FEWER SHIPWRECKS.
A RECORD NUMBER OF VESSELS. BROKEN UP IN 1024. A larger number of ships was broken up in 1924 than lias ever previously been recorded according to the statistical summary of ships totally lost, broken up and condemned, published by Lloyd’s Register. This shows that during 1924 the gross reduction m the mercantile, marine of the world amounted to 1016 ships of 1,857,679 tons, excluding all ships of less than .100 tons. Of this total 777 ships were steamers and motor ships, and 239 were' sailing ships. s The number of casualties at sea 1 shows a. decrease of 53,900,, tons for steamers and motor ships, but the amount of tonnage broken up durilig 1924, viz,, .1,326,134 tons, exceeds the figures for 1923 by 185,927 tons, and is the highest ever recorded. The tonnage of ships owned in Great Britain and Ireland broken up and dismantled dufing 1924 amounts to 26.1,575 tons. St ran dings and kindred casualties which are comprised under the term “wrecked” are the most prolific cause of disaster. To such casualties are attributable 50 per. ce,nt v of the losses of steamers and motor ships and 50 per cent, of sailing ships.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 12 October 1925, Page 8
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198FEWER SHIPWRECKS. Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 12 October 1925, Page 8
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