Note 272 — Chapter XVII
Reading edition
Wrecks, &c., other than Collisions in the United Kingdom.
Year. Total Loss. Partial Damage. Total.
1856 368 469 837
1857 384 482 866
1858 354 515 869
1859 527 540 1,067
1860 476 605 1,081
1861 513 658 1,171
1862 455 695 1,150
1863 503 830 1,333
1864 386 653 1,039
1865 470 832 1,302
1866 562 876 1,438
1867 656 1,020 1,676
1868 527 841 1,368
1869 606 1,047 1,653
1870 411 730 1,141
1871 398 826 1,224
1872 439 1,110 1,549
1873 Jan. to June 212 522 734
Total 8,247 13,251 21,498
Annual average of 17 years, 472-11/17 total wrecks, and 748-13/17 casualties resulting in partial damage.
Note.—In the above statistical statement no earlier date than 1856 is taken, as the machinery had not in 1855 being sufficiently organised to ensure that nearly all the wrecks, &c., in that year were reported; and there is reason to believe that some may not have been reported in the years 1856, 7, and 8.