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Ship Building in Great Britain The Year 1913 W. finessed. the High Water Mark of : Ship. Construction--A Very Notable Performance Republic of Venice, but 'it is to be noted that when she was mis- tress of the seas her great shipbuild- ing arsenal, employing 16,000 men, could, and did, turn out a ship a day for a period of 100 consecutive days. Some performance that for times that were neither industrial nor commer- cial according to modern standards, and it records the high water mark of production for medieval times. The tonnage was "undoubtedly light, according to present standards, but the achievement was nevertheless pro- digious. Last year, however, estab- lished the record of shipbuilding for all periods---ancient, medieval or modern. In great Britain alone last Ir IS a rather far cry to the ancient Tue 1913 Ourpur or British SHIPYARDS. 1913 1912 District No. B.of T. Tons. No. B.ofI.Tons The Sa 335 688,542 353 587,743 The Forth.. ey *33 19,519 22 18,063 he Vays 2080: &. 10 18,157 9 12,233 The Dee..... ees 101 14,849 47 9,608 Total, Scotland..... 469 741,067 431 - 627,647 The Tye... 96. 361,013 88 317,497 ane Wear.< oc. sos 79 308,108 82 325,561 The Hartlepools.... 33 153,089 30 122,300 Whe Lees; soe. 62 158,439 71 146,813 The Humber....... 106 53,538 ASL D2.(28 Total, N. E. Coast.. 376 1,029,097 402 964,894 The Thames....... 86 9,068 47 5,630 English East, West& So. Coast Outports: 430 66,510 322 63,814 Treland...... 20 130,475 21 163,798 Gov. vessels (most- 85 294,905 69 287,861 ly dispI'mt tonn ge) 2 Total. . 1,466 (2,271,122 1,292 2,113,644 1913 Terie over the previous Rec- . - ' ord Year of 1912.. 4, be 478 Ghipbildiis aroducel ecient the world in 1913 is summarized as follows: 1913 1912 ed Gicdcas Pep or ls boe 2,113,644 a 157, 478 British Colonies. . 54,179 35,181 + - 18,998 Foreign Countries. . 1,977,708 1,679,365 + 298,343 3,828,190 + 474,819 Total Output...... 4,303,009 year 1,381 mercantile vessels of nearly 2,000,000 tons register were water- borne, exclusive of warships and gov- ernment wraee aggregating 300,000 -tons. Nor did this program tax the yards of Great Britain. It was in fact achieved against numerous obstacles, because no country suffers more from scarcity of skilled labor and broken time than Great Britain. The output marks the culmination of the period of high freights which set in in over- sea commerce in 1910 and continued in an ascending scale until the late summer of 1913, when it began to re- cede, leaving vessels building. at in tne stocks high prices for which there will be no market when they are ready to go. into commission. There were 513 vessels on the stocks in Great Britain on Dec. 31 last, ag- gregating 1,956,606 gross tons, which was 30,000 tons less than that which was in hand at the close of the pre- ceding quarter, and 15,000 tons less than that building in December, 1912. - It is quite certain that there will freights. be a perceptible slackening in output in 1914 in sympathy with the fall in However, there is nothing in the situation to be discouraged over, as it was not expected that the rich harvest could last forever. Ship owners have done very well in over- sea trade during the past three years and should be content with fair pick- ing for awhile. The present situation is to be regarded as one of the phases of the cycle of trade. MERCHANT TONNAGE LAUNCHED IN THE 1912 Names of Builders. No Tons No. Tons THE TYNE. . Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Ltd., Wallsend and Walker. . pee LS 92,514 15 784,05 Northumberland Shipbuilding Co. Etd., Howdon, Willington Quay . See 12 163 406] 12 53,255 Palmers Shipbuilding & Tow Co., Ltd., Hebburn and Jarrow.. erie 8 50,812 6 31,902 Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co. Ltd., Elswick and Walker Re es eee 6 38,383 8 41,535 R &W. Hawthorn, Leslie & Co., Ltd., Hebburn. . ' ee 5 (38 100) 5 35,318 John Readhead & Sons, Ltd., South Shields...........-. 550s eee eee ese e ees 8 oe 6 26,281 Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., Willington Quay.. Pad OS i eg ec ahh ns Sak 4 17,141 3 11,537 William Dobson & Co., Low Walker ee eee hae eae Irs Siccajeen scat 4 13,064) 4 12,230 Wood, Skinner & Co., Ltd., Bill Quay. . @ 28186 5 ae Jos. T. Eltringham & Con South Shields and Willington Quay.. 8 2,398 5 1,029. J. P. Rennoldson & Sons, Su chide 6 1,615 8 2,230 Hepple & Co., td, South ORields 5 ou. eo ei ete eee eee ee 5 550 iG 758 Blyth Shipbuilding '%& Dry Docks Co., Ltd., Blythe es eens cee trees 6 14,879 4 12,215 a Totals 96 361,013 88 317,497 Wain Dovioed oboe ed Pollo ea ee 9 (63 B54) 18 92,482 63,854 Joseph Iu. "Phompson.& Sons, Etd., North Sands:.: 00:5. .52 02222 noe 9 162,004} 8 37,749 52,094 Short Brothets; ltd; Sunderland s. corer feck eg in Ce ae cee eee 6 a3 2171 6 32,731 33, Sir James aie oc sons, ota. oundertand.. ns eee ict See eae os 5 8 4] 5 23,538 28,244 Bartram: & Sons; td. south Dock se Bn ee ee Smet o 6 0 5 22,856 26,895 John-Blummen & Com North: Dock...) 4 i or hee ee ae a meus 5 15,973 ,06 Wm. Pickersgill & Sons, Ltd., Sunderland... 12... 10.6. cece eee ee eee 5 "2i 00k 4 13,783 25,20 Joho: Priestinan' & (Co, Castletown. ie ee a eg he eens 6 "Bio 5 19,055 ny 5 2 ? Sunderland olipbuilding Co; ltd couthDocko ss oa. eee eee ee cs 5 20,178 7 24,078 Src 22,729 Robert hompeon & pons: hited, SOULN Wick. oe each eye ees eee ee o ve 6 19,221 20,877 Osbourne Graham & Co, Hulton ooo eo ee ra. 8 Boe 6 11,408 ' 12,744 Se Austin & Son, ta Wear Dock ke ee Sees oe 5 eee 4 8,420 fronn Crowne Sons, ltd. Strand supway... 2 ee... 4 7,439 3 4,267 otal oe .. -T9- ~303,108 2 325,501 THE HARTLEPOOLS. Minis Gray ce Co. bid Wiest tiartlepool hc ee ee 18 85,298 20 77,377 ee 97,100 Irvine's Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co., Ltd., West Hartlepool................. 15 3 67 ma 10 44,923 ; 81, 160 : aie as SROtaisn se oe ee 88 153,089 30 122,300 IRopier cooons rd, stockton, 0 ee a 10 43,358 10 42,108 iichandson, Duck. ..Co, ltd. south otockton 0.200... a, ee 8 Te 8 33,762 mir ayiton. Dion & Co., Lid:, Middlesbrough... 6. vee. ee cee tee ees 8 oe 8 23,467 rie wbavlon co Ga. utd Stockton. 6, 0 ee 6 "ai 6 30,817 ; 34,451] Smith's Dock Co., Ltd., South Bank, Middlesb hy, 2 : 9 : ' ee id, Middishiough io. Totals "62 ¢ 71 5,813 . THE HUMBER. 6 158,349 cl 146,8 Earle's Shipbuilding & Engineering Co., Ltd., Hull.... 9 ; oe 12 26,189 Cochrane & Sons, Ltd., Selby. . 36,125] ; Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Ltd., Beverly... aaa A oe Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co:. Etd:, Goole (see also the 'associated firm oft the : Dundee Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., » Dundee; ° The a and I) 6 DOT 27 8,110 W. H. Warren, New Holland. Os tae 7 1,000 14 1,205 UNITED: KINGDOM DURING 1913 ENGLAND: THE Ne COAST.