ENEMY SHIPPING.
Sheltering in : ports of South America, are 205 German and Austrian vessels, . representing a. gross tonnage of 81^5,428.. , Ohili has {the largest number—B9 vessels, aggi-er ga,ting 518.383 tons. Nine steamers, each over 5000 . tons, are at Valparaiso. Brazilian ports accommodate 45 German vessels, totalling 235,191 tons, and four Austrian ships, aggregating 18,60.4 tons. The HambuvgAmerican liner Bluchea-, of 12,350 tons, generally believed to be armed, lies at Pernambrcq. In Argentine ];orts there a,re 15" enemy steamers, representing some 75,712 gross tons. The largest vessel of the number-Js< the Hambnrg-Sonth American liner Bahla Blanca, of 9349 tons. Else-, where there are the following:— ; . Mexico, 13 vessels, of 47,772 tons, gross; Peru, 10 vessels, .of- 42,863 tons gross; Uruguay, S vessels, of 42,658 tons gross; Cuba, 6 vessels, of 19,464 tons^ gross; Colombia., 4/ vessels, of 14,575 tons gross; Venezuela, 1 vessel, of 247 tons gross.
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Marlborough Express, Volume LI, Issue 155, 3 July 1917, Page 5
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146ENEMY SHIPPING. Marlborough Express, Volume LI, Issue 155, 3 July 1917, Page 5
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