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Re: Sailing ships lost in WW1
Posted by:
Michael Lowrey
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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
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
Subject | Written By | Posted |
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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 |