stockwellpete
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kirk23, vii) The German convoys from southern Africa are a puzzle. = The German merchant fleet was the second largest in this time period,they traded far and wide. Yes, I stand corrected there, Kirk. I didn't actually realise that the various merchant marines comprised of ships that were privately owned. I have got these figures for June 1914 now . . . British Empire: United Kingdom, Dominions and Colonies 12,440,000 tons net 47.9 % of world total Germany 3,096,000 11.9 United States* 1,195,000 4.6 Norway 1,153,000 4.4 France 1,098,000 4.2 Japan 1,048,000 4.0 Netherlands 910,000 3.5 Italy 871,000 3.4 Other Countries 4,179,000 16.1 http://www.naval-history.net/WW1Book-MN1a-Merchant_Navy_in_WW1_Hurd.htm The thing I have realised now though is that Britain didn't really use convoys systematically until late on in the war (from May 1917 across the Atlantic) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convoys_in_World_War_I The Germans had resumed unrestricted submarine warfare announced in February 1917 (they had done this in 1915 too) . . . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U-boat_Campaign_(World_War_I)
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