The following statement shows United Kingdom and world's merchant
tonnage lost through enemy action and marine risks since the outbreak of
war:
United Total for
Period. Kingdom. Foreign. World.
Gross Gross Gross
Tons. Tons. Tons.
1914.
August and September 314,000 85,947 *399,947
4th Quarter 154,728 126,688 281,416
1915.
1st Quarter 215,905 104,542 320,447
2d Quarter 223,676 156,743 380,419
3d Quarter 356,659 172,822 529,481
4th Quarter 307,139 187,234 494,373
1916.
1st Quarter 325,237 198,958 524,195
2d Quarter 270,690 251,599 522,289
3d Quarter 284,358 307,681 592,939
4th Quarter 617,563 541,780 1,159,343
1917.
1st Quarter 911,840 707,533 1,619,373
2d Quarter 1,361,870 875,064 2,236,934
3d Quarter 952,938 541,535 1,494,473
4th Quarter 782,889 489,954 1,272,843
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Totals 7,079,492 4,748,080 11,827,572
* This figure includes 182,839 gross tonnage interned in enemy ports.
The next statement shows output of merchant shipbuilding of the United
Kingdom and the world (excluding enemy countries) since the outbreak of
war:
United Total for
Period. Kingdom. Foreign. World.
Gross Gross Gross
Tons. Tons. Tons.
1914.
August and
September 253,290}
4th Quarter 422,320} 337,310 1,012,920
1915.
1st Quarter 266,267}
2d Quarter 146,870}
3d Quarter 145,070} 551,081 1,202,000
4th Quarter 92,712}
1916.
1st Quarter 95,566}
2d Quarter 107,693}
3d Quarter 124,961} 1,146,448 1,688,000
4th Quarter 213,332}
1917.
1st Quarter 246,239 282,200 528,439
2d Quarter 249,331 377,109 626,440
3d Quarter 248,283 368,170 616,453
4th Quarter 419,621 512,402 932,023
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Total 3,031,555 3,574,720 6,606,275