h34 COMMERCE YEARBOOK 
or 1,255,000 more than for the same date a year earlier and 16,271,000 
tons greater than the 1914 figure. The merchant fleets of every 
important country except United States increased during these 12 
months. Germany's tonnage in 1925 was 59 per cent of the amount 
registered for 1914, while in 1924 this ratio was 56 per cent. 
Chart VIL.—WORLD MERCHANT MARINE—GROSS TONNAGE OF STEEL 
STEAM AND MOTOR VESSELS 
y 0a 
MILLIONS OF TONS _ 
50 60 70 
-—r 
5 
WORI N TOTAL 
914 
a2i 
924 
O25 
914 
92] 
1924 
{QDA 
> ba. 
NT 
| 
KINGDOM 
} ” 
“ANY 
5 - 
1G 4 
921 
924 
| O25 
HER 
1914 
1921 
1924 
1925 
2088-118) | 
Table 23.—Gross Tonnage of Steel Steam and Motor Vessels of Over 100 Tons 
aa of Tune 0 
Country 
United Kingdom. ...._.._..... 
British dominions !........... 
United States 2... cue. 
FraAnCO. mene —vmmmm mmm wenn 
Germany - «cemmeanec cnc nvannn 
Netherlands. co oeemoooooomeoo 
HF mnmmmsonnn wmemamnmmmsten 
PADI im ss mows so i 
I OT WINY ramus wigs odo oss 
Dther coon 
1014 
12. 514. 000 
R, 877, 000 
407, 000 
837, 000 
018, 000 
098, 000 
471, 000 
428, 000 
642, 000 
923, 000 
, 813, 000 
1621 
hd. 158. 000 
9, 288, 000 
1, 950, 000 
2314, 000 
2, 046, 00° 
654, 00. 
2, 207, 00( 
2, 378, 00C 
> 063, 000 
>, 285, 000 
2 072’ 000 
1099 
56. 802. 000 
9, 053, 000 
%, 201, 000 
+ 506, 000 
303, 000 
783, 000 
613, 000 
600, 000 
325, 000 
237, 000 
181 00C 
1923 
s¥ 939 000 
9, 077, 000 
» 219, 000 
1416, 000 
265, 000 
496, 000 
506, 000 
788, 000 
402, 000 
299, 000 
371 000 
| 
1924 
57. 580. 000 
18, 917, 000 
@ 214, 000 
v.70, 000 
193, 000 
856, 000 
533, 00C 
676, 000 
655, 000 
326, 000 
260 000 
1925 
58. 785. 000 
19, 274, 000 
2, 230, 000 
1, 551, 000 
>, 262, 000 
993, 000 
585, 000 
894, 000 
, 741, 000 
555, 000 
200. 000 
i Does not include tonnage of Canadian lakes. 
Does not include Great Lakes tonnage. 
Source: Llovd’'s Register of Shipbuilding.