HC Deb 04 April 1911 vol 23 cc2168-9W
Mr. POINTER

asked the President the Board of Trade, if he will state the number of seamen who have been drowned by being washed overboard and the number of ships which have foundered each year since the alteration of the load line; and also the numbers of men and ships drowned and foundered, respectively, for each year during the same period before the alteration of the load line?

Mr. BUXTON

The number of masters and seamen reported to the Board Trade as having been drowned by being washed overboard by heavy seas fro vessels regisered in the United Kingdom for each yearsince the Load Line Tables were altered in 1906, is as follows:—

Year ending 30th June. From Sailing Vessels. From Steamers. Total.
1907 … 20 34 54
1908 … 12 20 32
1909 … 6 26 32
1910 … 12 33 45
Total … 50 113 163

The number for each of the tour years previous to the alteration is as follows:—

Year ending 30th June. From Sailing Vessels. From Sreamers. Total.
1903 … 27 52 79
1904 … 31 36 67
1905 … 23 32 55
1906 … 17 39 56
Total … 98 159 257

The number of vessels, including missing ships, registered in the United Kingdom, reported to the Board of Trade as having foundered in each year since the Load Line Tables were altered in 1906, is as follows:—

Year ending 30th June. Sailing Vessels. Steamers. Total.
1907 … 25 11 36
1908 … 18 11 29
1909 … 24 18 42
1910 … 22 15 37
Total … 89 55 144

The number for each of the four years previous to the alteration is as follows:—

Year ending 30th June. Sailing Vessels. Steamers. Total.
1903 … 30 14 44
1904 … 40 14 54
1905 … 34 19 53
1906 … 31 19 50
Total … 135 66 201