SHIPBUILDING
WORLD’S FIGURES FOR 1926. LARGE DECREASE ON PREVIOUS YEAR. London, January 18. Lloyd's register in its annual summary of the world’s shipbuilding for 1926 shows that 600 vessels of a tonnage of 1,674,000 were launched throughout the world of which 639,000 tons were in Great Britain and Ireland. The decrease throughout the world compared with 1925. was 518,000 tons and the decrease in Great Britain and Ireland was 445,000. Compared with the record year of 1919 the decrease for the world was nearly 5,500,000 tons. World launches included 22 vessels of a tonnage of over 10,000 and eight of a tonnage of over 15,000. The largest vessel was the turbiner De de France of 43,000 tons. The tonnage afloat in s June, 1926, was 59,117,000 compared with £42,514,000 in June 1914. The tonnage of tankers was now 5,665,000 compared with 1,479,000 in 1914 and motor ships 3,500,000 compared with 234,000 while the tonnage of steamers fitted with oil fuel was 18,250,000 compared with 1,310,000. —A. and N.Z.
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Southland Times, Issue 20082, 20 January 1927, Page 5
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168SHIPBUILDING Southland Times, Issue 20082, 20 January 1927, Page 5
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