The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-01-08
THE DISASTERS Of A YEARSOME FUN ON THE kNAU.
NINE HUNDRED AND NINETY SIX
VESSELS LOST.
Vessels Missing Make Up Large
truportiOn-SaInng Vessels SHOW a
1edNy Kate OF Losses.

The world merchant shipping asgre-
gutys -J,ovv,VvU IONS, ana according 20
d return Just issued Dy LIUyu ;, the
snip losses Tor me pas, year tutal iSj,
JUO tons, when gives IduO Oh loss OF
ABOUT per cent. Inc tOLal number
OF vessels loss was yJ6 50 that the
average size OF the snlps was not large.
out Oh me total tonnage Il per cent,
OF -lU Oh IJ2,oIV TONS, were broken up
or condemned, 50 that the vessels
when are deleted from the worlds list
through msauNenture represent only
6ol, 900 tons; and when one remembers
mat the shlpDuIiuug yarus of the
world are producing tonnage of the
most efficient cargo carrying capacity
Oh about I,JUU,UUU TONS per annum, IL
will be at once recognized that the
progressive needs OF commerce are be
lug more than kept pace with.
The total tonnage Withdrawn from
service from all causes is very much
less than in most preceding years.
Ihus, against the iSj,JUS tons Of the
past year, we have S-U,oJS tons of the
put part of the difference was due to
a larger number of vessels being DrOk-
en- up, In 1897 there We're still more
vessels brought to the scrap heap
1,2,UlO tOns-yet the grand total of
losses, etc, was only ,26,SOO tons, SO
that the Wastage by msadventure was
100000 tons, or 100000 tons less than
last year. The result in 1896 was praC-
tIcaily the same, but in 1898 the total
was SO6,2,S tons, of which l1OS49 tons
were due to breaking up; so that the
past year may be pronounced a fair
average, with perhaps, less tendency
than usual in favor of voluntary demo-
litiOn.
Wrecks due to stranding, to striking
rocks, etc, of course account for the
largest proportion-nearly one-half, or
81 l4y tons, rather less than in the pre-
ceding five years. and about 40 per
cent of the total losses. Vessels miss
ing make up an unacCOuntably large
proportiUn-lUl of 1OY,966 tons, obvious
ly with few exceptions, small craft and
equal to IL per cent
ships abandoned at sea came next
with 6O,SI2 tons, the measurement OF
10 vessels. Collisions account for "A of
the losses of the year making up 5S,S4l
tons, while vessels which have found
cred number SO, and aggregate 6.l6l
tons. Nineteen vessels We're burned
the total tonnage being 24,5lS tons. The
remaining 12,92S tons were lost by
means not classified.
1t is interesting further to note as
an indication of the size and age of
the vessel, that of the total of 1875
tons, wooden or composite vessels ac-
counted for PSI, 302 TONS and iron YES
sells for 3lS. $50 tons. OF the total, again,
$50 vessels of 469, 621 tons were steamers,
and 666 of 3l3,SS7 tons were sailing YES
sells. and in view of the great prepOn-
derance of steam vessels afoat it must
be stated that sailing vessels show a
large loss rate, probably due to great
er ace. AS regards steamers, the pres
ent return exceeds the average of the
preceding ei~ht years by 81 vessels of
1874 30 tons; as regards sailing vessels,
it is below the average by 1863 vessels
and 6S,579 tons.
The merchant naves which exceed
q total of 100000 tons are those of
the United Kingdom, the British Col
onies, the United States of America,
France, Germany, and Norway. OF
these countries, the United Kingdom
shows the smallest percentage of loss,
viz, 259 per cent of the vessels owned;
Germany follows with 2.S per cent; and
Norway is the highest with 5.93 per
cent.
AS regards steamers, While the per-
for the United Kingdom stands
at 2.24 the average of the percentages
of loss for the other five countries is
2 6S. For sailing vessels, the other five
countries show an average percentage
of 5SS, as compared with 3.75 per cent
for the United Kingdom. While the
losses of steamers amount only to 224
per cent of the number and 2.3S per
cent of the tonnage owned, the losses
of sailing vessels reach 5.3S per cent
of the number, and 4.66 per cent of the
mountaineering.