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Re: Sailing ships lost in WW1
Posted by: Michael Lowrey ()
Date: May 18, 2016 06:57PM

Chris,

Some back of the envelope numbers from this website's database that I generated. I'm an admin, and there is an admin function to sort by ship type):

Steam powered:
Steamer: 3,989
Passenger steamer: 197
Tanker: 145
Troopship: 27
Armed merchant cruiser/armed boarding steamer/escort ship: 37
Hospital ship: 17

(Steam) Trawler: 281
Navy trawler: 184
(Steam) Drifter: 39
Navy drifter: 36

Motor powered:
Motor vessel: 17
Motor fishing vessel: 30

Sail powered:
Sailing vessel: 1,709
Sailing vessels fitted with an auxiliary motor: 42
Various sorts of sail fishing vessel: 310

Fishing vessels, propulsion not specified: 220 (some were steam trawlers, others sail-powered).


Note these would include ships sunk, damaged, or taken as a prize.

Would agree that the war hastened the end of the era of sail, though sail was clearly on its way out anyways.

Best wishes,
Michael

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Sailing ships lost in WW1 chrisheal 05/18/2016 07:13AM
Re: Sailing ships lost in WW1 phil morgan 05/18/2016 11:38AM
Re: Sailing ships lost in WW1 Michael Lowrey 05/18/2016 06:57PM
Re: Sailing ships lost in WW1 chrisheal 05/20/2016 01:32PM


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