. Canadian Shipping and Marine Engineering January-December 1916. ir crews were nec-essarily more numerous in war than inpeace. The same condition of affairs also applies to the various vessels thatwere used for transports and for fleetauxiliary purposes. Naturally also withthe risks consequent on commerce raid-ing, the number of foreign seamen em-ployed i n Britishships decreased,causing a furtherdemand on the re-sourees of theCountry. Although it is ofcourse not possibleto give an exactestimate of the re-duction in the per-sonnel, yet, in viewof the various ten-dencies which havebeen outline
. Canadian Shipping and Marine Engineering January-December 1916. ir crews were nec-essarily more numerous in war than inpeace. The same condition of affairs also applies to the various vessels thatwere used for transports and for fleetauxiliary purposes. Naturally also withthe risks consequent on commerce raid-ing, the number of foreign seamen em-ployed i n Britishships decreased,causing a furtherdemand on the re-sourees of theCountry. Although it is ofcourse not possibleto give an exactestimate of the re-duction in the per-sonnel, yet, in viewof the various ten-dencies which havebeen outlinedabove, it seemsreasonable to inferthat broadly speak-ing the reduction ofpersonnel would beas much as the re-duction of ships,and that the totalnumber of seamenavailable in wartime for the com-mercial work o fthe Mercantileonly 75 per cent, of Marine would bethe normal supply. Tonnage Transportation in War Time Efficiency of marine transporation issuch as important matter and has re-ceived so much careful attention duringthe war by all concerned with the ship-.
Size: 2728px × 916px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, booksubjectshipbuilding, bookyea
