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Lines. | Head Office. | Total Tonnage. | Knots. | Under 12 knots | Total. | |||||||||
20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | ||||||
Hamburg-American . . | Hamburg | 650,000 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 93 | 125 | ||
Norddeutscher Lloyd. | Bremen | 583,000 | 3 | 1 | . . | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 23 | 50 | 122 | |
Brit. Ind. Steam N.Co. | London | 432,000 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 25 | 23 | 38 | 11 | 125 | ||||
P. & O. Steam N. Co.. | London........ | 349,000 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 59 | ||
Union-Castle | London | 314,000 | 8 | 2 | . . | 2 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 49 | ||||
Leyland | Liverpool....... | 281,000 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 12 | 47 | |||||||
White Star.......... | Liverpool....... | 260,000 | i | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 27 | |||
A. Holt............. | Liverpool....... | 263,000 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 15 | 55 | |||||||
NipponYusen Kaisha | Tokio | 248,000 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 4 | 41 | 78 | ||||||
Messageries Maritimes | Paris | 239,000 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 11 | 58 | |||||
Ellerman Lines, Ltd. . | Liverpool | 237,000 | 6 | 19 | 47 | 72 | ||||||||
Elder, Dempster &Co.. | Liverpool | 236,000 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | 11 | 4 | 93 | 113 | ||||
Wilson | Hull........... | 208,000 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 75 | 102 | ||||||
Navigazione Gen.Ital. | Rome | 231,000 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 65 | 107 | |||||
Austrian Lloyd...... | Trieste | 203,000 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 41 | 71 | |||||
Clan........... | Glasgow | 189,000 | 4 | 21 | 24 | 49 | ||||||||
Harrison | Liverpool | 189,000 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 37 | ||||||||
American | Philadelphia. . . . | 180,000 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 25 | ||||
Canadian Pacific Ry.. | Montreal | 170,000 | . . | . . | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | . . | 13 | 23 | ||
Comp. Gene. Trans. .. | Paris | 169,000 | 2 | . . | 2 | . | 9 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 52 |
Hansa | Bremen | 160,000 | 45 | 45 | ||||||||||
Pacific Steam N.Co.. . | Liverpool....... | 151,000 | . . | . . | 1 | . . | 6 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 41 | |
For.Damps. Selskab. . | Copenhagen | 149,000 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 109 | 119 | ||||||
Atlantic Trans. Co. . . | London | 138,000 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 19 | ||||||
Anchor | Glasgow | 135,000 | 1 | . . | 2 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 30 | |||||
Allan | Glasgow | 134,000 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | V | 15 | 30 | |||||
Hamb'g S. American . | Hamburg | 130,000 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 32 | ||||||||
Cunard | Liverpool | 129,000 | 2 | 2 | . . | . . | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 19 | |
Dominion Line | Liverpool | 125,000 | 4 | 1 | . . | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | |||||
Lamport & Holt..... | Liverpool | 124,000 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 17 | 35 | |||||||
Chargeurs Reunis.... | Paris | 115,000 | 4 | 25 | 5 | 34 | ||||||||
Kosmos | Hamburg | 109,000 | 11 | 17 | 28 | |||||||||
Prince.............. | Newcastle-on-T. | 108,000 | 2 | . . | . . | 2 | 36 | 40 | ||||||
R. Ropner & Co........ | West Hartlepool | 108,000 | 38 | 38 | ||||||||||
Royal Mail S. P. Co. . | London | 105,000 | 8 | 3 | . . | . . | 1 | 5 | 19 | 36 | ||||
Deutsch-Australische. | Hamburg....... | 105,000 | 23 | 23 | ||||||||||
Russ.Steam N.&T.Co. | St. Petersburg.. . | 102,000 | 15 | 51 | 66 | |||||||||
Shell............... | London........ | 100.000 | 33 | 33 | ||||||||||
- Whittaker's Almanac.
 
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