-------------------------+--------------------------+-------------------+
| Vessels Owned. | Percentage Lost. |
+--------------------------+---------+---------+
Flag. | | | | Vessels | Tonnage |
| No. | Net. | Gross. | Owned. | Owned. |
-------------------------+------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
United Kingdom. | 6446 |5,993,666|9,695,976| 3.33 | 2.13 |
British Colonies. | 874 | 329,845| 542,025| 1.72 | 1.69 |
United States of America.| 626 | 660,784| 920,672| 2.23 | 1.93 |
French. | 571 | 467,553| 903,105| 4.20 | 3.42 |
German. | 953 | 910,567|1,343,357| 3.04 | 2.64 |
Norwegian. | 586 | 285,349| 446,384| 2.56 | 2.87 |
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The United Kingdom here stands third in the list, and curiously it
only stands second under the head of number of sailing ships lost,
while it is first as regards sailing tonnage lost. The sailing tonnage
of the United Kingdom is only about 20 per cent. of the total, while
in the colonies it is about 52 per cent. The following are the
figures: