year, launched 49,435 tons. In 1913 the German output was only about 15 pei cent, of the total for the world. It will be noted that there were a number of changes in the ranking of the various shipbuilding countries during the past year. Great Britain still leads, but tho United States has diopped from second place to fifth. Germany has advanced from third to second, and France from sixth to third. Holland still holds fourth place, Japan has dropped from fifth to seventh, and Italy has advanced from seventh to sixth. .