... there been a smaller return-of losses. It will be romemliered that five and four weeks ago the records showed 56 and 51 ships lost, apart from fishing boats. The improvement, doubt, is duo to our improved defensive measures. ...

... the bill to a joint conference with the Senate to adjust differences in the versions adopted by each House.—Reuter. 666 SHIPS LOST IN WEST ATLANTIC New York, Monday.—The sinking of two merchantmen in the Caribbean by enemy submarine action, announced ...

... and crew of the Rhone steamer, all whom are believed to have been lost. The total is 132. To-morrow, if all had been well, the Rhone would have arrived here. the loss of life board that ship and the Wye, probably 380 women and children in Southampton a ...

... four ships totalling 6,689 tons, one Allied ship of 1,458 tons, and two neutral ships of 298 tons—a grand total of 8.445 tons. Under the new procedure adopted the Admiralty, the names of these British ships are not revealed. The British tonnage ...

... serious ihan those enemy ships, and it stated that extreme difficulty being experienced in obtaining fresh crews to replace those who do not return, the belief being that 99 per cent, of the, crews of the submarines which have been lost have perished. NORWEGIAN ...

... report of the O °l Steam Ship Owners’ Relation, details are given of of fleets, the diffi°t replacing ships lost or worn and other handicaps imposed of ...

... rs by the owners of cargo lost when German ships reached Germany or were scuttled after the outbreak of war. The underwriters contended that they were not liable because the losses were due to orders given captains of ships by the German Government. In ...

... and entered the St. Lawrence River, where it sank three more ships totalling 14,000 tons, in spite of the watch kept by numerous naval and air forces. The enemy has thus lost twenty-three ships totalling 125,600 tons.” The German News Agency describes a ...

... importance of the size of the ships in the statistics of loss. The size of ships is on the average greater to-day than it was in the last war, and so the U-boat may destroy a greater tonnage while the number of ships lost may be comparatively small. That ...

... BREAD SUPPLY MENACE. —- HOLD OF SHIPPING THROUGH COAL SHORTAGE. The effect coal strike on shipping was discussed, yesterday, in interview by Sir Thomas Fisher, general manager of the Canadian Ocean Services Atlantic lines. “The greater pari of the Canadian ...

... confidence between practical shipping men and the chief civil servants at the Ministry of Shipping. Shipping had been treated as just another means of transport, instead of the most vital means.” Now, at long last shipping was termed the nation’s life ...

... BRITISH SHIPPING LOSSES. Sir, Week week have the Admiralty returns oi the number of ships lost, and .* c 11 that intelligent puWio should be content with such a list. What do the Admiralty take us for? Are we supposed Lc daft, or are they daft to issue ...