Table XII. includes a number of very fine vessels which Ger-
many was building in 1914 to compete with the " Aquitania,"
" Olympic," and such types of British ships, in order to gain a
still larger proportion of the Atlantic trade. Amongst them were
the largest vessels afloat in 1921. In certain cases German
companies were afterwards enabled to repurchase from the Allies
some of the surrendered ships, which then reverted to German
ownership. Austria had to surrender all her shipping, about
1 1 million tons. This was handed over to Italy, with the excep-
tion of about 70,000 tons for France.
Statistics. The world's output had reached a maximum of 3,330,000 tons in 1913, and was falling again in 1914. The tonnage
launched in the United Kingdom reached the record total of approxi- mately 2,000,000 tons in 1913, and in 1914 it had decreased by over 10 per cent. Great efforts had been made in France, Germany, Holland, Japan and Norway, and the totals in these countries showed distinctly upward tendencies. In the United States very great fluctuations occurred ; the output on the coast had fallen to 95,000 tons, and on the Great Lakes to 75,000 tons in 1911, while in 1913 228,000 tons were launched on the coast and only 48,000 tons on the Lakes.
Table XI 1 1. shows the tonnage of ships launched in various coun- tries from 1910-20. The diagram Fig. 44 has been prepared on the basis of these figures. The striking results obtained in the British colonies and Japan will be noted, and the overwhelming influence of U.S. shipbuilding. Many of the American yards which were specially constructed for war purposes were in 1921 being closed,
TABLE X. Submarines of Non-British Navies.
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Navy
Date of Launch
Length Ft.
Displacement : Tons
Horse-Power
Speed: Knots
Armament
Surface
Submerged
Surface
Submerged
Surface
Sub- merged
BRAZIL ....
1913
150
250
3/0
800
14
8^
2 18 in. T. T.
CHILE ....
1915
ISO
35
470
480
640
. 13
n
418 in. T. T.
FRANCE ....
1916
173
410
560
1,300
900
I3i
8
13 in.
8 18 in. T. T.
1917
243
850
1,180
2,900
1,650
17
I0j
23 m.
8 1 8 in. T. T.
ITALY ....
1915
207
700
1,000
2,600
1,300
18
10
2 14 V'dr.
6 1 8 in. T. T.
JAPAN
1917
215
700
1,070
2,600
1,300
18
IO
13 >n-
6 18 in. T. T.
UNITED STATES
1918
1 86
570
680
880
900
i3i
I0|
13 in.
4 21 in. T. T.
1918
264
1,100
1,500
4,000
1,500
20
II J
23 m.
8 21 in. T. T.
GERMANY
1914-8
Class:
U86
41
230
800
940
2,400
1,180
i6i
8
14-1 in. 13-5 m-
or 2 4-1 in. 4 T. T.
Ui42 ....
it
320
2,160
2,760
6,000
2,600
18
8
25-9 m. 6T. T.
UBi
ii
92
128
143
60
1 20
6J
si
I machine gun.
2T. T.
UB48 ....
ii
181
521
657
1,100
760
I3l
7i
I 4-1 in. ST. T.
UCi
i
in
176
185
90
138
6*
5
I machine gun.
12 mines.
UCgo ....
ii
184
496
575
650
600
12
6i
I 4-1 in. 14 mines.
3 T. T.
UE7I ....
ii
1 86
762
846
900
800
ioi
8
I 3-5 in. 36 mines. 2 T. T.
UEnr ....
ii
267
1,170
i,5i5
2,400
1,150
15
71
I 5-9 in. or 2 4- 1 in.
42 mines. 4 T. T.
Deutschland (Ui52>
214
1,525
1,885
800
800
IO
5h
2 rf. 9 T in -
TABLE XI. Merchant-ships lost in the War.
Name
Tonnage (Gross)
Country
Name
Tonnage (Gross)
Country
' Alcantara "
.
15,831
U.K.
' Koningen Emma " .
9,181
Dutch
' Andania " .
I3-4 5
"
' Laconia "
18,099
U.K.
' Arabic "
15,801
"
' La Provence " .
!3>753
French
' Aurania "
'3 >93 6
"
' Laurentic "
14,892
U.K.
' Avenger " (ex. " Ao 1 Ballarat "
earc
a")'
13.441 11,120
ii ii
' Llandovery Castle " ' Lusitania '
ii,493
30,096
ii
' Britannic "
.
48,158
ii
' Medina "
12,350
"
' Bonheur "
.
7,132
Norway
1 Minnehaha "
13,714
"
' Calgarian " ' Cameronia " .
17,515 10,963
U.K.
' O. B. Jennings " ' Oceanic " .
10,290
17,274
U.S.A.
U.K.
' Campania "
.
12,884
"
'Otaki" .
9,575
H
' Cap Trafalgar "
18,710
German
' President Lincoln " .
18,168
U.S.A.
' City of Adelaide " ' City of Paris "
8,389 9,239
U.K.
' Principe Umberto". ' Rotorua " .
7,929
11,140
Italian U.K.
' Covington "
16,339
U.S.A.
' Royal Edward "
11,117
i i
' FranConia "
.
18,150
U.K.
' San Hilario " .
10,157
' Gallia " ' Glenart Castle "
14,966 6,824
French U.K.
' Transylvania " . .
14-315
7,562
..
' Hirano Maru "
.
W|WMB
7,936
Japan
' Tubantia " . .
13.9"
Dutch
' Ivernia " .
14,278
U.K.
' Tuscania "
14,348
U.K.
' Justicia " .
32,234
'
' Volturno " .
1 1 ,496
Italian
' Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse "
13,952
German
' Yasaka Maru "
10,932
Japan