Measuring Britain's Merchant Shipbuilding Output in the Twentieth Century

This article reports on work done to arrive at a reliable estimate of British shipbuilding output in the twentieth century. Three datasets are considered: the annual figures of the Shipbuilding Conference, those of Lloyd's Register and those of the British Shipbuilding Database (BSD). Differenc...

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Published in:Mariner's mirror 2015-07, Vol.101 (3), p.304-322
Main Authors: Buxton, Ian, Fenton, Roy, Murphy, Hugh
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
British Shipbuilding Database
British shipbuilding output
Lloyd's Register of Shipping
numbers and tonnages of ships completed
numbers and tonnages of ships launched
the Shipbuilding Conference
Twentieth century
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Summary:This article reports on work done to arrive at a reliable estimate of British shipbuilding output in the twentieth century. Three datasets are considered: the annual figures of the Shipbuilding Conference, those of Lloyd's Register and those of the British Shipbuilding Database (BSD). Differences between the figures are explored and reconciliation attempted by examining the sources used by compilers of the datasets in order to arrive at what is believed to be the most accurate estimate yet attempted of British shipbuilding output in the twentieth century. The article is notable in that for the first time a table of completions has been compiled for the entire century.
ISSN:0025-3359
2049-680X
DOI:10.1080/00253359.2015.1054688