THE WORLD'S SHIPS
•INTERESTING STATISTICS
(Received 19th January, 2 p.m.)
LONDON, ISth January. Lloyd's register- annual summary of the world's shipbuilding for 1926 shows that six hundred vessels of ;> tonnage of 1,674,000 were launched in the world during the year. In. Great Britain and Ireland the tonnage launched was 639,000. The decrease for the world compared with 1925, was 518,000 tons and the decrease in Great Britain ?nd Ireland 445,000 tons. Compared with the record year of 1919, the decrease in the world was nearly 5,500,000 tons. Launches in the world for the year included 22 vessels of a tonnage of over 10,000 and eight of a tonnage of 15,000 The largest vessel was the turbineliner lie de France of 43,000. The tonnage afloat •in June,- 1926, was 59,117,000., compared with 42,514 000 in June, 1914. The tonnage of tankers nY™ w 5 >665>000> compared with iv 1914 > nna motor-ships d,500,000, compared with 234,000 while the tonnage of steamers fitted for oil fuel is 18,250,000, compared with 1,310,000 tons.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 15, 19 January 1927, Page 10
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169THE WORLD'S SHIPS Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 15, 19 January 1927, Page 10
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