ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF SHIPS AND

SHIPPING

Edited by
HERBERT B. MASON

THE SHIPPING ENCYCLOPÆDIA

LIMITED

CHICHESTER HOUSE CHANCERY LANE
LONDON MDCCCCVIII

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PREFACE

T

he "

Encyclopædia of Ships and Shipping" has been compiled to furnish information of value to those in any way connected with nautical matters.

In preparing the work, it has been necessary, in order to confine the matter to one volume, to make the article as concise as possible, and where space has prevented the subject being dealt with to any great length, standard authorities are quoted to enable the reader to obtain further information on the subject. This applies particularly to Law and Insurance and in most instances the leading Admiralty Court cases on the question are quoted.

The Editor is grateful to the many gentlemen of distinction who have been good enough to assist him with their advice and aid in the compilation of the work. Among these may be mentioned :

The Naval Attachés at the Embassies in London, for their kind-
ness in furnishing information enabling him to include in this
work particulars of vessels in the various foreign navies.

EDGAR TARRY ADAMS, Esq.
Sir THEODORE V. S. ANGIER
The Rt. Hon. LORD ARMSTRONG,
J.P., D.L.

Sir NATHANIEL BARNABY, K.C.B.
Sir BENJAMIN C. BROWNE, D.C.L.
Professor CARL BUSLEY
M. Le Marquis de CHASSELOUP-
LAUBAT

G. STEUART CROSHAW, Esq.,M.A.
ARCHIBALD DENNY, Esq.

J. M'AUSLAND DENNY, Esq., M.P.

A. E. DICK, Esq.

H. RAYLTON DIXON, Esq.
Sir A. J. DURSTON, K.C.B.
WILLIAM FIFE, Esq.
Sir JAMES FORTESCUE

FLANNERY, J.P.

Sir CHRISTOPHER FURNESS,

M.P.

Sir JOHN GLOVER
JOHN GRETTON, Esq., M.P.
The Right Hon. LORD GEORGE
HAMILTON, G.C.S.I.