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Re: Allied merchant ship construction vs. losses.
Posted by: glenn ()
Date: February 12, 2007 03:41PM

Thanks!

The figures I have for 1914 are
UK – 1722154, Allied/Neutral 1694023


Assuming the Entente captured about 600,000 tons in 1914, then was the gain/loss something like this (some figures estimated)

Neutral and Entente Powers

Year……Captured……….Built………..Total
1914…….600,000…….3,416,177…..4,416,177
1915………..0…………2,230.000…..2,230,000
1916………..0…………4,001,000…..4,001,000
1917……1,100,100…...5,318,000…..6,418,000

Losses (war) – about 13,000,000
Total gain during war – about 4,000,000 tons (not including 1918 production).

Is this about ballpark (ie, within a million tons or so)? Also, I have the British merchant fleet in 1914 at 17.5 million tons – any info on fleet size (merchant) at the start of the war for the Entente/neutral powers, not including the Great Lakes?

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Allied merchant ship construction vs. losses. glenn 02/08/2007 02:58PM
Re: Allied merchant ship construction vs. losses. Dirk Steffen 02/10/2007 03:48PM
Re: Allied merchant ship construction vs. losses. glenn 02/12/2007 03:41PM
Re: Allied merchant ship construction vs. losses. Dirk Steffen 02/12/2007 05:58PM


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