APPENDIX No. 5. Vol. iv., p. 71.

Shipbuilding on the Wear, from the 1st January to the 31st December, 1874.

The following return from the ‘Sunderland Times’ includes all the vessels built at Sunderland and places in the immediate vicinity on the River Wear for the above year.

IRON SHIPS.

Builders’ Names.	Ships’ Names.	Tons.	Class A 1.	Port of Register.
Austin and Hunter	Barambio	754	90	Bilboa.
”	Knight Templar	1546	90	North Shields.
Bartram, Haswell & Co.	Cumbria	675	100	Scarbro’.
”	Clan MacLeod	671	100	Glasgow.
”	Stag	1558	90	North Shields.
Blumer, J., and Co.	St. Peter	753	90	Sunderland.
”	Waikato	1053	100	London.
”	Dacca	1153	100	”
”	Waitangi	1161	100	”
”	Blyth	751	90	North Shields.
”	Waimate	1157	100	London.
”	Fernglen	850	100	Sunderland.
Doxford, W., and Sons	Yen-tai	947	100	London.
”	Broomhall	1430	100	Dundee.
Laing, James	Kashgar	2621	100	London.
”	St. Lawrence	2220	100	”
”	Formosa	1024	100	”
Mounsey and Foster	Roderick Dhu	1723	100	Liverpool.
”	Santander	709	90	Newcastle.
”	Imbro	1222	90	Sunderland.
”	Eastern Monarch	1769	100	London.
”	Senator	1768	100	Liverpool.
”	Duchess of Edinburgh	1766	100	London.
”	Dunalistair	1756	100	Dundee.
”	Linguist	1601	100	Liverpool.
Osborne, Graham & Co.	Lolland	557	90	Nakskov, Denmark.
”	Andes	866	100	Hull.
”	Alexandra	797	90	Newcastle.
Oswald and Co.	Idomene	1424	100	Liverpool.
”	Respigadera	1629	100	”
”	Foyle	1662	100	London.
”	Fitzclarence	917	90	Glasgow.
Pile, W., and Co.	Barossa	1019	100	London.
”	Rodney	1519	100	”
”	Olive	885	100	”
”	Plassey	1764	100	”
Short Brothers	Arizona	1288	100	North Shields.
Simey, A., & Co.	Stag	1048	90	W. Hartlepool.
Thompson, J. L.	Florence Richards	1051	90	Maryport.
”	S. W. Kelly	1064	100	Cardiff.
”	Romulus	1442	90	Sunderland.
”	Remus	1447	90	Sunderland.
”	John Howard	1237	100	Cardiff.
Thompson, R., jun.	Lochnagar	1597	90	Aberdeen.
”	Theseus	1041	100	London.
”	Min	1411	100	”
”	Rayner	1155	90	Newcastle.
Watson (creditors)	Ballochmyle	1511	100	Greenock.
”	Baron Aberdare	1708	100	”

There are several large vessels at present fitting out, but as they have not yet been classed, they are not included in Lloyd’s List for this year.

Classed at Lloyd’s only.

WOODEN SHIPS.

Builders’ Names.	Ships’ Names.	Tons.	Class A 1.	Where sold to.
Crown, John	Unkomanzi	333	11	Aberdeen.
”	Robina Dunlop	512	12	Glasgow.
”	Transvaal	384	12	Aberdeen.
Gardner, James	Truth	527	13	Liverpool.
”	Campsie Glen	510	12	North Shields.
”	Aydon Forest	522	12	”
Gibbon, N.	Nancy Holt	328	12	Liverpool.
”	Lanercost	562	12	Sunderland.
”	Tonga	314	12	London.
”	Mary Frost	325	12	Liverpool.
”	Coomassie	428	12	South Shields.
”	Glen Ville	325	12	London.
Gibbon and Sons	Violet	170	11	Sunderland.
”	Emily McLaren	445	12	Greenock.
Gill, John	Zeeburg	533	12	”
Pickersgill, Wm.	Thomas C. Seed	296	12	Fleetwood.
”	Florence and Margaret	302	12	”
”	William D. Seed	757	12	”
”	Emma Crook	305	12	”
Richardson, W.	Pauline	472	11	Newcastle.
”	Swallow	309	11	Dartmouth.
”	Chittagong	335	11	London.
Thompson, Rich.	Adeliza	297	11	Fleetwood.
”	Silver Cloud	304	12	London.
”	Our Annie	377	12	Fleetwood.

Ships building on the Wear, for the Quarter ending September 30, 1875.

Intended for classification in Lloyd’s Register of British and Foreign Shipping.

WOODEN SHIPS.

Name of Builder.	Tons.	Progress.	Class A.
Crown, John	700	Planked and caulking	[*]13
Dunn, G.	50	Planked	8
Gardner, J.	650	Nearly framed	12
”	100	Planked	10
Gibbon, N.	340	”	12
”	300	Laying down	12
Gibbon, J., and Sons	250	”	12
Pickersgill, William	300	Launched	12
”	300	Keel laid	[*]12
Richardson, W.	280	Fitting out	12
Thompson, Richard	330	Nearly ready to launch	12
”	490	Framed	12

COMPOSITE SHIPS.

Name of Builder.	Tons.	Progress.	Class A.
Laing, James	1200	Planked and decked	16
Thompson, R., jun.	800	Keel laid	16

IRON SHIPS.

Name of Builder.	Tons.	Progress.	Class A.
Austin and Hunter	900	Launched	100
”	700	Building frames	[*]100
”	1000	Commencing	100
Bartram, Haswell, and Co.	900	Launched	100
”	1200	Plated	90
”	800	Framing	100
”	650	Commencing	100
Blumer, J., and Co.	1100	Preparing to launch	90
”	500	Plating	100
Doxford, W., and Sons	2700	Nearly ready to launch	100
”	2700	Plating	100
”	650	Ready to launch	100
”	1700	Framing	90
”	700	Not commenced	100
Gulston, G. S.	700	Ready to launch	90
Laing, James	2700	Framed and standing	[*]100
”	2700	Not commenced	[*]100
”	1400	Ready for sea	90
”	620	Not commenced	100
Mounsey and Foster	800	Launched	100
”	800	Plated	100
”	800	Plated	100
Osbourne, Graham, and Co.	1320	Ready to launch	100
”	780	In frame	100
”	1340	Laving down	100
Oswald, T. R.	1470	In frame	100
”	1420	Fitting out	100
Short Brothers	1500	Plating	100
Simey and Co.	875	Finishing	90
Thompson, Robert, jun.	500	Finishing	100
Thompson, J. L., and Sons	600	Preparing material	100
Watson, W. (creditors)	1600	Framed	100

Vessels sold	41
[Vessels *unsold]	5
Vessels building	46
Tonnage	44,115 tons
Total last quarter, 57 vessels, of	57,803 tons

Liverpool Underwriters’ Registry for Iron Vessels.

List of Vessels building on the Wear, for the Quarter ending September 30, 1875.

Name of Builder.	Tons.		Progress.
Jas. Laing	1164	S.S.	Completing.
”	1000	S.S.	Completing.
”	1250	S.S.	Completing.
”	900	S.S.	Plating.
”	900	S.S.	Plating.
”	800	S.S.	Plating.
”	600	Barque	Commencing.
T. R. Oswald	1900	Ship	Fitting out.
”	1830	Ship	Completing.
”	1630	Ship	Plating.
Short Brothers	1200	S.S.	Completing.
Wm. Doxford and Sons	1000	Barque	Completing.
Mounsey and Foster	900	Barque	Completing.
Austin and Hunter	900	Barque	Completing.
Osborne, Graham, and Co.	1200	Ship	Commencing.
G. S. Gulstan	900	S.S.	Completing.

The following table shows the number of ships built each year on the Wear since 1858, with the aggregate and average tonnage.

Year.	No.	Tons.	Average Tons.
1858	110	42,003	381
1859	100	37,184	371
1860	112	40,201	358
1861	126	46,778	371
1862	160	56,921	355
1863	171	70,040	410
1864	153	71,987	470
1865	172	73,134	425
1866	145	62,719	432
1867	128	52,249	408
1868	138	70,302	509½
1869	122	72,420	585⅓
1870	103	70,084	680½
1871	97	81,903	844⅓
1872	122	131,825	1,080½
1873	96	100,324	1,045
1874	95	99,731	1,049¾