The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1901-10-18
LOSSES AT SEA.
Annual Statistics Of Maritime Casual
tiss BY Lioyd's Register.

during 1900 the gross reduction it
the effective mercantile marine Of
the world amounted to s4S vessels, Of
671,lS2 tons, excluding all vessels Of
less than 100 tons. OF this total 296
vessels. Of 1856, 304 tons. were steam
ers, and 552, Of 29O,sis tons. were
sailing vessels. As regards steamers,
the present return exceeds the aver
age OF the previous nine years by 16
vessels and 27,554 tons; as regards
sailing vessels il is below the aver
age by ga vessels and s3,96s tons.
The figures relating to steam and
sailing tonnage owned in the United
kingdom, says the London Mariner.
are below the average by $4,000 and
10000 tons, respectively. Apart
from vessels broken up. condemned,
etc. the United Kingdom steam ton
mage loss during 1900 Is below the
average Of the preceding nine years
by about 10000 tons, while the tom
mage owned has increased during that
period by over 3.250,O00 tons. The
summary exhibits interesting data az
to the relative frequency Of the diff
fcrcnt kinds Of casualty, ETC., which
conclude the existence Of vessels.
STANDINGS and kindred casualties.
which are comprised under the term
wrecked are much the most pro-
life cause OF disaster. To such cas-.
ualties are attributable ~ per cent. Of
the losses Of steamers and As per cent.
Of the losses OF sailing vessels. The
next most common termination Of a
vessels career is by condemnation,
breaking up. etc; about II per cent.
OF the vessels removed from the mer-
chant fleets OF the world are ac.
counted for in this manner. or the
remaining cause Of loss collision /.
the most general for steamers (about
12 per cent?: while for sailing yes.
sells eases Of abandonment at sea come
next in order Of frequency (also about
~ per cent?. Cases of abandoned,
foundered and missing vessels may
perhaps be regarded as frequently
more or less similar in the cimcum-
stances OF loss. II these be taken col
lectively they comprehend 10 per
cent. of the losses of steamers and ~
per cent. Of the losses of sailing yes.
sells.
The return has been compiled By
Lloyd's Register in such a manner as
to enable a comparison to be made
between the percentages Of los suf-
fered by each Of the principal mer-
chant nayies in the world. Great as
the absolute annual loss of vessels be-
longing to the United Kingdom ap-
pears to be, il is seen TO form a very
moderate percentage Of the mercan-
tile marine Of the country. and to
compare favorably with the losses
sustained by other leading maritime
countries. The merchant navies
which exceed a total Of 1000 900
tons are those Of the United King
dom. the British colonies. the United
States OF America. France, Germany
and Norway. OF these countrie. the
United Kingdom and the British coli
onies show the smallest percentage
of los, viz. 2.39 and 2.3i per cest.,
respectively, Of vessels owned; Ger
many follows, with $3.50 per cent.
and Norway is the highest. with 500
per cent. As regards steamers, while
the percentage of the United King
dom stands at 1875, the average Of the
percentages Of loss for the other five
countries show IN average percentage
OF 800, as compared with i.05 per
cent. for the United Kingdom. The
percentages given at the end Of the
preceding paragraph sugges, that
steamers have a much greater immu-
nifty from disaster than have sailing
vessels. This inference is borne out
II the losses, etc., sustained by the
chief remaining merchant fleet of Eu-
rope ealsotaken into account. While
the losses Of steamers amount only
to two per cent. Of the numberand l.s
per cent. Of the tonnage owned, the
losses Of sailing vessels reach 81 per
cent. of the number and 4.6 per cent.
Of the tonnage.