The Hawaiian gazette., 1882-09-20
shipsuilainr IN er..t Rrit.in in lssl.

In the annual review of the London Sniisi
vas the following; " The year 1851 shows
an unprecedented amount Of shipbuilding
business, and il is estimated that about /
million tons gTuss register has been launched I
during the year. That this has been the case
is largely due to the great influx Of foreign /.
orders for vessels and the exceptional demand
for tonnage largely due to requirements for
transport of grain According to the Sos
man, the building on the Clyde during 1851
has been without an equal as to the amount OF
tonnage launched and the Dimensions Of the
vessels built. Hitherto, the year 1874 has
been looked upon as an exceptional one IN
the annals Of shipbuilding, and certainly that
wear had many circumstances that helped 10
make it unusually busy, The seventh year
thereafter, however, more than recovered the
decline that succeeded two years Of unusual
bTisknesS. The even course Of business IN
1851 has been almost uninterrupted with
strikes among the workmen. The results Of
the years work give an output Of 3l3 vessels,
and an aggregate of 35l ,s5S tons. These
figures show an increase Of - vessels and
81, s53 tons over the output Of 1850, aud OF
i6s, s5s, or nearly double that Of ls91, the
lowest of the past seven years. As coutrasted
with 1874, there is an increase Of 49iOO0 tons
in 1851. The estimated value Of the ships aud
machinery may be said, in round figures, to
be 1000. 900, against S3o,ooo,ooo for lseo'
snd $50. 0OO, 900 for SIS. In the latter year,
however, wages and iron were cheaper, snd
rates Tor vessels considerably lower. Neariy
one-fourih, or fully $4,000 tons, Of the tonnage
launched consisted Of vessels OF steel. Screw
steam shipping has been the chiei class Of
work undertaken. and the output aggregated
o. Y. ,rrFf :
over 1850, and within $500 tons Of the total
tonnage launched. or the vessels launched
during 1851 the Seryia, 1892 tons, was the
largest, the Alaska, $3.50 tons, being the next
in Size. The Austral, Of $500 tons; the
Missouri, 5,l46 tons the Belgrlvia, 5,oIo
tons; the City Of Rome, 5,0l3 tons; and the
Carthage, 5,0l3 tons, comes next, these seven
vessels sggreCating fully 10000 tons, or about
an eighth 81 the whole tonnage. There were
Il steamers varying from 1000 TO i,9l! tons
each, Is from 5000 TO 3,912 tons each aud 50
varying from 1000 to 1859 tons each. During
1881 there were in all 3l3 vessels launched,
with an aggregate tonnage OF SOS tons m
1850, al vessels, Of 259,0l5 tons; IN 1879,
iyl vessels, Of l6s,i60 tons; and IN ISIS,
there were 279 vessels launched, with 22l,i32
total tonnage. At the end Of 1881 Tie number
Of vessels in course Of construction IN the
thirty-seven ironyards on the Clyde was ljI.
OF these, % are ready for launching, 30
plated, So in frames, and 26 kecls laid or
being laid Altogether, orders arc on hand
for nearly SOC, 900 tons Of shipping.
Sin 1850 there were launched on the Tyne
Zoe vessels, yielding a tonnage Of ii9,oe-
tons, and a nominal horsepower OF 1881
the corresponding figures for 1851 are l25 YES
sells, l77,le5 tons and 2o,eji horsepower,
showing an increase Of IL vessels, 2s,0sS tons
ard $50 horsepower. These bgurcs testify
the high pressure at which the several ship
building firms and marine engineers have
been working during the past year. At
present on the Tyne there is employment for
more men in the shipbuilding yards than can
be got.
II, with i gross tonnage Of III, 227; while dur
ing the previous twelve months the number
turned out was S., with gross Tonnage Of
1889, being an increase Of II vessels aud
81, 10. on tonnage, IS compared with the year
1879.
Competent judges estimate the total loss
to the Wear tonnage by the strike during 1851
to be fully equal to 30 600 tons.
"Tho shipbuilding industry Of tie Tees
(Niddlesbrough and Stockton) has hourished
during the past year, and It is likely 70 be
even more active in 1852.
During 1850 the builders At Hartlopool
turned ont, within trifs, 1000 more tou-
mage than in the previous period, which was
an evidence that then their yards were fully
employed; consequently, similar large in
crease could scarcely be expected in 1851.
Nevertheless, the total tonnage launched last
year shows an increase.
Although the number OF vessels turned
out at Dundee shows q decrease Of ,, IS CON-
pared with the returns Of 1850, the figures
being IL as against II, ye. the amount Of
gross registered tonnage produced IN 1851
shows considerable increase.
"Therc has been quite a revival Of tie iron
shipbuilding trade at Aberdeen during the
past year; in fact, never since the year 1879,
when the trade was said TO have attained its
best success, has the productive power Of the
shipbullding yards been so successful. In /
point OF tonnage produced in tie twelve
months, the Barrow Company rank only
second 10 tho Tyne firm Of Messrs. Palmer and
exceed the grand return Of Nessrs. Gray, Of
Hartiepool, by 800 tons.
During the year there have been turned
out on the Nersey, % steamers and sailisg
vessels, with an aggregate tonnage Of 30,90l,
and in addition a very large amount Of
work has been done in repairing. The pros I
poets for lss2 are q very Encouraging I
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