------------------------------------------------------------------ | Total No. of | Total tonnage of Flag. | steam and sailing | steam (gross) and of | vessels. | sailing-vessels (net). ----------------------+-------------------+----------------------- United Kingdom | 8,973 | 12,926,924 Colonies | 2,025 | 1,061,584 +-------------------+----------------------- Total | 10,998 | 13,988,508 | | United States of }| | America, including }| 3,010 | 2,465,387 Great Lakes }| | | | Danish | 796 | 511,958 French | 1,182 | 1,242,091 German | 1,676 | 2,453,334 Italian | 1,150 | 875,851 Japanese | 841 | 533,381 Norwegian | 2,528 | 1,694,230 Russian | 1,218 | 643,527 Spanish | 701 | 608,885 Swedish | 1,408 | 605,991 All other | | countries | 2,672 | 2,050,385 +-------------------+----------------------- Total | 28,180 | 27,673,528 ----------------------+-------------------+-----------------------