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LLOYDS SHIPBUILDING RETURNS FOR 1893

... practically made up of trawlers, and includes no vesserl of over 400 tons. Of the sailing tonnage, 97.3 per cent. has been built of steel, and 0.7 per cent. of iron. No sail- ing vessel of morce than 300 tons has been built of iron during the year. Of the ...

Published: Thursday 18 January 1894
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 613 | Page: 5 | Tags: Commerce 

LOCAL SHIPBUILDING IN 1890

... Port of C OeM- NIame. or yaterial. Prf's- imfl Ill? P. nd Sail. tr as or Triple Alex. Elder .. Steam Steel Liverpool 4,173 1.HO Trtple Saint. Paucras Do. Do. Do. i,252 0,262 Do. Caiornia ?? Sail Di. D, . ,e99 - - lrta;n ?? Steam Do. Do. 4.123 a2,2 Triple ...

Published: Saturday 13 December 1890
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 370 | Page: 5 | Tags: Commerce 

WRECK STATISTICS FOR 1898

... tons were steamers, and 819 of 357,484 tons were sailing vessels. As regards steamers, the present return exceeds the average of the preceding seven years by 56 vessels and 135,257 tons; as regards sailing vessels it is below the average by 31 vessels and ...

Published: Saturday 26 August 1899
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 614 | Page: 7 | Tags: Commerce 

THE PROGRESS OF BRITISH MERCHANT SHIPPING

... Kingdom was-lOS, sailing. 145,249 1 tons; steam, 185,279 tons ; total. 331.528 tons. 1887. sailing. 07.127 tons; steam, 2S0.371 tons i total, 377.198 tons ]883. sailing, 90.193 tons; steam, 477.554 ; total. 573. 47 tons. 1839. sailing. 137,147 tons; steam ...

Published: Tuesday 17 June 1890
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 1679 | Page: 5 | Tags: Commerce 

CHAMBER OF SHIPPING

... steamers of 841,856 tons, and 169 sailing ships of 260&594 tons; in the colonies and foreign countries 147 steamers of 126, 210 tons. and 228 sailing ships of 121,885 tons, or a total steam tonuage of 967,56S; and of sail 390,479. There were totally lost ...

Published: Thursday 02 February 1893
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 649 | Page: 5 | Tags: Commerce 

THE COLLAPSE OF THE IRISH NATIONAL STEAMSHIP COMPANY

... informed the officers that he would sail at four o'clock, and if they chose they could go on shore, if not he would not object to their company. One of the men came ashore, and the other remained on board. The steamer sailed at four o'clock, with the officer ...

Published: Tuesday 30 September 1890
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 428 | Page: 7 | Tags: Commerce 

LLOYD'S REGISTER OF BRITISH AND FOREIGN SHIPPING

... tonnagxe from the register ariounts ;o ,35:2,712 tons; and of sailing tonnage to i1r.0: tons; or, in all. to 48H.405 tons. About 14a er cent,. of the steamn tonnage, and 74 percent. of the sailing tonnage. included in these fiOure'. has been removed from ...

Published: Tuesday 16 February 1892
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 1095 | Page: 2 | Tags: Commerce 

SHIPPING NOTES

... that a Liverpool firmt of sicipowners is in difficulties,. The firm in question are managing owneers of several small iron sailing vessels. The following well-known Atlantic and Pacific liners are now laid up at Liverpool;:-Bothnia, Scvvhia, Aleppo, Cate-lonia ...

Published: Thursday 28 February 1895
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 660 | Page: 7 | Tags: Commerce 

BELPAST HARBOUR BOARD

... coal-laden, 211 cocastwise, and 21 foreign. Forty-four steamers were reported late of sailing. Mr. LYTLE wished to know what had been done to prevent the late sailing of steamers. Some time ago an instruction had been given with reference to the matter ...

Published: Wednesday 08 April 1891
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 1668 | Page: 7 | Tags: Commerce 

IS FREE TRADE A FAILURE?

... there were 3.750,000 tons of sailing vessels and 2.5S4,000 ton's of steamships ; in 1530 the state of things was more than reversed.. The sailing ves- sels .were of 2.854-,000 tons, and the steamships of 5,022.000 tons. The sailing vessels, which ten years ...

Published: Thursday 29 December 1892
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 2408 | Page: 5 | Tags: Commerce 

BELFAST AND COUNTY DOWN RAILWAY COMPANY'S STEAMERS

... sea boats. Although the season proper does not open until the 14th of May, there will be sailings on Easter Saturday, Sunday, Mon- dav. and Tuesday. The first sailing on Saturday will bhi at 11-45 a.m., end granted fine weather there should be a large exodus ...

Published: Tuesday 05 April 1898
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 641 | Page: 3 | Tags: Commerce 

LLOYD'S REGISTER OF BRITISH AND FOREIGN SHIPPING

... ves- sels of less than 100 tons, Of this tot-J. 293 ves- sels of 398,207 tons svere. steamers, and 752 of 328,593 tons wvere sailing vessels. As regards steamers, the present return exceeds the average of the preceding six years by 31 vessels and 81,927 tons; ...

Published: Friday 26 August 1898
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 842 | Page: 6 | Tags: Commerce