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The 281 British ships carried 2,519 British officers and 50 Foreign officers, the latter consisting of 19 Norwegians, 13 Americans, 11 Danes, 5 Swedes, 4 Japanese, 2 Dutch, and 2 Belgian.
Thus the proportion of Foreign officers in British ships was 2.21 per cent, comprising 7 nationalities, an increase of 131 per cent with a decrease in number of officers and of ships.
The 436 Foreign ships carried 3,252 officers, of whom 69 were British as follows:-
In Chinese ships - 55 49
United States ships - 4 15
Japanese ships - 7 4
Russian ships - 0 1
1915. 1916.
66 69
Thus, 2.12 per cent of the officers serving in Foreign ships were of British nationality, with an increase in number of officers and of ships.
The nationality of the crews in British and in Foreign ships was as follows :-
VESSELS. BRITISH CREW. AMERICANS AND ASIATICS. EUROPEANS. 1915, 1916. 1915. 1916. 1915. 1916. 1915. 1916. British, 310 Foreign, 414 436 281 20,253 16,902 901 533 128,160 126,283 1,155 1,078 10,791 10,640 114,516 110,982 Total, 724 717 21,408 17,980 11,692 11,173 242,676 237,265Hence in British ships:-
And in Foreign ships:
1915. 1916. 1915. 1916. 13.57 % 11.76% of the crews were British. 0.91 % 0.88 % of the crews were British. 0.60 % 0.37% of the crews were other Europeans. 8.53 % 8.67% of the crews were other Europeans. 85.83 % 87.87% of the crews were Asiatics. 90.56 % 90.45 % of the crews were Asiatics.7
The 281 British ships carried 2,519 British officers and 50 Foreign officers, the latter consisting of 19 Norwegians, 13 Americans. 11 Danes, 5 Swedes, 4 Japanese, 2 Dutch, and 2 Belgian.
Thus the proportion of Foreign officers in British ships was 2.21 per cent, comprising 7 nationalities, an increase of 131 per cent with a decrease in number of officers and of ships.
The 436 Foreign ships carried 3,252 officers, of whom 69 were British as follows:-
In Chinese ships
-
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United States ships
>>
Japanese ships-
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Russian ships -
1915.
1916.
55
49
4
15
7
4
0
1
66
69
Thus, 2-12 per cent of the officers serving in Foreign ships. were of British nationality, with an increase in number of officers and of ships.
The nationality of the crews in British and in Foreign ships was as follows :-
VESSELS.
BRITISH CREW.
AMERICANS
AND
ASIATICS.
EUROPEANS.
1915, 1916. | 1915. | 1916.
1915. 1916, 1915, 1916.
British, 310
•
Foreign,.
414
436
281 20,253 16,902
901 533 128,160 126,283 ,160|126,283
1,155 1,078 10,791 10,640 |114,516110,982
Total,
724
71721,408 17,980 11,692 11,173 242,676 237,265
Hence in British ships:-
And in Foreign ships:
1915.
1916.
1915, 1916.
13.57 %
11.76% of the crews were British.
0.91 %
0-88 % of the crews
were British.
0.60 %
0.37% of the crews were other Europeans.
8:53 %
8.67% of the crews
were other Europeans.
85.83 %
87-87% of the crews were Asiatics.
90.56 %
90-45 % of the crews.
were Asiatics.
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