BRITISH SHIPS
'' VAST FLEET BUILDING. v. The merchant vessels undor cor\6truc- |. tionrin tho shipyards of Britain..at tho i: end of'Meeraber numbered 707, aggro-' t gatinc 2,094,249 tons Kross. Of theso i vwsols, four wore . bettteon 20,000 hrni I £3,000 tons, 18 between 15,000 nnd 20,000 f tons, 24 between 12,000 aud 15,000 tons, I 0 between 10,000. and 12,000 tone, 41 between 8000 nnd 10,000 tons, 77 'between i 6000 and 8000 tons, 112 between 5000 and • (fOOO toils. 232 between 1000 and 5000 ® tons, 76 between 500 and 1000 tons, ana ' HI botween 100 and 500 tons, ; J During the last quarter of 1818 the : British shipyards launched 137 stoma- ! en? of 451,915 tons. War losses have already been largely replacod, and tho | Britiob 'merchant fleet• is growing to j Rpwtor dimensions than ever. Tho , j\irU>ricaui*. who put down vast shipj. bulldinjr filant during the war. are not f able. fo-liiiM neaVly -w fast as; Britain, tad now to bo iomsf> rrwnd by comparison.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 191, 8 May 1920, Page 2
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165BRITISH SHIPS Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 191, 8 May 1920, Page 2
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