San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-01-06
WORLDS SHIP BUILDING.
RETURNS FROM ALL QUARTERS FOR
THE PAST YEAR.
A Decrease for the World, But an
Increase in British Building.
The Figures.
LONDON, Jan. Gin 1895, l,OO6
~ I 2Oe 049 TONS wera

launched, as compared with 3 3O7,-
GA tons in 1894. OF the total num-
Der 1876, OF S9,997 tons, were sailing
vessels, and $40, of 1862 tons,
steamers. The decrease was in es-
Establishments outside Britain, the
aggregate for the United Kingdom
being, as a matter of fact, greater
by good many tons. 966 vessels,
of 1,l44,441 tons-161 sailing ves-
sells, of 1888 tons and 705 steam
ers, of 1,0Sl, S12 tons were launch
ed for home yards, as compared with
1,1O6,981 tons last year. To this
total the Clyde contributed $780, 52
tons; the Forth, Ii, TIA the Tay and
Montrose, S,9lS; the Dee, Abs;
Royal Dockyards, 20, 800; the Tyne,
l66,O53; the Wear, 1854; the
Tees, 1888; the Hartlepools, co.
869; the Humber, 1883; the Mer-
sey, 6,972; the Thames, 6,l10; Bar
row, 1854; Belfast, 101, 816; and
English minor ports, 1,419 tons.
The foreign and colonial returns
amount to 151,605 tons.
| CL1 Io1AL 40 OI
$4,000 tons; the Tees, $4,000; the
Hartlepools, 1000; Barrow, 5000;
Belfast, 1000; and the Dock yards,
nearly 4,000 tons. The Tyne is
down nearly $4,000 tons; the
Wear, $4,000; and the returns
from the Humber, the Mer-
sey, and the Thames, also
show slight falling of. For
the first time for many years the
Clyde is not represented In the first
three firms. Sir VIM. Gray & Co.,
of Liverpool, who were third last
year, head the list with $4,000 tons.
Messrs. Harland e. Wolff, who were
first, are second with $4,000 tons,
and Messrs. Roper & Sons, Stock.
ton, are third with $4,000 tons,
which is just 1000 tons ahead of
Messrs. Workman, Clarke & Co.'s
| total.
FROM CLYDE YARDS
were launched 800 vessels of $780,
l52 tons, and 225 steamers of 322,-
1913 tons-as compared with $40, S35
tons last year. Messrs. Denny &
Bros, Dumbarton, head the list;
Messrs. j. & G. Thomas, Clyde
bank, are second; Messrs. Russell
& Co., Port Glasgow, are third.
The work on hand in Clyde ship
building yards is off and on about
226, 900 tons, of which the greater
portion, probably 10000 tons, is
in yards above, and including.
Clydebank. A greater proportion
than usual is government work of
the very highest class, and Is no
more than the measure Of the con-
fidence which the admiralty has
by experience learned to place in
the firms of the premier ship
building river Of the world.
At Clydebank, where in recent
years many government contracts
have been executed, an experiment
tai vessel of the very highest class
is in course of construction. The
need for cruisers of the greatest
speed and power has long existed,
and more than one naval authori-
ty has expressed the opinion that
the nations money would have
been better spent on vessels of that
class than on battleships. III. M.
! S. Terrible, which was launched
in the summer, represents the Of
fetal idea of what is wanted, and
if everything works out as her de-
signer anticipates, Great Britain
will be in possession of not only
the largest and most powerful
cruiser in the world, but the fastest
afloat. The Clydebank vessel and
her sister ship, the Powerful,
which is being completed at Bar
row, might have been built in
dock yards, but, as has been the
case more than once, the admiral
ty contracted for them in order to
secure practically the assistance of
experienced shipbuilders and en-
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