... Peninsular and Oriental Company never lost a ship; they then lost seven ships in twelve years, and during the last of those years they leave lost three ships. The Royal Mail Cotepazny began their career by ...

... Halcon, and Azor to Cuba. The Council also determined to order the construe- tion of threo new wa~r-vessels to replace the lost Ships R.eina Regente, Cristobal Colon, and Barcaiz- tegui, whose names they shall bear. It was further decided to purchase immediately ...

... British colonies lost 36 ships, aggregating 14,528 tons, a percentage of 2'14 as compared with the total number owned, and of 2 05 as compared with the total tonnage.. Out of nearly double the number of ships, the United Kingdom, lost only 29 or '93 per ...

... autherisd to atatebat the Admiral(T has de. te~rnled to awardalewsons to the mothers and ?? of t those ?? who were lost Inlher Majesty's ships Captain z and flaney, and whodld not Isave widows, provided such mnothers and tistera were dependent an (oe offioers ...

... Monastery for the use of their steamer also. As far as yet learnt by him there wore among the ships lest ten English vessels; the greater pro. portion of vessels lost appear to be Norwegian. The two steamers Brenda and the Montezuma, which were cehar. tered ...

... managing directors of a shipowning company at Newcastle had said they bad had an unfortunate year because there had been no lost ships; and how Mr. Chrmberlain failed, as desired, to disclose the name of that shipowner, though another gentleman in the House-whose ...

... than the number in 1869 by 729. The number of ships was in excess of the number of casualties reported, because, in cases of colli. sion, two or more ships are involved in one casualty. Of the 1,865 ships, 1,552 are known to have belonged to Great Britain ...

... with ice. Of the 50 ships lost, IS were Britrlsh, Only one Britinh veseel was not recovered. The remainder were principally Norweglan. All but one of the recovered ships were taken Into Archangel by British crews, mainly off wmocked ships, 330 men are collected ...

... of diminution. In the five years ending 1881 the total loss of ships per annuin was 368, and the loss of lives in those vessels 1,551 but in, 18832 the lost ships numbered 548, ad the lost lives 2,883 ; and if to the latter nutabem are added the deaths ...

... speed at thle mea- sured mile in Stokes Bay, Portsmouth, on Friday. The ship left the harbour under half steam, in charge of Cap- tain H. Broadhead, commanding her Majesty's ship Asia and the Steam Reserve at the port; Mr. Murdoch, inspector of machinery ...

... out. The ship Palestine, from New York for Liverpool, has been abandoned at sea. QUEBEC, MAY 4. A severe gale, accompanied by a heavy snow storm, has prevailed at the mouth of the St. Lawrence. Several shipping disasters are reported. The ship Minnie Dawson ...

... plates from corrosion an increased power of flotation would be given, the ship would be able to bear an iron deck, the expense of refitting would be much diminished, and in ease of ships getting ashore they would have more chance of resisting. We understand ...