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LLOYD'S REGISTER.
MERCANTILE "SHIPBUILDING IN
1919.
OTHER COUNTRIES. The average tonnage of steamers launched in the United Kingdom dur-
PARTICULARS OF TOTAL OUTPUT. ing 1919 is 2,930 tons; but, if steam-
It appears that outside the United ers of less than 500 eus be excluded, Kingdom, there have been launched the average reach.006 sons, com- during the year, 1871 merchant vas pared to 4,393 in 1918, 4,933 in seks of 5,524, 107 tons (1,554 stearn- 1917, 4,030 in 1916, 3,791 in 1915,
ers and motor vessels of 5,203,712 and and 4,460 in 1914.
tors and 317 sailing vessels VESSELS FITTED WITH TURBINES OR barges of 320,395 tons). The figures WITH INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES.
UNITED KINGDOM.
PARTICULARS OF TOTAL OUTPUT. During the year 1919 there have
The launches for the year include show an increase of 1,424,783 tons been launched in the United Kingdom 17 steamers with a total tonnage of, as compared with base for 1918, und ard 4,123,378 tons higher than those 612 merchant vessels of 1.620.442 148, 188 rons which will be fitted with for 1913, the pre-war record year, tons (viz., 541 steamers of 1.584,920 steam turbines, and five vessels of equal to an increase of 294 per cert. tons and 71 barges of 35,522 tons).
32,936 tons which will have Diesel The enormous increase in the out- These vessels have been built of
Engines.
pus of vessels abroad is well illus steel with the exception of one wooden The four largest vessels mentioned trated by the figures given in Table steamer and 53 vessels of reinforced above are a to be fitted with geared VII. In 1901 the torrage launched concrete, of which 41 were barges turbines. The largest Diesel engined reached, for the first time, over one without propelling machinery. Not a vessel launched during the year is of million tons, namely 1,092,800 tons. After considerable fluctuations, in single sailing vessel has been launch- €.980 tis. ed during the year.
1913 it reached the pre-war record figure of 1,400,729 tons. After drop- ping to 550,000 tons in 1915 a re- markable increase,, due to war condi- ons, has taken place. During 1917, 1,775,000 tons were launched, in 1918 4,100,000 tons, and during 1919 over 5,520.000 tons.
The figures are still 311.711 tors below the record figures of 1913 and.
OUTPUT OF LEADING PORTS.
The Glasgow district occupies first represent an output 11.2 per cent. place amongst the shipbuilding centres lower than the average of the three of the country, showing an output of pre-war years 19:1-13: they are, 337,030 tons. Then follow Sunder
(274,283 tons), Newcastle however, higher than the totals for land
(239,836 tons), Belfast (213,720 the four years 1915-18, the present
tons),
Greenock (188,717 tons), Ictal being 272,322 tons and 457,346 tons larger than those for 1918 and Middlesbrough (119,943 tons), and West Hartlepool (82,233 tons). The 1017 respectively.
largest increase, as compared with
It should be noted, however, that the tonnage.shown as launched dur-
PROGRESS OF SHIPBUILDING DURING THE YEAR.
SIZE AND TYPE OF VESSELS. The returns for the year include 267
1918, has taken place on the Clyde, i vessels of berveen 4,000 and 6,000 ing the war period does not include the figures for which are 176,987 tons each; 263 of between 6,000 and vessels building to the order of the s higher than the previous year. 8,000 tons; 17 of between 8,000 and tons each, three of the latter being Government for other than mercantile The increase for: Belfast is 65,461 10,000 tons; and five of over 10,000 toss, while in the Newcastle and purposes." NATIONALITY OF VESSELS LAUNCHED. Hartlepool districts an actual decrease stedmers of about 15,000 tons cach The figures for the year include 350 Nearly the whole of the tonnage of 26.758 tons and 18,180 tons re-launched in the United States.
vessels of a total tonnage of 1,939,210 launched during the year will be for spectively is recorded.
tons to be fitted with turbines, 92 per registration in the United Kingdom,
cent, of which tonnage will have gear. only 29 steel steamers of 97.459 cons,
As regards the movement of the ed turbines. The output for the year or 6 per cent. of the total tonnage,
during the also comprises 170 steamers of teing for owners residing abroad. shipbuilding industry This percentage, although higher than course of 1010, Lloyd's Register 1,060,741 tons built on the Isherwood during the two previous years, is con- Quarterly Returns show that at the system of longitudinal framing. In- siderably less than the pre-war figures opening of the year 1,979:952 tons cluding 49 of these vessels of 326,344 which, for the five years, 1909-1913, were actually under construction in tons there were launched during the the United Kingdom. A steady in- year 60 vessels of 369,804 tons for reached an average of 224 per cent. - Of the tonnage launched in 1919 crease has taken place since then. the carriage of oil in bulk. Practic- French owners acquired 27,881 tons, The March returns showed an increase ally the whole of the tankers and ves- Norwegian owners 20,054 tons and of about 275,000 tons, the June re-sels built on the Isherwood system
turns 269,000 tans, and the Septem-were launched In the United States. Greek owners 15,750 tons.
ber returns 293,000 tons. The During 1919 there were launched amount of tonnage building at the end 150 vessels of 123,000 tons to be of December, 1919, has reached the fitted with internal combustion en enormous figure of 2,994,249 tons; gines. Only three of these vessels that is a Further increase of 177,000 are of over 5,000 tons each, one built ons, "so that the total tonnage now in Sweden of 5,525 tons, one built in under construction is 1,014,000 tons the United States of 6,099 tons, and higher than the work in hand twelve one, the largest, launched during the months ago.
year, namely, the "Afrika," of 9,050
SIZE AND TYPE OF VESSELS.
The returns for 1919 show that 127 versels of between 5,000 and 6,000 tons each, and 62 vessels of 6,000 ions and upwards were launched; the following were of over 10,000 tons
each:-
Arundel Castle... 22,150 tons. Cameronia 16,000.
Oropesa
San Fernando
14,000
13,056
It may be of interest to compare the tons, building in Denmark. Hall of December figures with those for Jane, the total number of these vessels are Of the steamers building on the 1814, namely 1,722,124 tons; and sailing vessels fitted with auxiliary
power. of longitudinal with the record." pre-war figures of Isherwood system
The torrage of wood vessels includ framing 14 were laufithed, with a March, 1913, namely 2,063,694 tons. gross tonnage of 80, 193 tons In- which figure is 930.555 tons less than ed in, this year's total is 721,045 tons. which is over 13 per cent of the cluding 12 of these vessels with a the work in hand at the end of 1919.
Although the vessels of over 10,000 total toanage launched abroad during tonnage of 68,112 tons; there were launched during 1919 22 steamers of tons each launched during 1919 only 1919. As compared with the 1918 128,388 ions for the carriage of oil amount to hour it may be stated, as Agures, however, there is a decrease. in bulk. The returns also include 53 shown in the last Quarterly Ship of about 425,000-tons. These figures vessels of 32,467 tons built of re-in-building Returns, that there are now include a large, proportion of barges, forer 1 concrete: 102 trawlers; and a funder construction no less than 55 and other craft which cannot be de- farge number of vessels designed for vessels each one exceeding 10,000 cribed as real sailing vessels. Channel Coasting, and other special tons, 22, of which are of 15,000 tons
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