MERCHANT FLEETS
I As the war means ttet the merchantmen of the belligerents arc liable to capture, and as many captures . hare boon already announced, the following Particulars, taken from Lloyd'-, Register I'Book, 1913-14, showing; the actual numj ber of vessels aboi'e 100 tons Wons'in.? to the Powers named will be of int.rest:
| t Here tfiven in the same jnl-r m *t list of the atearaarg of each Power of over 5000 tons;—
British! .. 834 , German 234 Austrian . i 37 Belgian g French jlO | lUffisian 17 Appended is a list shoeing the ton-, nage of the total .vessel* ef 100 tons and upwards belonging to the same Powers: Tons. British 20,431,(543 German '. 5.082.061 Austrian 1,011,414 Belgian 304,380 French 2,-201,1fi4 i Russian .>74,178 I It is to be noted thait in no list cip- | pears Russian tonnage in the Caspian Sea. 1 )
British Sailers. Steamers. ... 1278 10/100 German ... 302 2,01 !> Austrian 8 41!) Belgian , 8 1M French 987 .Russian .... 500 710
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 78, 21 August 1914, Page 8
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160MERCHANT FLEETS Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 78, 21 August 1914, Page 8
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